Wave Summer Music – Palermo Stage

Wave Summer Music, the summer of live shows in Palermo

Wave Summer Music is a traveling music festival that crosses Sicily every summer, visiting some of the most evocative cities in the Mediterranean. Promoted by Giuseppe Rapisarda Management, the festival distributes its evenings between Palermo, Catania, Syracuse, Taormina, and Venice, building a lineup capable of uniting different generations and genres, from singer-songwriter pop to rap, and from light music to contemporary urban.

In Palermo, in the heart of Sicily, the festival finds its home in two iconic venues: the Velodromo Paolo Borsellino, a large open-air arena dedicated to the most crowded concerts, and the historic Teatro di Verdura, a refined setting nestled in the greenery of Villa Castelnuovo for more intimate, singer-songwriter evenings.

Two stages, one summer

The Velodromo hosts the most high-energy nights, with its large capacity allowing it to welcome thousands of spectators under the Palermitan summer sky. The Teatro di Verdura, on the other hand, offers a more evocative and theatrical atmosphere, perfect for the great interpreters of Italian song. This dual soul makes the Palermo stage of Wave Summer Music one of the richest in the entire Sicilian circuit.

A highly anticipated event

Over the years, Wave Summer Music has become one of the key events of the musical summer in Sicily, capable of bringing top national artists to the island. The traveling format allows the public from all over the region to experience concerts by their favorite artists without leaving Sicily, while the excellent response in pre-sales—with tens of thousands of tickets sold—testifies to the festival's deep roots among the local audience.

The context: Palermo, city of music

Palermo, the capital of the Sicilian Region, boasts a long tradition of major open-air musical events. The city's summer comes alive with concerts, festivals, and shows, and Wave Summer Music fits into this excitement as one of the most anticipated hubs, bringing the great names of Italian music just a stone's throw from the sea and the city's historic center.

• Where: Velodromo Paolo Borsellino and Teatro di Verdura, Palermo
• When: from July to September
• Genres: pop, rap, urban, singer-songwriter, light music
• Organization: Giuseppe Rapisarda Management