Youth Festival

The Youth Festival in Biella

The Youth Festival is an event that the Municipality of Biella, in Piedmont, dedicates to the new generations: a widespread festival that enlivens the city for several weeks with events designed by and for young people. Born as a dynamic space for meeting, expression, and dialogue, the festival aims to make young people feel like active members of the community and protagonists in building a more inclusive and sustainable future.

A widespread calendar across the city

The strength of the festival lies in its itinerant format, which brings events to the city's iconic locations: from the city center to Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, and the Città Studi campus. The program alternates moments of pure fun with opportunities for training and reflection, involving schools, associations, and youth organizations from the Biella area.

Key highlights

• Drive In: an American-style 1950s outdoor cinema evening, set up in Piazza Falcone and organized by BiYoung ETS.
• GDA – Student Art and Creativity Day: days of workshops and artistic-educational labs, featuring a student parade in the city center, performances, talks, and tournaments at Cittadellarte, and a musical evening with live music and DJ sets.
• CONIFER: the closing event at Città Studi, combining sports tournaments, musical performances, and live shows from the afternoon until late at night.

Sports, music, and creativity

The Youth Festival is multidisciplinary by vocation: it ranges from basketball, 5-a-side football, and volleyball tournaments to performances by emerging bands and local DJs, from workshops dedicated to the relationship between art and artificial intelligence to talks on social inclusion, sports, and youth entrepreneurship. A mix designed to give voice and space to local talent.

A network of supporters for the territory

The event is promoted by a broad institutional and associative network: the Municipality and Province of Biella, the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella, the Youth Group of the Industrial Union, the Fondazione BIellezza, and youth organizations such as BiYoung ETS. A collective investment that confirms Biella's desire to place young people at the center of its cultural and social planning.