Gatteo is also tinged with pink, dedicating an entire day to music on the occasion of the Summer Solstice. The day will open with an evocative dawn concert in the courtyard of the Malatesta Castle in Gatteo. At 5.30 a.m., an orchestra of 20 renowned musicians will perform the Summer Solstice Concert with music by Verdi, Rossini, Schubert, Puccini and Tchaikowsky. Following this, breakfast will be offered to all participants. (In case of bad weather, the concert will be held at the Oratorio San Rocco).

From 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. it will be possible to visit the Exhibition "On the Way to the Origins" - Gatteo in Protohistory, which will display the finds from the excavations conducted in Gatteo between 2018 and 2020 at the new Teddy Group Logistics Centre. These include proto-historical finds testifying to the intense life of the area in the Villanovan era. There will be a free guided tour organised by the Koiné Coop (from 9.00 a.m. every 45 minutes (last tour at 10.30 a.m.) and the possibility of combining it with a guided tour of the historic centre by booking at the Ceccarelli Library in Gatteo (tel. 0541932377)

At 7.30 p.m. in Piazza San Lorenzo the group "Sud in canto" will perform a repertoire of popular music and the company "Balla la pizzica Cervia" will transport the public into the atmosphere of traditional Salento music (in case of bad weather the concert will be held at the Teatro Lina Pagliughi in Via Garibaldi, 6).

At 9.30 p.m. at the Corte del Castello di Gatteo, the festival will end with the CANCLAN concert. CAN-CLAN means "clandestine songwriters" and in fact the group takes its shape from the Nomadi, Guccini, Battiato, and De André "school", with that music made up of stories to be sung and preserved over time. An enthralling show that alternates covers of the great Italian singer-songwriters with songs by the band, also the result of important artistic collaborations with Beppe Carletti, the historic leader of Nomadi. The event is organised by the Associazione Italia Nostra section Uso and Rubicone Valleys in collaboration with the Gatteo Municipality Culture Department. (In case of bad weather, the concert will be held at the Lina Pagliughi Theatre in Via Garibaldi, 6).

WHERE: Gatteo Paese Corte del Castello Malatestiano, Piazza San Lorenzo and Via Roma 13.