August 2022: What’s on in Rome.
August in Rome sees hordes of vacationers arrive on trip within the Everlasting Metropolis as a big proportion of native residents bail out of the warmth – heading to the mountains or the ocean – to mark Italy’s Ferragosto summer time vacation.
Overseas guests could also be shocked to seek out some eating places and companies closed in August nevertheless town’s museums and archaeological websites will keep open as regular.
Though lots of Rome’s summer time festivals draw to an in depth within the first week of August, a lot of widespread occasions keep open all summer time.
These embody the annual Lungo il Tevere initiative, with pop-up eating places, bars and cultural occasions alongside the banks of the river Tiber, in addition to the jazz and swing music pageant at Villa Celimontana and open-air motion pictures on the Casa del Cinema in Villa Borghese.
One of many important novelties in summer time 2022 is the capital’s Cerchi e Fori programme of cultural occasions being held on By way of dei Cerchi (which runs parallel to Circus Maximus) and By way of dei Fori Imperiali (the road beside the Roman Discussion board resulting in the Colosseum).The free occasions embody dwell music, dance, circus acts, magic and theatre, happening every evening between 4 and 23 August, from 20.30 to 23.30, with each streets pedestrianised at some point of the pageant.
Rome’s summer time opera pageant on the Baths of Caracalla ends on a excessive word in early August with classics Carmen and The Barber of Seville, whereas theatre followers can benefit from the Shakespearean pageant on the Globe Theatre whose Italian-language productions embody A Midsummer Evening’s Dream.
Certainly one of Rome’s most uncommon summer time traditions takes place on the evening of 5 August when town recreates a miracle snowfall, relationship again to the fourth century, exterior the Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore.A number of the capital’s large summer time exhibitions embody Titian at Galleria Borghese and Robert Doisneau on the Ara Pacis, with the capital’s nationwide and city-run museums opening totally free on Sunday 7 August.
There are additionally open-air live shows of classical, jazz and folks music each evening on the archaeological website of Teatro di Marcello, as a part of the annual Concerti del Tempietto programme.
The Colosseum holds its widespread moonlight excursions on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays all through August. The ‘Luna sul Colosseo’ expertise lasts about an hour, with excursions on provide in Italian and English.The historical past and drama of historic Rome involves life every evening because of the Viaggi nei Fori mission, with multimedia shows screened on the ruins of the Discussion board of Augustus and Discussion board of Caesar.
Lastly, for individuals who want to cool off, listed here are our guides to this yr’s Blue Flag seashores within the Lazio area, lakes close to Rome, and the greatest out of doors swimming pools within the Everlasting Metropolis this summer time.
For up to date occasions in Rome see our What’s On information.
