Bergamo - Events
Bergamo and its province: a landscape to be visited, yes, but above all a land to be enjoyed. If you are interested in Art you’ll find important museums, which hold frequent and innovative exhibitions. If instead you love Music, there are many festivals that have become renowned worldwide.
Bergamo also offers the opportunity to attend or even participate in many Sporting Events. And finally, there are plenty of markets selling local food specialities and opportunities for tasting products. What are you waiting for? You can look forward to an entire year of events in Bergamo.
May
FELICE GIMONDI INTERNATIONAL "GRAN FONDO": 13 May 2012. Bergamo and its province. Cycle race along three routes in discovery of the Bergamask Valleys.
BERGAMO HISTORIC GRAN PRIX: 27 May 2012. Walls Circuit – Upper Bergamo. Historic F1 cars race on the only medieval circuit in existence.
June
CARLO CERESA, THE EXHIBITION- A seventeeth-century painter between reality and devotion 10 March - 24 June 2012. Bernareggi Museum, Accademia Carrara, Gamec (Gallery of Modern and Contemporary art).
July
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ART CINEMA: 14 - 21 July 2012. Seminarino Cloister – Upper Bergamo. Film showings, guests and meeting to celebrate the universal languages of Cinema and Art.
August
NIGHT S OF LIGHT: 26 august - 2 September 2012. The city is playing host to great music and wonderful plays with spectacular lighting.
FEAST OF SAINT ALEXANDER: 24 - 26 August 2012. Many initiatives dedicated to the saint patron of Bergamo as the important historical reenactment of his martyrdom.
September
BERGAMO GAETANO DONIZETTI MUSIC FESTIVAL : 21 September - 2 December 2012. Donizetti Theatre – Bergamo. This opera festival dedicated to the bergamask composer Gaetano Donizetti.
2012 CITY OF BERGAMO INTERNATIONAL ORGAN-FESTIVAL: 28 September - 26 October 2012. 6 charming locations, 7 organs used and famous musician.
BERGAMO SCIENCE: 5-21 October 2012. Bergamo and province this festival dedicated to science features exhibitions, interactive workshops, shows and conferences.
October
MERCATANTI IN FIERA : 12 - 14 October 2012. Sentierone – Bergamo. Stalls from all over the world.
ALTA QUOTA - Trade fair dedicated to the mountains. 12-14 October 2012. Bergamo Trade Fair Centre.
FIERA CAMPIONARIA (TRADE FAIR): 27 October - 4 November 2012. Bergamo Trade Fair Centre.
November
ALFREDO PIATTI INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: 1, 4, 11, 18, 25 November 2012. Sala Piatti – Upper Bergamo.
CHRISTMAS VILLAGE: 17 November - 26 December 2012. Piazzale Alpini – Lower Bergamo. Food and crafts products, sweets and gift ideas for Christmas and the Epiphany.
December
FEAST OF SAINT LUCY: 10-12 December 2012. Sentierone – Bergamo. Traditional Feast in which Saint Lucy brings toys and sweets to good children.
