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Naples Prepares for an Extraordinary Anniversary: 2,500 Years of History, Culture, and Traditions

Naples is gearing up for a remarkable anniversary: 2,500 years of history, culture, and traditions. To celebrate this milestone, the city has launched “Napoli Millenaria”, a rich program of events that will accompany citizens and visitors throughout 2025 and beyond. Let’s explore the most significant initiatives of this grand celebration.

Napoli Millenaria: The Heart of the Celebrations

The official festivities will kick off on March 25 at the Teatro San Carlo with the screening of a Neapolitan theatrical masterpiece. The event will pay tribute to iconic figures of the city, including Eduardo De Filippo and Pino Daniele, two eternal symbols of Neapolitan culture.

The celebrations will unfold through a series of events covering every aspect of the city’s heritage. From theater to music, from gastronomy to visual arts, the program embraces a wide range of interests, offering everyone the opportunity to immerse themselves in the essence of Naples.

Must-See Events

Among the most anticipated events:

  • Napoli Fringe Fest: A festival showcasing independent theater, bringing new voices and artistic experimentation to the stage.
  • Tribute to Pino Daniele: On September 18, a major concert in Piazza del Plebiscito will celebrate the music of the singer-songwriter who shaped Neapolitan song history.
  • Women of Faith, Charity, and Hope: A thematic journey blending spirituality and culture through guided tours, concerts, and pilgrimages.
  • Pilgrimage of Reconciliation: A nighttime journey through the most significant sites of Neapolitan faith, from the Church of Gesù Nuovo to the Jubilee Door of Carmine.

A Journey Between Tradition and Innovation

Naples is not only a memory of the past but also a city looking to the future. The city celebrates its historical heritage with innovative initiatives such as:

  • Metro Line 6: A project that transforms each station into an underground contemporary art gallery.
  • “Treasures of Legality” Exhibition at MANN: A display of archaeological artifacts recovered from illicit trafficking, raising awareness of heritage conservation.
  • Murolo House Museum: A center dedicated to Neapolitan music, featuring events, workshops, and academic collaborations.
  • Immersive Experience at the Royal Palace: A virtual journey through four centuries of history with multisensory installations.
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Taste and Tradition: Food and Wine Events

Neapolitan cuisine will take center stage with special initiatives dedicated to its culinary excellence:

  • “See Naples and Then… Eat”: Cooking shows, tastings, and culinary performances will enliven the city during Easter.
  • “See Naples in Summer… and Come Back”: Cultural and gastronomic events to accompany the summer season.
  • “See Naples at Christmas… and Come Back”: A festive program bringing holiday spirit to the city’s streets with markets, concerts, and traditional celebrations.

Naples is preparing to celebrate its 2,500th anniversary with a rich calendar of events, combining history, culture, and innovation. “Napoli Millenaria” will be an extraordinary journey through the past and future of the city, reaffirming its status as one of the world’s most vibrant cultural capitals. A unique opportunity to discover Naples in all its beauty and vitality.

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New Year’s Eve in Naples 2025

Four days of music from December 29th to January 1st

In 2025, Naples will celebrate the birthday of Parthenope, marking 2,500 years since its founding, along with a heartfelt tribute to the 10th anniversary of Pino Daniele’s passing.

To bid farewell to the year and welcome 2025, the city administration has designed a rich and engaging four-day program for the third consecutive edition of this event. “New Year’s Eve in Naples” will run from December 29th, 2024, to January 1st, 2025, with events in Piazza del Plebiscito, Lungomare Caracciolo (including Piazza Vittoria and Rotonda Diaz), Ponticelli at the PalaVesuvio, and Piazza Municipio.

December 29th: Celebrations kick off in Ponticelli with “Naples sings against bad luck” at PalaVesuvio.

December 30th: Piazza del Plebiscito hosts national and regional urban music artists.

December 31st: A special evening dedicated to Pino Daniele, produced by Pino Oliva and directed by Gianni Simioli, featuring Loredana Bertè, James Senese, Sal Da Vinci, Massimiliano Gallo, Raiz, Gigi and Ros, Gabriele Esposito, Veronica Simioli, Mavi, Ditelo Voi, and Gigi Soriani. From 10:00 PM, Lungomare Caracciolo (Rotonda Diaz and Piazza Vittoria) comes alive with more performances.

January 1st: In Piazza Municipio (starting at 12:00 PM), a concert by the choir That’s Napoli Live Show, created and directed by Maestro Carlo Morelli. From 5:00 PM to midnight, Piazza Vittoria will host DJ sets and jam sessions to continue the festivities.

Check the full program on the website 👇
www.comune.napoli.it/capodanno-2025
Watch the WebTV coverage 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1hHfmVGb_o

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Lights and Sounds of Naples, Four Days of New Year’s Events

It will be a four-day celebration, from December 29th to January 1st, following the ‘Naples City of Music’ project, catering to both the younger and older generations. The programming is aimed at highlighting various forms of entertainment, particularly musical.

Friday, December 29th

The event calendar kicks off with two moments of solidarity. First, Maestro Carlo Morelli will bring “La musica in carcere” (Music in Prison) with the band performing for the inmates of Poggioreale. The second event is dedicated to young patients at Santobono, who, in the afternoon (3:00 PM), will receive a visit from Mayor Gaetano Manfredi accompanied by artists Lele Blade, Lda, Francesco Cicchella, and Peppe Iodice.

Saturday, December 30th

Children’s New Year at Maschio Angioino: From 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM, the castle will transform into a magical place for children with games, shows, and entertainment. In Piazza Plebiscito, starting at 8:00 PM, the focus will be on urban and rap music with various artists from the Neapolitan scene and beyond. The evening will open with the winners of the “Young Promises of City of Music” contest selected by a distinguished jury composed of Geolier, Luchè, and Chiummariello. Performances will include Plug, Lele Blade, MV Killa, Yung Snapp, Niko Beatz, Enzo Dong, NTO, Coco, LDA, Vale Lambo, Andrea Settembre, and closing the concert, the lady of Italian rap, Rose Villain, one of the protagonists of the upcoming Sanremo.

Sunday, December 31st

A grand show in Piazza Plebiscito awaits the midnight toast with the participation of many artists, comedians, and singers. Starting at 9:00 PM, on stage, Enzo Avitabile and i Bottari, The Kolors, Francesco Cicchella, Arisa, and Jimmy Sax will perform in an evening hosted by Peppe Iodice, Francesco Mastandrea, Francesco Procopio, and Daniele Decibel Bellini. Other great figures from the entertainment world, such as Gabriele Esposito, Erminio Sinni, and Ciro Giustiniani, will also warm up the audience. Young emerging comedians from a contest will also perform on stage.

December 31, 2023, from 11:30 PM to 6:00 AM ‘Naples changes track’:

At Colonna Spezzata in Piazza Vittoria, the new year will be celebrated with HISTORY 90+, an irresistible format launched by Drop dedicated to the fabulous 90s, featuring the unmistakable radio style of DJ Cerchietto and DJ sets by Danilo De Santo and Irene Ferrara, followed by vocalist Goldie Voice.

On the stage at Rotonda Diaz, the dance floor will be animated by the new generation of the Neapolitan club culture in collaboration with musical collectives Drop, Soul Express, and Bang! The protagonists of Nu Disco and Nu Funk made in Naples, including Marvin&Guy, Pellegrino, Fantasie Safari, Mario Bianco & Gabriele Del Prete, Vincenzo Curcio B2B Mugman, and Valerio Viglione, all DJs and musical producers from the Naples metropolitan area, will follow.

Monday, January 1st

At Colonna Spezzata from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, NAPOLI JAM SESSION. A concert/event curated by Max Jovine, bassist of 99 Posse, bringing together about thirty authors, artists, and musicians from the new Neapolitan music scene. Starting at 4:00 PM on January 1, 2024, an original and transversal musical blend will merge rhythms, sounds, and various languages produced in recent years under the shadow of Vesuvius. From the N’Arte collective band to Maestro Giuseppe Spinelli’s band, which will accompany the live performances of fifteen special guests: 1. Andrea Tartaglia; 2. Balbusea; 3. Veronica Simioli; 4. Antonio Marino; 5. N’Arte Collective; 6. Dario Sansone; 7. Francesco Di Bella; 8. Greg Rega; 9. Helen Tesfazghi; 10. Jovine; 11. Peppoh; 12. Simona Boo; 13. Zulù; 14. Fabiana Martone; 15. Vesuviano.

At the Basilica di San Domenico Maggiore, at 6:00 PM, the new year will begin with the traditional classical music concert paying tribute to Maestro Roberto De Simone ‘Natale a Napoli alla Corte di Carlo di Borbone’ (Christmas in Naples at the Court of Carlo di Borbone). The orchestra La Nuova Polifonia, conducted by Alessandro De Simone, and the vocal ensemble Ensemble Vocale di Napoli will perform the Christmas Motet “Quem vidistis pastores?” brought to light by Maestro Roberto De Simone. A Christmas musical moment that Naples has never given up since 1737, in the splendid setting of San Domenico Maggiore, and an important event not only for promoting local traditions but also for the history of European music and culture.

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New Year’s Eve 2023, what to do in Naples: scheduled events and parties

The unmissable concert in Piazza Plebiscito, but also theater, music and art, there are so many opportunities to celebrate the new year in Naples.

The traditional New Year’s concert
The traditional New Year’s concert will be held in Piazza del Plebiscito from 9.30 pm until the stroke of midnight. Peppe Iodice was present followed by Peppino Di Capri, Lina Sastri and Franco Ricciardi. After the midnight toast there will be a Dj set on the seafront in via Caracciolo.

Tribute to Pino Daniele
On December 29th at the Galleria Umberto I there will be a tribute to the great artist Pino Daniele, by his son Alex Daniele, with audiovisual installations and performances by emerging artists who will interpret the songs from the album Nero a Metà. The same evening the National Prize of the arts will be awarded with the Italian Conservatories and Academy of Fine Arts.

Street artists in the city
On 30 and 31 December, numerous events will be held in the city with street artists, performing arts, music performances and acting. The Rkomi concert is scheduled for Friday 30, while on the 31st, at the Palavesuvio in Ponticelli, the Scarlatti Young orchestra will perform.

Don Juan in Soho at the Bellini Theater
Don Juan in Soho will be staged at the Bellini theater on December 31st. The comedy traces the life of an unscrupulous DJ who grew up in the Soho district. The event is scheduled to start at 9pm.

Fireworks
The real protagonists after midnight will be the traditional fireworks at Castel dell’Ovo. The evocative show usually begins around 01:30 and ends half an hour later, at 02:00, as always leaving the thousands of people who will watch from the Lungomare or from other higher up locations.

Christmas in Naples at the Court of Charles of Bourbon
On January 1, a show curated by Maestro Roberto De Simone will be held to begin the year in which the extraordinary composer’s 90th birthday falls in his name. Scheduled in the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore at 17.30.

Check official website here!

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New Year’s in Naples: what to do and where to go to toast the new year

Celebrate the new year and start off on the right foot: here are some original ideas to toast the new year in the Neapolitan city.

New Year’s Eve in Naples: a whole party

In Naples, the New Year is a big outdoor party. On the streets of the center, in Piazza del Plebiscito, where the concert is held and at midnight on the 31st street towards Castel dell’Ovo to greet the new year with a incredible fireworks.

The party continues, until dawn the following day, on the Naples seafront, from Mergellina to Borgo Marinari where five stages will be set up between via Caracciolo and via Partenope which will host artists, bands and discos in the open.

At the Rotonda Diaz instead there will be the traditional appointment with the daredevils who will dive into the waters of the Gulf to greet the new year.

A must for those who want to spend it in a club on the 31st is Arenile di Bagnoli: here every year the Neapolitan New Year is celebrated with an unforgettable party.

For a dinner party, the board is the Posillipo Theater which organizes a dinner and disco after midnight.

The alternative to dinners and parties is the San Carlo Theater with the wonderful performance of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.

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Paul McCartney’s Freshen Up Tour Heads to Napoli!

THE ‘FRESHEN UP’ TOUR 2020
Paul announces live shows for 2020 as his highly acclaimed and unmissable Freshen Up tour prepares to take to the road again

10th June – Piazza Plebiscito, Naples, Italy

Having wrapped up the most recent leg of the tour with a sold-out show at Los Angeles Dodger Stadium in July, Paul has already performed 39 huge shows across 12 different countries since he launched the Freshen Up global tour.  Winning five-star reviews from critics and fans alike all over the world, the Freshen Up tour which draws in crowds of all ages and backgrounds, showcases Paul’s unparalleled career as both a phenomenal songwriter and performer that confirm his universal appeal. 

With songs like ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Band on the Run’ and  ‘Let It Be’ the Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover could ever want from a rock show: Nearly three hours of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of music, dozens of songs from Paul’s solo, Wings and of course Beatles catalogues that have formed the soundtracks of our lives.  Paul and his band have performed in an unparalleled range of venues and locations throughout the Americas, the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and all points between: outside the Coliseum in Rome, Moscow’s Red Square, Buckingham Palace, The White House, a free show in Mexico for over 400,000 people, the last ever show at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert in 1966, a 2016 week in the California desert that included two headline sets at the historic Desert Trip festival and a jam-packed club gig  for a few hundred lucky fans at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, and even one performance broadcast live into Space! Featuring Paul’s band of the last 15+ years – Paul “Wix” Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums) – and constantly upgraded state of the art audio and video technology that ensures an unforgettable experience from every seat in the house, a Paul McCartney concert is never anything short of life-changing.

Pre-sale Information 
Pre-sale tickets will be available to purchase for the above Italy shows from 10am local time on Friday 22nd November. To purchase pre-sale tickets, click the link below and enter the password: 

10th June @ Piazza Plebiscito Naples 
GET PRE-SALE TICKETS HERE! / PASSWORD: FRESHENUPNAPOLI

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Pizza Village 2019: the pizza festival in Naples

Napoli Pizza Village now in its ninth edition in 2019, returns to the Via Caracciolo waterfront.

The Napoli Pizza Village 2019, after a record edition held last year which counted 1,047,000 presences with over 122,000 pizzas baked by the 50 pizzerias present, will be held from 13 to 22 September, every evening from 6pm to midnight.

Napoli Pizza Village , which also held a stop abroad in October, more precisely in New York City in the United States of America, is a popular festival that aspires to represent an effective moment of global promotion of the territory through one of the symbols par excellence of Italy in the world: pizza.

The 30 thousand square meter village provides for the presence of 50 of the most famous pizzerias and hundreds of pizza makers from all over the world, ready to churn out over 100 thousand pizzas over 10 days.

Access to the Napoli Pizza Village 2019 area is free, as are the events included on the billboard.
In every evening starting from 21.30 live concerts are scheduled:
14 September Arisa / 15 September Achille Lauro / 17 September E. Bennato – C. Malgioglio / 18 September Dolcenera / 19 September Boomdabash / 20 September E. Nigiotti – Bianca Atzei / 21 September Mahmood / 22 September Anastasio.

Do not miss pizza classes for adults and other events, such as the prestigious World Championship of Pizzaiuolo – Trophy Caputo.

Who wants can buy the menu ticket online or directly at the box office: the ticket, at a cost of 12 euros, includes the possibility of choosing the pizzeria where you can taste pizza and soft drink, including dessert and coffee. For celiacs there is a stand with Gluten Free products set up in the center of the village, in Rotonda Diaz. It is possible to compose a real menu for celiacs including pizza, beer and gluten-free desserts, without any price change.

For the little ones there is NPV Kids, an educational path that will allow children to discover the history of pizza margherita and learn about the nutritional properties of pizza and its role in the Mediterranean Diet. The young aspiring pizza chefs, moreover, will be able to participate in amusing laboratories in which it will be possible to learn how to realize an authentic Neapolitan pizza, under the guide of a Neapolitan Master Pizzaiolo.

More information on the official website.

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Over 100 Ferrari from all over the world in Campania

More than 100 Ferrari from all over the world will meet in Campania for the eighth edition of the Ferrari Cavalcade.
The event offers Ferrari customers unique driving experiences, along fascinating routes that allow you to fully appreciate the performance of the contemporary cars of the Cavallino.

Over 200 collectors and enthusiasts crews from more than 20 countries around the world, with a large representation of Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and with numerous participants from the Far East, New Zealand and Australia. Numbers that reflect the boundless attraction of the Maranello brand.

This international parterre awaits a journey full of surprises and a variety of landscapes that only the Campania region can offer. At the wheel of their Ferrari, participants will be able to explore the wonderful views of the Amalfi coast and the Campania hinterland, from the Parco del Partenio to the slopes of Vesuvius.

The tour will begin on Tuesday 18th June with a visit to the city of Benevento, where the Ferrari can be admired in Corso Garibaldi from 1 pm. The following day from 1.30 pm the cars will be available on the Salerno seafront, before going along the bends from Amalfi to Sorrento, where they are expected in Corso Italia from 7.00 pm. On June 20th, the Royal Palace of Caserta will be the setting for the Cavalcade, in front of which the models of the Cavallino Rampante will line up around 10:30 am, and the center of Naples, with a stop in Piazza del Plebiscito from 2.30 pm. The fourth last day of the tour, Friday 21st, will be dedicated to one of the jewels of the Gulf, with a parade of cars from Capri to Anacapri at 7:00 pm.

An exceptional program and a great show not only for Ferrari owners but for all citizens and tourists, which binds the most famous car manufacturer in the world to these places symbol of Italian beauty.
“We want to bring the Ferrari brand closer to the beauty of Campania – said Alessandro Cellamare, head of Ferrari events – It will be an opportunity for our customers to see territories they would not have visited. It is not just a Ferrari event, but of the territory. A convoy that moves every day in Campania and that, on average, will cover 800 kilometers every day “.

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April 1st and Chocolate Fish in Napoli ~ no joke!

We’re all being careful not to fall for any April Fool’s jokes today – and there’s no escape from the pranksters’ favourite day of the year in Italy. Here, it just has a cuter name: April Fish. That comes from a common joke that involves sticking a drawing of a pesciolino (little fish) onto the back of an unsuspecting victim. Then, everyone else asks if anyone has seen “April’s fish” and makes jokes about that person – when, of course, the victim doesn’t know it’s them.

Chocolatiers deliciously get into the spirit with fish-shaped goodies. Schools of fish of all sizes fill shop windows, the larger ones often filled with smaller treats. To a chocoholic, fish never tasted so good! Since Easter usually falls around the same time, fish feature predominantly in shop windows through that holiday as well.
Here would be a good excuse to buy special chocolates on this day over. Not that we ever really need an excuse for chocolate…

Wherever you are, have fun on April 1st and enjoy some chocolate.