Events in Ticino - Festivals and musicals

Sobrio - The Music Village (Leventina Valley)

For over six weeks, Bellinzona's Urban Park will be enlivened by a new summer arena designed as a gathering space, with concerts, entertainment, and activities for everyone.

This year, Ceresio Estate celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Since 1977 in the heart of the City

Now in its sixteenth edition, the Lugano LongLake Festival is one of Switzerland's largest urban open-air festivals.

Nine days of pop and rock music on the Piazza Grande in Locarno, one of the most spectacular squares in Europe.

This little big open air festival presents a series of blues music concerts featuring both national and international bands in the most suggestive squares of Vallemaggia.

Blues to Bop, part of the Lugano LongLake Festival, is the event that has been celebrating the blues in Lugano since 1989: every summer, it brings free concerts featuring local and international

Opera – Symphony orchestra – Chamber music – Solo recitals with famous artists and promising young talents.

Boasting 40 years of experience, this international meeting of young musicians- known today as TICINO MUSICA- long ago became a genuine, fully-fledged festival with more than 80 events in two weeks,

The annual chamber music festival BlenioMusica – previously known as Blenio Festival – was born in the summer of 2021 thanks to the initiative of the young pianist and artistic director Susanna

Entertainment, music, food and a fantastic fireworks display

The Blues are back in Piazza Governo!

Since summer 2004, at the turn of July and August, the International Music and Theatre Festival "Il Teatro in Festa" has been held in the magical garden behind the theatre, hosting in its various

<strong>Rotonda by la Mobiliare, the Locarno Film Festival village</strong>

A high-quality programme at Switzerland's most important film festival.

With Sonogno as the beautiful backdrop, a great popular festival dedicated to Country music is set to take place at the village's sports centre.

The summer festival LAC en plein air is back, celebrating its ninth anniversary with a new format divided into two distinct sections, each curated by a different team in keeping with the LAC’s

Following the huge success of previous years, the Capriasca Street Food Festival is now in its 5th year and will take place from Thursday 27 to Saturday 29 August in the square outside Tesserete

The historic center of Bellinzona, from Piazza Indipendenza to Piazza Collegiata, will come alive with the “Luppolo & Food festival” village from Thursday, August 27, to Sunday, August 29, 2026.

Cavea Festival returns to the Arzo Caves for three days of more than just music. It's much more than that.

The Cavea Festival dances to the rhythm of jazz and swing.

From 4 to 6 September 2026, Campo Marzio in Lugano will turn into a vibrant meeting place for food lovers, culture enthusiasts and families.

The Corni dal Generus, with the precious collaboration of the group Nüm dal Corno, propose the 7th edition of the Festival di Corni delle Alpi, in the suggestive setting of Castelgrande in Bellinzona.

The Festa di Redde is a medieval-themed event that takes place every two years in September in the Capriasca woods between Vaglio and Lugaggia, between the Redde Tower and the Church of San Clemente.

Lugano International Festival Endorfine is a cultural Swiss festival dedicated to thought and current affairs sponsored by the Endorfine Festival Association, a nonprofit organization composed of

From 11 to 13 September 2026, Lugano hosts the first edition of the Lugano Tattoo Royale, an international event dedicated to the art of tattooing and the culture that surrounds it.

UNMASK THE SUN The iconic SunIce Festival, known for its electrifying winter festival in the snowy mountains of St. Moritz, is expanding to the shores of Ascona.

<strong>classicAscona</strong>(81st edition – Settimane Musicali Ascona Foundation)<strong>18 September – 10 October 2026 | Ascona, Locarno and surroundings</strong>

Japan Comes to Bellinzona!