Event Coverage

Sleepless in Livorno - Notte Bianca a success

Musicians rehearse in Via RossiThe all-night entertainment and shopping programme that took place on Saturday 21 July 2007 was a huge success. Thousands of Livornese took to the streets after dinner to wander through the city and the surrounding areas to eat, shop, and watch one or more of the many concerts and cabaret shows held in the city squares.

Busy last night for Effetto Venezia

Effetto Venezia, guitar concert on Scali FinocchiettiThe last night of the Effetto Venezia on Sunday 12th August drew in huge crowds, partly perhaps because the event had been cancelled on Saturday night because of a tragic accident near Livorno on Friday (see News). The streets of the Venezia district were teeming with people of all ages, restaurant tables were full, and the atmosphere was relaxed A Fishy theme ran throughout this year's Effetto Veneziaand friendly.

High standards at the Gospel Festival in Fortezza Vecchia, 2 August 2007

Springtime Choir, an inspiring performance at the Fortezza Vecchia, LivornoThe evening of music in Livorno's Fortezza Vecchia on Thursday 2 August 2007 kicked off with the immensely popular and widely followed Springtime choir directed by the entrepreneurial Cristiano Grasso. The choir performed a number of rhythmic pieces ranging from jazz to popular music, all in their usual enthusiastic and highly polished style. Excellent accompaniment by Massimiliano Fantolini on the piano and Gabriele on percussion (sorry Gabriele but I don't have your surname!)

Maki Brings a Little Piece of Hawaii to Livorno

Maki Inouye and Antonio Ghezzani perform at the Gish art centre in Livorno9th February 2009 I went along to the recently opened GISH eco-design shop and contemporary art space in Via della Posta yesterday afternoon, intrigued by the event that was taking place - a concert of Hawaiian music and dance performed by Japanese performer Maki Inouye and Livornese guitarist Antonio Ghezzani.

Market Stage for Mascagni Youth Band, fish and chips for charity

Saturday 7th July 2007
the Mascagni Youth BandIn a way, this event summed up what Livorno is all about. The setting, for a start, was Piazza Cavallotti, by day the city’s brilliantly colourful and lively fruit and vegetable market and a focus of daily life for local people. And in 1863, in a building on the square, now replaced with an ugly modern construction that houses a bank, the famous Livornese composer, Pietro Mascagni, was born. Mascagni is known to everyone in Livorno, and his name is immortalised in the city’s handsome terrace overlooking the sea (Terrazza Mascagni) and in the music school, ‘La Mascagni’.

Tuscan Olive Oil at VerdeOro, Rosignano Marittimo

Olive oil samples at VerdeOro, Rosignano MarittimoIngredients for a perfect Sunday afternoon: bright sunshine, a medieval Tuscan village, abundant samples of new Tuscan olive oil and corpulent local wine, and a brilliant street orchestra!

What more could you want? The annual event dedicated to the new Olive Oil in Rosignano Marittimo - just 32km south of Livorno, perched on high overlooking the coast and the sea below - is called VerdeOro, or ‘green gold’. It offered all these ingredients and turned out to be a really enjoyable occasion for adults and children alike.