2013 Events - March

2013 Events on the Riviera of Rimini

March

2013 Events

on the Riviera of Rimini

March 01.03.2013 Riccione Teatro del Mare, Via Don Minzoni, 1 Riccione Inn Jazz Monthly events on a Friday evening with renowned Italian and International improvisers.

Featuring the Italian Bossa Concept dell’Anima Nova Sextet Combo, whose first release Embora has caught the attention of musicians, critics, and experts, thanks to the reinterpretation of Brazilian classics and of Italian singersongwriter songs with bossa nova, jazz, samba, lounge, and pop sounds.

Time: 9.15 pm Paid admission Info: phone 0541 690904 www.teatrodelmare.org 02.03.2013 Bellaria Igea Marina Bordonchio, Teatro degli Amici, piazza Don G.Verità Music festival at the Teatro degli Amici A jazz fusion concert with the extraordinary guest Javier Girotto, who combines the

sounds of Argentinian tango with jazz.

Time: 9.15 pm Paid admission Info and booking cel phone 388 7210474 05.03 and 19.03.2013 Coriano Teatro Corte, Via Garibaldi, 127 DegustiAmo, l’arte dei sensi…a km zero (Sampling, the art of the senses… zero miles) Food sampling evenings with music performances, dance, comedians, and poetry readings.

05.03 A tutta Birra, luppolo artigianale e note d’autore – a beer tasting event 19.03 Hola Mora! Mora Romagnola pig products and castanets Time: 8.00 pm Paid admission Info and booking phone 0541 658117 - 347 4835584 08.-09.03.2013 Rimini Palacongressi, Via della Fiera Be-Wizard!

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two days of in-depth analysis and previews thanks to the participation of top Italian and international experts, who will talk about the right way to do business on the web in the fields of tourism, business, and other professional sectors.

Paid admission Info: phone 348 3127560 www.be-wizard.com 08.-10.03.2013 Riccione Centro tecnico federale di squash, Via Forlimpopoli, 15 Italian Squash Championships During these three days, matches will be held to qualify for the second phase of the top Italian Squash Team Championship.

Free admission Info: phone 0541 790894 www.sportariccione.it 09.-17.03.2013 Morciano di Romagna In the town centre and exhibition centre Antica fiera di San Gregorio (The traditional fair of Saint Gregorio) Rural traditions are brought to life in a market show of horses, cattle, sheep, courtyard animals, and sheep farming

products. The trade fair will comprise artisan, industrial, and agricultural products, stands of all kinds, a fairground, and temporary openair inns along the streets of the town, as well as shows and exhibitions.

Free admission Info: phone 0541 851928 851911 www.comune.morciano-diromagna.rn.it 09.03.2013 Rimini 105 Stadium, P.le Pasolini, 1/c Renzo Arbore and his Orchestra Italiana For nearly twenty years, the most famous showman in Italy has been touring the world unceasingly with his orchestra.

The artist’s irresistible and infectious spirit has gained enormous success and multitudes of spectators.

Time: 9.00 pm Paid admission Info: phone 0541 395698 www.stadiumrimini.net 12.-15.03.2013 Rimini Rimini Fiera, Via Emilia, 155 Enada Primavera The 25th international exhibition of entertainment and

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games appliances.

For years, this exhibition has been the most important in the sector. The show features the whole gamut of products that are destined for public businesses for the entertainment of young people and for more traditional customers, too (videogames, flippers, juke-boxes, billiard tables, table football, new slot machines, kiddies’ rides, as well as accessories and spare parts).

Times: 10.00 am - 6.00 pm; last day 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Paid admission Info: phone 0541 744111 www.enadaprimavera.it 14.-17.03.2013 Rimini Lungomare Murri, beach numbers 35 and 36 Irlanda in Festa (Celebrating Ireland) This important event celebrates the best of Irish music, cuisine, and culture with five days of folk dancing, recreational activities, music, fish & chips, and stout!! The cast of the event brings to the Rivera not only the best of Irish folk, but also folk music from Italy and Europe: Modena City Ramblers, Cisco, the Dutch

Amsterdam Klezmer Band, the Hungarian Selfish Murphy, the Spanish La Troba Kung-Fu, Il Parto delle Nuvole Pesanti, and many other Irish acts!!!

Free admission Info: phone 0541 56902 www.irlanda-in-festa.it 15.-17.03.2013 Riccione Villa Lodi Fè, Via delle Magnolie, 2 Giardini d'autore A flower and plant nursery festival for gardening enthusiasts and for those who simply love gardens. The festival brings together plant nursery owners from all over Italy with their unique botanical collections. You will discover fantastic collections of rosemary, citrus fruit, orchids, fruit plants, garden herbs, cactuses, old and modern rose varieties, water plants, Mediterranean garden plants, blooming camellias and azaleas, peonies, hellebores, creepers, aphrodisiac plants, bulbs, and seeds.

Time: 9.30 am - 6.30 pm Paid admission Info: phone 0541 426050 www.giardinidautore.net

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16.-21.03.2013 Pennabilli and Santarcangelo di Romagna Various locations A six day event to remember Tonino Guerra Meetings, conventions, and shows will be dedicated to the great author and poet, who died in 2012. To honour the poet, a series of events will take place in the two towns that he loved best.

Free admission Info: phone 0541 928846 www.toninoguerra.org

22.–27.03.2013 Riccione Stadio del Nuoto, Via Monterosa Italian youth swimming championships The junior champions will be back to challenge each other in the super fast water of the Olympic swimming pool.

Free admission Info: phone 0541 644410 www.sportariccione.it

19.03.2013 Rimini Palasport Flaminio, Via Flaminia, 28 The Full Monty Musical Today, the theme of this show and the desire to get down to work by reinventing oneself is a very popular idea, and the PeepArrow Entertainment company, directed by Massimo Romeo Piparo, sets the ever popular and acclaimed story of the unemployed strippers, in Italy.

Time: 9.00 pm Paid admission Info: phone 393 4053776 www.alabamaeventi.com

23.03.2013 Rimini 105 Stadium, P.le Pasolini, 1/c Cristiano De André. Come in cielo, così in guerra Tour The new and much-awaited album marks the return of a great artist, who is unique in his kind.

Time: 9.00 pm Paid admission Info: phone 0541 785708 www.stadiumrimini.net 24.03.2013 Bellaria Igea Marina Igea Marina, Palazzetto dello Sport, Viale Ennio 10th Gran Fondo Mareterra Verdeblù road cycling tour 8th Ivan Pintabona Trophy An event for all those who love outdoor sports, and who wish to discover the beauty of

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the Romagna countryside on their bicycles. The race takes place along three routes: a short 65 Km route, a mediumlength 90 Km one, and a long 110 Km one.

The races are reserved for card-carrying members. If you do not have a card, you must have a medical certificate of good health.

Times: departure from 7.00 am to 9.00 am Enrollment upon payment Info: phone 0541 346808 www.romagnainbici.it

A fair of ancient land and sea flavours that includes an exhibition, sampling of food, and the sale of typical products.

The event wishes to highlight the delicacy of certain food products that come from the sea and from the countryside.

A series of cultural events round off the fair: vintage car rallies, concerts, and musical tributes to artists of the past and present.

Free admission Info: phone 0541 966697966621 www.eventi3000.com

28.03-1.04.2013 Rimini The Rimini beach, from beaches 28 to 44 Paganello This event, which has become a must on the Rimini beach every Easter, welcomes young people from all over the world for the Frisbee World Cup with five days of competitions, music, shows, fun, and good company.

Free admission Info: phone 0541 56902 www.paganello.com

29.03.2013 Pennabilli Church of the Misericordia Processione dei Giudei nel Venerdì Santo (A Good Friday procession to reenact the Passion of Christ) A centuries-old nighttime procession that reenacts the passion of Christ. The procession takes place in the old medieval town in a very solemn and evocative atmosphere, which is created by fires and torches.

Alongside the faithful who form the procession, there are 70 extras dressed in old Roman costumes: the soldiers, the holy women, Simon of Cyrene, the white hooded men,

29.03–01.04.2013 Cattolica Piazzale 1° Maggio Easter in Cattolica

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and Christ carrying the burden of the Cross.

Free admission Info: phone 0541 928659 www.pennabilliturismo.it 30.03-01.04.2013 Bellaria Igea Marina Bellaria, Isola dei Platani Igea Marina, the Viale Ennio pedestrian area Easter in Bellaria Igea Marina Shows, concerts, and fun.

Free admission Info: phone 0541 343808 www.bellariaigeamarina.org 30.03.2013 Rimini 105 Stadium, P.le Pasolini, 1/c ModĂ in concert Great music during their latest "Gioia Tour".

Time: 9.00 pm Paid admission Info: phone 0541 395698 www.stadiumrimini.net

31.03.2013 San Leo In the old town Mercatino della Fortezza (the Fortress Fair) A fair of vintage collectors’ items and antiquities will take place every 5th Sunday of the month. Modern collectables and period items are exhibited along with rare antiquities.

The show includes over 50 exhibitors from the Marche, Romagna, Tuscany, and Umbria.

Time: from 9.00 am until sunset Info: phone 800 553800 www.lavalmarecchia.it realized by the Provincia di Rimini Assessorato al Turismo (Tourist Office of the Province of Rimini) tel. 0541.716371 - 380 www.riviera.rimini.it turismo@provincia.rimini.it

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