One May Taranto: artists, times and how to get there. Everything you need to know about the concert. « Like a great love parade »
The 2025 edition of the Concertone, organized by the Citizens and Liber and Thinking Workers Committee, is dedicated to the former Ilva worker Massimo Battista, who passed away on 7 October struck down by a tumor
« A special edition that remembers a great, original love parade ». As
the organizers of the concert of one May free and thinking of
Taranto present this year’s event to be held as usual
in the Archaeological Park of the Greek walls. « It is not obvious to reiterate », they add, how much the event «Fondi its roots on socio-political issues. Also on this occasion there will be many activists and activists who will calm the Ionian stage ».
An electronic imprint
Unlike the previous years, however, the artistic directors, Antonio Diodato, Michele Riondino and Roy Paci, together with the organizing committee of citizens and free and thinking workers« They wanted to give the concert – he explains – an electronic imprint, which, together with the rest of the line up, remember the historical international gatherings ». There will also be performers who « will focus – is said in a note – more intensely on the aggregative power of dance ». There will also be theEston Tommy Cashartist competing at the next Eurovision Song Contest, on the stage of the concert of one May « free and thinking » in Taranto. In the Ionian city, the rapper will bring his « expressly stained » catchphrase, on the notes of which a ballet has been designed by Nonnine di Ostuni of the « Il Filo di Arianna » Associationwhich became viral on the web in no time.
The place
The Tarantino concert, which takes place as usual in the Archaeological Park of the Greek wallsis loaded this year of a particular meaning: the place, in fact, has been officially named – today, April 30 – a Massimo Battista, former Ilva worker and historical figure of local activism. Battista, among the founders of the Citizens and Liber and Thinking Workers Committee, He disappeared on October 7th, struck down by a tumor.
The ladder
The first appointment with electronic music will be at 4 pm with Riva Starr, DJ and Neapolitan producer at the Registry Stefano Mieletransplanted to London with remixes of artists such as gossip, outsiders and Usher. Fideles (Project born from two DJ Tarantini, Daniele Aprile and Mario Roberti, with productions all over the world) will arrive at 19.30. Until the special guest of the evening, at 9 pm: the desecrating performer Estone Tommy Cash, with his « Espresso Macchiato ». The musical program will be completed with Paolo Rossi, Giancane, The Teatro degli Orroori, Pop X, Lamante, Motta with his band, Fido Guido & Rockin’Roots Band, Denaldo, La Niña, Mille, Ascanio Celestini, Roberto Angelini with Rodrigo d’Erasmo and Acquachiara, winner of the Music Award against the Mafie
In these days the archaeological park has been animated by the Unoparco 2025 review. And there were surprises: during the performance of Fido Guido, rapper Kid Yugi also climbed on stage.Incitor of the Music Award against the mafias.
The conductors
To conduct the event will be Andrea Rivera, Martina Martorano, Serena Tarabini and the multi -instrumental songwriter Naip. The artistic direction is entrusted to three names related to the project since the origins: the actor Michele Riondino, The singer -songwriter Antonio Diodato and the trumpeter Roy Paci.
In a joint note, the three underline: « One May in Taranto is today more fundamental than ever: it is free, thinking and it is a space that for more than ten years has supported necessary battles, starting from the reality of Taranto to embrace the global instances of activisms from all over the world ».
Political reflection
The 2025 edition will, as always, also a great moment of political and social reflection. On stage, activists and intellectual interventions will alternate, with the aim of relaunching the themes around which the event was born. This year the fifty -year -old of the presence of Amnesty International in Italy is also celebrated. In addition, Concertone adheres to the #R1pud1a campaign – which recalls article 11 of the Constitution – promoted by Emergency against each war.
The meaning of the event
The organizers reiterate the profound meaning of the event: « By hosting these realities, we confirm once again that ours is an anti -fascist stage, which refuses all discrimination and every conflict, and which claims universal rights for the whole of humanity ».
The interventions
Among the planned interventions: the three young curators of the collection Poems for Gaza – Their cry is my voice, A video message from Gaza by Luisa Morgantini, president of Assopacepalestinaand contributions by Giulio Calella (director of Edizioni Alegre), the collective of the GKN factory, Stefania Barca (professor of environmental history and gender history at the University of Santiago de Compostela), free against the mafias, rebellious Quarticciolo, the latest generation, XR-EXTINTION REBELLION, the #SiamoAitolidicoda Committee, the precariouss of the CNR, Tap, in addition to Francesca Corbo for Amnesty International and Simonetta Gola for Emergency.
The Committee
Finally, the committee of citizens and free and thinking workers arrives a clear message: «We will face the dynamics of the domain, the environmental disasters and the consequences of climatic denial that affect communities such as ours, close in a grip of profits at any cost. We continue to join the workers to oppose a system that feeds on our bodies: thrown into the sea, crushed on the tracks, consumed by incandescent flows or by therapies that burn us inside. A rotten system that forces us to rot « .
The path to concertone, the parking lots and connections
On the occasion of Concertone a free and thinking May, in Taranto A shuttle connection will be active Among the Cimino Terminal Park – where over 300 free parking spaces will be available, including those on blue stripes – and the Meridian roundabout, located at the intersection of Viale Unicef, via Consiglio and via Rigliaco, near the area where the event will take place.
The service will be operational from 13:00 on Thursday 1 May until 1: 00 of the following day. The ticket, from a cost of 1.30 euros per tract, can be purchased directly on board.
Stop cars
At the same time, Throughout the day of the concert, the area adjacent to the archaeological park will be banned on trafficwith consequent deviations for some urban bus lines. The path changes can be consulted on the official Kyma Mobility website.
The suspension of the ordinary urban transport service between 14 and 6 pm must also be reported. The service will resume later in a reduced form, with the last race expected around 23:00.
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