Since 2021, Opera Festival has taken place in Milo, a small Sicilian town at the foot of Mount Etna. The location, long a source of inspiration for Franco Battiato, informs the festival’s character and direction. Across five editions, Opera has become a stage where experimental research and traditional sounds meet, with a particular focus on the vitality of the local music scene.
The event extends beyond the scope of a music festival. It functions as a platform for sustainability, artistic dialogue, and the revaluation of its surrounding territory. By connecting global artistic voices with local identity, Opera fosters cultural production that resonates well beyond its immediate geography.
In recent years, the festival has also served as a gateway for prominent brands to connect with the local economy, while offering a setting for team building across different cultural sectors. Its collateral activities strengthen the bridge between artistic practice and community engagement, ensuring that Opera remains a reference point for cultural activity in Sicily.
-DAY BY DAY LINE UP-
THURSDAY 21.08
● Ballroom
Bambi · Ciel (Live) · Marielou
FRIDAY 22.08
● Special Project Etna Morning
Etna Sonica (Special Project powered by Luce del Sud )
● Ballroom
Casa Voyager Showcase w/ Kosh (Live) & Driss Bena aka OCB · Claudio B · Domenico Niki · MFD (Live)
● Sciara Stage Kokomò · KVA Residency
● Punto Base Opera (After)
La Bek · Polygonia (Live) · Sandrien
SATURDAY 23.08
● Ballroom
Cheval · Claudio PRC (Extended set) · Daura · Radio K
● Sciara Stage
KVA Residency · Electro Hamad · Claudio Grasso
● Punto Base Opera (After) Batu · DJ MARIA · Silvae
SATURDAY 23.08, 6:30 PM — A TALK WITH COEVAL Magazine
Digital archives and analog media. Panorama and refuge in the world of media. Donald Gjoka from COEVAL Magazine in conversation with Giacomo Tavelli from Average Italian Kids
Curated by Mara Russo
In the early 1900s, print became the main mass communication tool and a vital channel for avant-garde art, boosted by industrial processes that enabled low-cost books, newspapers, posters, and magazines. The May 10, 1933 book burnings in Germany and the rise of European totalitarianism marked a shift: print was redefined as ephemeral, propagandistic, and vulnerable to censorship or decay. Later, mass media and, by the turn of the 21st century, new media reshaped this landscape.
SUNDAY 24.08
● Ballroom
Born in 1986 · CCL · Davo · J.O.D. · Kuba’97 · PLO Man
● Sciara Stage
KVA Residency · Adriano
Opera Festival — 5th Edition
21 - 24 August 2025
Milo, Etna, Sicily.
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