October 3 - October 29, 2025
Cervia
Voices for peace. A journey through community values
October is dedicated to peace with the first edition of Voices for Peace. A journey through community values, the festival is organised by the Municipality of Cervia, with the collaboration and support of the Emilia Romagna Region and the special participation of Artevento.
The festival stems from the desire to think of peace not as an abstract concept, but as a shared practice, a daily gesture, a collective choice, a path that is built together. The voice – in song, in words, in testimony, in storytelling – is the tool that unites and creates community.
Through the arts, culture, encounters and dialogue, the Festival aims to give space to those who bring a fragment of peace, showing how each of us can become a bearer and guardian of peace.
Programme
Artevento - One Sky One World
Exhibition opening “Il giro del mondo in 80 aquiloni”
Magazzini del Sale,Cervia
Saturday, 4 October
Artevento Autunno - One Sky One World:
Peace parade
6 pm
Departure from the Salt Warehouse/exhibition entrance and arrival in Piazza Garibaldi
Solidarity evening with fundraising dinner for Emergency and Médecins Sans Frontières in support of the Palestinian people - with guests, live music, contributions and video links.
From 7:00 pm
Piazza Garibaldi, Cervia
Sunday, 5 October
Artevento Autunno One Sky One World
Kite flying for peace, with workshops in collaboration with Hera and a solidarity picnic for the Palestinian people, with a food area dedicated to fundraising for Emergency and Médecins Sans Frontières.
From 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Free beach in Cervia
Saturday, 11 October
Born to read: children's books about peace
10:30 am
Biblioteca comunale Maria Goia, Cervia
Sunday, 12 October
Perugia-Assisi Peace March
Participation of the Cervia delegation, led by Councillor Michela Brunelli, in the peace march organised by the PerugiAssisi Foundation for the Culture of Peace, in collaboration with the National Coordination of Local Authorities for Peace and Human Rights and the National Network of Schools for Peace.
Mothers of Europe – The women who founded Europe
6:00 pm
Magazzino del sale, Cervia
Theatrical reading written and performed by Alessandra Evangelisti, with live music by Serena Sansoni.
Tuesday, 14 October
Peace and freedom: Dialogue with Patrick Zaki
6:00 pm
Magazzino del Sale, Cervia
Moderated by journalist Alessia Arcolaci
Wednesday, 15 October
Three years in Ukraine. Trauma far from the front line
8:30 pm
Magazzino del sale, Cervia
Documentary films and testimonies from Ukraine. Moderated by journalist Alessia Arcolaci.
The rebel. The extraordinary life of Nadia Perri
5:00 pm
Biblioteca comunale Maria Goia, Cervia
Presentation of Giorgio van Straten's book, as part of the StraOrdinarie exhibition
Thursday, 16 October
Circle Time “Peace is a moving image”
10:00 am
Piazzale Ascione – Viale Roma, Cervia
by and with Karole Di Tommaso
Cycling tour with wreath laying at the memorial stones of the Fallen of Cervia
1:30 pm
Departure from the Deledda School
Initiative organised by the Aquilotti Association with pupils from the Deledda school
Lecture by Valeria Parrella
8:30 pm
Magazzino del Sale, Cervia
The Italian writer, playwright and journalist reflects with the community on the word 'peace'.
Friday, 17 October
The testimony of survivors of the atomic bomb in Japan
8:20 am
Connections in local schools with a hibakusha, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, in collaboration with Mayors for Peace.
This will be followed by readings by children from the M. Buonarroti school in Dondini Park in Montaletto, home to 'Pacifico', a second-generation plant grown from seeds of ginkgo biloba trees that survived the atomic bomb, and kite-making workshops for peace organised by Artevento.
You are my Peace
From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Departure and arrival Salt Warehouse
Poetic walk and show/Poetic DJ SET, workshop curated by Giulia Ananì
Maximum 20 people: registration required by email giorginil@comunecervia.it
Saturday, 18 October
Voices of Peace, conference
From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Magazzino del Sale, Cervia
Part One: “Testimony of Peace”, meeting with the Association of Volunteers for Gaza; Ibrahim, who arrived from Gaza with his family; Damiano Rizzi, President of the SOLETERRE Foundation, connecting from Palestine
Part Two: ‘Facing the Pain of Others,’ debate with Francesco Malavolta, photojournalist; Rahel Saya, Afghan journalist; a representative from Emergency; Martina Marchio, nurse for Doctors Without Borders.
Moderated by journalist Alessia Arcolaci
At the end, a small reception will be offered to participants
Flowers for Peace
From 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Verde Mercato and kids workshop
Historic centre and Viale Roma
Domenica 19 ottobre
Flowers for Peace
From 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Verde Mercato and kids workshop
Historic centre and Viale Roma
Street artists for Emergency
From 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Historic centre
Street artist performances to raise funds for Emergency, to support their activities in war-torn countries
Sounds of EuRoPe
From 3:30 p.m.
Corso Mazzini 37, Cervia
Listen, learn and discover the European Union through DJ sets, games and talks organised by the Europe Direct Centre of Romagna
Wednesday, 22 October
Art is freedom
4:00 p.m.
Sala Rubicone, Cervia
Opening of Luciano Michi's solo exhibition, open until 2 November
Thursday, 23 October
Jazz music from the Fascist era to the post-war period
5:00 p.m.
Maria Goia Municipal Library, Cervia
A musical journey with musician Rossella Giannini
Sunday, 26 October
Commemoration of the Liberation of Cervia
10:00 a.m.
From Piazza Garibaldi, Cervia
Concert by the Città di Cervia band and procession for the laying of wreaths at the memorial stones in the historic centre to commemorate the Liberation of Cervia, which took place on 22 October 1944
Cervia in the places of the Resistance
2:30 p.m.
Meeting point: Torre San Michele
Narrative trek with stories told by Giancarlo Dini, organised by the Municipal Library
Wednesday, 29 October
Cervia 1944-1946: from Liberation to the first elections
4:00 p.m.
Municipal Library, Cervia
Meeting with historian Massimo Buda
All events are free to attend.
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