Events & Fairs
Edit ThisAmong the "driving forces" of the City, the Book Fair and the Music Fair are two regular dates on the calendar that attract publishers, artists, critics and representatives of the world of culture to Turin, and draw in very large quantities and number of tourists that come to italian cities.
There is also the newly founded association of the Circuit of Young Italian Artists, that brings together 23 local authorities from all over Italy. It was set up in 1997 for the Biennial of the Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean, to promote and support the work of outstanding young artists and performers.
From the point of view of art and youth, the association also promotes the Thatre House for Teenagers and Young People, hosted in a multifunctional structure that incorporates two theatres, and a centre for study, research, experimentation and theatrical performance, designed specifically for young people.
Every September, Villa Gualino, from its spectacular position on the splendid Turin hillside that overlooks the city, becomes the home of Experimenta, a science fair based on direct experimentation in physical phenomena. Each edition adopts a specific theme that is highly popular with the general public. But Villa Gualino offers more than just this one event; it is also the home of the Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, a major centre for scientific and technological research, and for the training of young scientists and researchers. The Centre has accomodation for 100 people, attracts participants from all over the world, and organises debates and conferences in addition to its teaching programme. Villa Gualino also hosts e European Training Foundation, the indipendent agency set up by the EU to co-ordinate the professional education and training programmes that it runs in partnership with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.
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Gran Balôn
Edit ThisThe Gran Balôn, that takes place on the second Sunday of every month, has reached the level of the celebrated Marché aux puces (Flea Market) in Paris: a market of curiosity, collector's items, lace, toys and old publications, together with antique objet d'art and furniture of rare quality that is attracting more and ore people from all over Italy.
The Gran Balôn fair has reached its thirteenth year of operation in 2000 but has its roots in the old market traditionally held in the Borgo Dora district of Turin on Saturday mornings. Every second Sunday in the month, the more..
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| address: | Porta Palazzo - zona Balôn |
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The Music Fair
Edit ThisThe Turin "music system" is completed by the internationally renowned Music Fair, that attracted nearly 200,000 visitors to each of its first two editions. Held in the Lingotto Exhibition Centre in October, the Music Fair offers six full days of concerts, conferences and meetings with the "great stars" of music. This highly popular event attracts a decidedly heterogeneous audience from seasoned music lovers, in search of the latest recordings in the field of cultured music, to youthful autograph hunters, providing proof, if it were needed, of how much music means to the people of Turin.
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Mast
Edit ThisThe Sport and Tourism in the Environment Show involves exhibitors from all around the world who are interested in promoting outdoor-activity-related products and offers. The well-qualified event that is the only one of its kind in the sector is backed by the Turin Marathon, a prestigious race that brings over professional and amateur sportspeople onto the streets.
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| email: | mast@turinmarathon.it |
| address: | Palazzo a Vela |
| url: | www.turinmarathon.it |
| tel: | (39) 011 6635052 |
The Book Fair
Edit ThisThe Book Fair, the pride and joy of Turin's cultural business, has taken place in May for over five years. Housed in the new Lingotto Exhibition Centre it attracts well over 150,000 visitors at every edition. During those five days in May, Turin becomes the Italian capital of cultural and literary life.
The aim of the Book Fair is to make the book part of everyday life, to connect it with an idea of emotion, pleasure and discovery. A Fair at the service of the reader and his/her needs for information and orientation. An essential meeting point for everyone in the book trade.
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| email: | info@fieralibro.it |
| address: | Lingotto Fiere |
| url: | www.fieralibro.it |
| tel: | (39) 011 5184268 |
Artissima - Modern and Contemporary Art Fair
Edit ThisOne hundred and twenty of Europe's leading art galleries, museums and foundations, specialist publishers, shows and conferences with major representatives from the worlds of Art, Culture and Communications. This is the Artissima, the event dedicated to art, that has more than a purely cultural significance. Artissima is both an exhibition and a market and is a recently created, but already highly popular event, draws gallery owners, artists and critics to the city from all over Italy and from abroad. In particular, it serves to highlight the significant number of famous names and more..
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| address: | Palazzo Nervi |
| url: | www.artissima.it |
| tel: | (39) 011 546284 |
| e-mail: | rebus@etabeta.it |
Turin Comics
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| address: | Torino Esposizioni |
| tel: | (39) 011 4333504 |
