Baldo-Garda Events: Festivals, Reenactments, Music, and Exhibitions
A late June that combines historical reenactments with exhibitions, markets, folk songs and music, bands and choirs in various towns around the Baldo-Garda area. Today. In Garda Trentino, at the Giardino della Pace in Arco, there will be an encounter with XIV Dalai Lama; in San Alessandro di Riva, the feast of SS. Pietro and Paolo and a bocce tournament for couples; and in Torbole, a concert series for the «Jazz Festival». On the lower lake, in Salò, there will be a majorettes performance at 8:30 PM at the Baden Powell Garden and classical ballet with musical entertainment provided by the Società Libertas. Tomorrow. In Peschiera, two days dedicated to the bicentennial of the French siege of the fortress, with a gunfire display at 10 PM on the Porta Brescia bridge. A choir festival at Valeggio, at 9 PM at the Castello Scaligero; a triathlon race in Bardolino and the night regatta of the bisse boats in Garda. In Cavaion, for the summer theatre festival, at 9:15 PM at the Torcolo Arena, «Operazione Calzamaglia» performed by the Garda-based Rumarola company, as well as guided tours of villas, courtyards, and historic buildings (from 5 PM to 7 PM, meeting point at the parish church). Sailing competitions take place in Brenzone and Malcesine at 9 PM at the Castello Scaligero theatre, featuring a jazz concert by Roberto Zanetti. The photographic exhibition by Gian Pietro Tintori opens in Torri, and the «naif» painter Lucio De Lorenzi exhibits in San Zeno. In Salò, a speed race on hydroplane pylons today and tomorrow; in Gardone at the Vittoriale, a gala evening of Cantalago 2001, hosted by Federica Moro. In Garda Trentino, «sardellata» in Riva del Garda, at the Rocca channel, with fish offered by the Associazione Amici della Tirlindana; at 9 PM in the inner courtyard of the Rocca, the theatrical company I Sacerdoti presents «Solo per ’na not» by Alberto Maria Betta. Music and gastronomy in Ceniga for the feast of SS. Pietro and Paolo, while at Arco, the European Youth Cup 2001 in free climbing. Sunday. In Caprino, at the Pieve di Vilmezzano, at 9 PM, «Parola detta e parola cantata», featuring music and poetry from the Belle Époque: classical music, songs, and poetry. Parade of troops in Peschiera with sorties and artillery duels in the Porta Brescia area for the Bicentennial of the historical reenactment of the siege by Napoleonic troops from 1801. In Arco, free guided tours from 10 AM to 12 PM, and at 9:30 PM, for the «Jazz Festival», a concert by Paolo Fresu and Dhafer Youssef. Monday. At the former library hall in Lazise, the opening of the exhibition by painter Natalina Marcantoni. Festivities in the village of Cassone. Tuesday. In Cavaion, at the Torcolo Arena, at 9:15 PM, part of the «What Women Want» film program; in Salò, at 8:30 PM at the Baden Powell Garden, a performance by the Banda di Brescia; and in Cunettone, the «Giorni Fun-tastici 2001» event continues until the end of the month. In Tenno, for the Castelli nel Trentino tour, a free snack at 1:30 PM: registration at Apt Garda Trentino.
