Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2025: The Guide

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is the artistic event held every year in Florence.

The 2025 edition is the 87th.

It is a highly popular event, featuring concerts, operas, prose performances and ballets.

It is held as usual at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, located in Piazzale Vittorio Gui, near the Parco delle Cascine.

The Theater boasts a hall with 1890 seats, an auditorium with 1200 seats and an open-air cavea with 2000 seats.

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Every year, the event attracts the attention of numerous music lovers from all over the world, ready to admire great Italian and international artists.

2025 Program:

Discover it on the official website: https://www.maggiofiorentino.com/

During the event, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, founded in 1928 and directed over time by Maestros such as Pietro Mascagni, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinskij, will also be a protagonist.

Awarded a Grammy Award in 1990, it is currently directed by Maestro Zubin Mehta.

Some useful information for those who want to participate in the event:

Where to park at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino?

Those who reach the event location by car can leave their vehicle in the Oltrarno paid parking lot, located in Piazza della Calza 1. Or find a place on Viale dei Colli, Piazza Tasso, avenues around Porta Romana, Viale del Poggio Imperiale;

Where to buy Maggio Fiorentino tickets?

We can buy Maggio Fiorentino tickets at the Teatro del Maggio ticket office, open at the following times:

Tuesday to Friday: from 10.00 to 13.00 and from 15.00 to 18.00;

Saturday: from 10.00 to 13.00;

From two hours before the shows.

How to get the Maggio Card?

Enjoy Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with tickets and more. Because you also have the opportunity to buy a special Card designed specifically for under 30s. It is valid for one year and can be requested at the Ticket Office or by writing to the Courtesy Service (cortesia@maggiofiorentino.com).
The Maggio Card allows you to purchase €15 tickets for performances during the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Seasons and discounted tickets for exhibitions held at Palazzo Strozzi.

Why is it called Maggio Musicale Fiorentino?

The name “Maggio Musicale Fiorentino” comes from the city’s tradition of musical festivals in May.

Among these, Calendimaggio certainly stands out, the Spring festival that took place throughout the month of May.

It was a fixed appointment and eagerly awaited by all citizens.

A true tradition that has been active since the Middle Ages.

It began on April 30 and involved the suspension of work activities and the organization of festive parades through the streets of the city.

During the event, the boys sang the May and danced in front of a girl who was elected Queen of May.

The songs were called “maggi” and were sung by groups of young people who moved from house to house, where the engaged girls lived, who in turn gave flowers to the boys.

The protagonists were the cantamaggio (who enriched the melodies with refrains or reflowerings) and the maggiaioli (the people who sang the serenades).

These were preceded by a boy who carried the majo, that is, a flowering branch that represented spring.

Throughout the duration of the festival, the streets were invaded by people from every part of the region, the balconies and windows were decorated with tapestries, laurel festoons and flags.

Although of pagan origin, for a long time the festival also had a religious connotation, clearly visible in the custom of placing garlands on the tabernacles, while blessed flowers were offered to the Compagnia del Ceppo.

The Arte dei Calzolai set up an altar in honor of the protector San Filippo. Masses were celebrated outdoors, in front of the statue of the saint erected near Orsanimichele.

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