This year’s music program at the Rotonda by la Mobiliare 2022 takes shape in the “Come together!” project, a series of events whose hallmarks are culture and sharing which will bring to Locarno engaging rhythms as well as fresh sounds. A selection of emerging and established musicians will animate a program aimed at actively supporting the national music scene, full of young talents to be discovered. Every evening the program will start with a support act at 8 pm, leading up to the main act at 9.30 pm. All gigs are supported by national performing rights organizations Stiftung Phonoproduzierende and Swissperform, and curated by Suzana Gostimirović (internationally experienced agent and music manager at Gostimirović Music Management) and Andi Rohrer (producer and presenter of the music program Sounds! on Radio SRF 3), plus Swiss broadcaster RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera on the nights of 13 and 14 August.
Clubbers will be able to take over the dance floor every evening too, with DJ playlists before and after the live acts until 3 am.
A space for everyone: live shows, art, food and drink and local crafts
There’s more to “Come together!” than just the brilliant music, too, with doors opening at 6 pm. Every evening there will be street artists from both the local area and around the world, as dancers and characters from the movies, firing up la Rotonda by la Mobiliare with two surprising and exciting performances before and between the music acts. Festival-goers can also stroll around the space to admire installations created by atelier oï and Ekrem Yalçindağ, and by urban artists with their own special take on 75 years of Locarno Film Festival history. Not to mention the welcomed return of craft corners, with stalls for local crafters whose creativity will be on display at the Rotonda by la Mobiliare. Hungry and thirsty visitors will be well catered for, too, with no less than 15 food trucks in the space: the accent on local produce will blend with dishes from around the world, offering a chance to savor the taste of the territory or discover something entirely new.
Swiss National Day celebrations on 1 August
On 1 August the Rotonda by la Mobiliare will host the traditional city’s celebrations for National Day. Starting at 7:15PM, the Musica Cittadina will be at the forefront, and the official Address will be given by Mijat Marić, introduced my Mayor Alain Scherrer and followed by the Swiss national anthem. An aperitif offered by the city and the evening’s regular musical program will complete the special evening, designed especially for the local population as well as for the regular audience of the Rotonda.
Discover all the Locarno Extra activities
- Exhibiton SocialSim by Hito Steyerl, a five-channel video work that explores the chaotic social situation and overall conditions of art creation as well as the ever-changing status of art museums during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when simulated virtual spaces on the Internet began to establish them in the real world. From August 3-13 at the Rivellino.
- SKIES by Kollektiv Beton @BaseCamp, a walk-through video installation that takes visitors on a journey through familiar environments that become distant galaxies.
- Time Travel Tour by Ascona-Locarno, a guided tour of the city through time alongside the great people of the past who have made Locarno's history.
- VR Experience @Largo Zorzi, in collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), from 3 to 13 August 2022, the old projection booth on the Piazza Grande becomes once again the theatre for an experience on the edge of technology.
- Photo Exhibition by René Burri @Museo Regionale delle Centovalli e del Pedemonte.
The Museum will pay tribute to the Locarno Film Festival with an exhibition by renowned Swiss photographer René Burri.
More initiatives will be revealed over the coming weeks.
