Ottorino Respighi Festival

Bologna dedicates a music festival to Ottorino Respighi, the great composer and illustrious citizen. Throughout the month of September, the city becomes a stage for concerts, conventions, in-depth studies, collaborations, and cultural initiatives. From September 21 to October 25, 2025, the program unfolds with events distributed across the city's main art and culture venues, tracing the life and works of Respighi, celebrating the composer's fundamental role in the global 20th century, while also exploring his lesser-known works and rediscovering the effervescent cultural and social atmosphere of Italy at the time.

ROBOT Festival

With this festival, Bologna completely changes genre but confirms itself as a center of international music: the ROBOT Festival is an event born in 2008 dedicated to electronic music and visual arts. On September 27 and from October 9 to 11, concerts, DJ sets, performances, screenings, digital installations, and workshops return, making this event an unmissable opportunity for the many young people who follow and listen to this musical genre.

Bologna Jazz Festival

Ph. Jazzer

As we've seen, jazz holds a special place in the heart of Bologna and its inhabitants. The history of jazz here has distant origins, and already after the Second World War, it became a mandatory stop for all the most famous American bands and soloists like Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Ella Fitzgerald. Then the first city bands were born, the first clubs opened, and... the BJF arrived. This year too, in the months of October and November, the most internationally beloved artists perform in the theaters and clubs of Bologna, for a month of great music.

Classical Music and Opera

After the summer break, concerts from the most beloved classical music series resume: the seasons of Bologna Festival, Accademia Filarmonica, Sinfonica del Teatro Comunale, and many others continue. Discover them in detail in this article.