11th Edition - Jazz & Books
Sant'Agata li Battiati | July 5 - August 21, 2025
Art Direction: Maestro Antonio Petralia | Literary Coordination: Giovanni Coppola
🎶 A unique format in Italy.
The Battiati Jazz Festival, proudly arrived at the’eleventh edition, is confirmed as a distinctive cultural event in the Sicilian and national panorama, capable of Uniting jazz music with contemporary literature.
Born in 2015 from an original idea by Antonio Petralia with Massimo Fazio e Gianluca Vittorio, the format “Jazz & Books” is now an identifying signature of the festival: concerts and literary presentations follow each other in harmony, creating a meeting space between sound and word, between emotion and thought.
📍 Location
All events take place at the Cultural Pole Gardens - 19 Stadium Street, in the heart of Sant'Agata li Battiati (CT), except for the inaugural concert on July 5 at the Pertini Square Municipal Park (57 Bellini Street).
🎟️ Free admission while seats last
🎼 CONCERTS - Battiati Jazz Festival 2025
- July 05 - Conservatory Toscanini Jazz Orchestra (Municipal Park - Pertini Square)
- 09 July - Progressions Quartet
- July 19 - APJ 4et. feat. Simona Trentacoste
- July 25 - Giorgia Crimi Ensemble
- July 31 - Angelo di Leonforte Group
- 07 August - Roberta Sava 4et.
- August 13 - Marcello Arrabito Trio
- August 21 - Alessandro Lo Chiano 4et.
📚 BOOKS - Literary Presentations 2025
- 09 July - Sebastiano Ardita, The courage of evil, Bonfirraro
- July 25 - Danilo Mauro Castiglione, Solitudes, St. Paul
- July 31 - Antonina Nocera, In St. Petersburg with Dostoevsky, Perrone
- 07 August - Andrea Alba, Kafka's Shadow, Arkadia
- August 13 - Domenico Trischitta, 1999, OutsideAxis
- August 21 - Fernando Massimo Adonia, Fatherland, People and Work, Syndical Ed.
✨ A Festival that grows with the land
With the support of the Municipality of Sant'Agata li Battiati, of the Ministry of Culture e Of the Regional Department of Tourism Sports and Entertainment and national cultural partners (I-Jazz, AIAM, Jazz Takes The Green), the Battiati Jazz Festival is confirmed as a project rooted in the territory but with international vision.
Each edition represents a moment of Collective growth, cultural participation and intergenerational dialogue.
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