19-21 April Artevento preview / 24 April-4 May Kite Festival
Pinarella
Artevento Cervia - International Kite Festival
The International Kite Festival, the world’s longest running in its 45th edition, brings hundreds of wind artists from 50 countries and thousands of visitors to the beaches of Pinarella.
This special and historic edition will last 16 days, with a preview with the exhibition Balance and Harmony from 19 April and the festival from 24 April to 4 May, all dedicated to the art of flight between shows, events and initiatives. For two weeks the sky is colored with kites from all over the world. Every day the festival is animated by artistic, ethnic, historical and giant kites, exciting competitions and acrobatic performances, educational workshops, night shows and music and a food area. A party animated by the dances of the guests of honor from Indonesia, the haka energy of the Maori from New Zealand and the creative contaminations of a colorful family of performers to live the magic of a dream made of wind art, music, theater dance, contemporary circus, acrobatic flight to the rhythm of music, "Wind Gardens", 3D & air sculptures, traditions from the world, jugglers, night shows, workshops, exhibitions and collective actions to build together a world of peace, inclusion and solidarity, and to promote the protection of the environment and biodiversity.
The edition is dedicated to 80 years of the Liberation, a theme also highlighted by the poppy, the iconic flower of memory that will inspire kites, Gardens of the Wind and workshops for children. In addition, we celebrate the 800th anniversary of San Francesco’s Canticle of the Creatures, a hymn to peace in the world, to nature and to others, thus sanctioning the collaboration with Fondazione Marcia PerugiAssisi.
The festival promotes the values of peace, human rights, sustainability, inclusion and pluralism.
Programme
Preview al Magazzino del Sale, Cervia:
19 - 21 aprile
- Balance and Harmony
Mostra di Kadek Armika, il più grande artista eolico contemporaneo indonesiano, per la prima volta in Europa - Pasqua creativa - Club Kintaro
Laboratori per grandi e bambini con gli artisti internazionali
Attraverso le attività creative con Kadek Armika, il giapponese Makoto Ohye e la stessa direttrice del festival Caterina Capelli, i più piccoli apprenderanno i rudimenti dell’arte del vento mentre la polacca Alicja Szalska insegnerà passo passo agli adulti come costruire un aquilone professionale con l’uso di una macchina da cucire domestica.
21 aprile - 1° Annullo Postale
dedicato ai 45 anni di ARTEVENTO a tutela delle culture dell’aquilone
Festival Internazionale dell’Aquilone sulla spiaggia di Pinarella
24 aprile - 4 maggio
Thursday 24 April
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
Fiera Nord Tenda Artevento
from 2 p.m.
Kite workshop registration
Performance area stage 1
from 3 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flying performances to the rhythm of music in solo, duo and team
Walter Chiari Municipal Theatre, Cervia
9 p.m.
Circo el Grito
In L'uomo calamita with Giacomo Costantini and narrator Wu Ming2
Friday 25 April
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10:00
All kites in flight
NORTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Temporary philatelic service
2nd postmark dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the liberation
SOUTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
Performance area stage 1
11:00 a.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flying performances to the rhythm of music in solo, duo and team
2 p.m.
Nickelangelo's party
Flight in memory of Nick James to whom the festival is dedicated
3 p.m.
1000 red poppies
Artevento celebrates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi fascism and the commemoration of the Anzac Day in memory of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who died during the Second World War through the performance of the Maori Team and the collective flight of guests inspired by the theme of the 45th edition, the poppy, symbol of memory. During the day it will be possible to register at ANPI.
4 p.m.
"The Magnet Man" Circo El Grito
Presentation of the acclaimed show dedicated to the resistance that combines illusionism, music and literature bringing contemporary circus in theaters with Giacomo Costantini, Wu Ming2.
4:30 p.m.
Trigon
Presentation of the project signed by the guest artists Anke Sauer, Tamara and Heinrich Hohmann and winner in Germany of the Europa Scheck call for the promotion of an idea of unity and cooperation among the members of the European Community.
5 p.m.
The dragon and the phoenix
The wind opera of Maestro Kadek Armika and the tradition of Balinese dance theatre.
5:30 p.m.
East meet west
One Sky One World: collective display and presentation of the works of the eastern delegations thanks to the collaboration of all other guests: Bali, Cambodia, China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
from 6 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team
Walter Chiari Municipal Theatre, Cervia
9 p.m.
Circo el Grito
In L'uomo calamita with Giacomo Costantini and narrator Wu Ming2
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
NORTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
SOUTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
Performance area stage 1
11 p.m.
The sea beyond the clouds
Meeting with Alessandro Metz, activist and founder of Mediterranea
2 p.m.
1000 red poppies
Collective flight inspired by the theme of poppy symbol of the edition
from 3 p.m.
The sea beyond the clouds
The mosaic flag returns as a protagonist in the central area symbol of the day, recalling the launch of the crowdfunding ResQ People Saving People, organized by Artevento on a fishing boat in Cervia during the 2020 festival.
Meeting with Arnoldo Mosca Mondadori, president of the Fondazione Casa dello Spirito delle Arti and with the fisherman Vito Fiorino, rescuer of 47 shipwrecked in the tragedy of the sea that cost the lives of 366 people in 2013.
Orchestra of the Sea: the bow instruments built by the inmates of the Island Prison with the wood of boats shipwrecked in the Mediterranean from an idea of Arnoldo Mosca Mondadori, played by the Forlì Music Orchestra’s String Quartet accompanies the testimony of Vito Fiorino.
The first movement of Shostakovich’s quartet N.°8 dedicated by the author "to the victims of fascism and war" and Verdi’s Ave Maria from Othello will be performed.
Special award for flying merits to Arnoldo Mosca Mondadori and Vito Fiorino.
from 6 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team.
Special Nils Guhl: presentation and performance of the 14-year-old German pilot winner last October of the 1st World Indoor Acrobatic Flying Championship in Weifang, China
Walter Chiari Municipal Theatre, Cervia
9 p.m.
Circo el Grito
In L'uomo calamita with Giacomo Costantini and narrator Wu Ming2
Exhibition area, STAGE
9 p.m.
Knock on the sky and listen to the sound
Night flight
Screening of the Docufilm "A Nord di Lampedusa" by Alessandro Rocca and Davide Demichelis
Sunday 27 April
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Connor Doran “dare to dream”
Special Prize for Merits of Flight of Artevento 2019 for demonstrating the therapeutic power of the kite in relation to the disease returns as a super guest of the 45th edition with the inseparable mom Amy the athlete suffering from epilepsy that brought the sport aquilonismo The spotlight in the USA reaching the final at the 5th edition of America’s Got Talent
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
NORTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
SOUTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
Performance area stage 1
11 p.m.
Club Kintaro
Presentation of the new project by Caterina Capelli dedicated to the kite as a tool for inclusion and social cohesion. Meeting with the guest of honor USA Connor Doran finalist at the 5th edition of America’s Got Talent and the delegate to accessibility of the Municipality of Cervia Samanta Farebegoli.
Walter Chiari Municipal Theatre, Cervia
12 a.m.
Circo el Grito
In L'uomo calamita with Giacomo Costantini and narrator Wu Ming2
Exhibition area, STAGE
12 a.m.
Nickelangelo’s party
3 p.m.
The dragon and the phoenix
The wind opera by Maestro Kadek Armika accompanies the traditional dance theatre performances performed by the team coming from Bali with a taste of Condong Dance, Topoeng Monyer and Joget dance
4 p.m.
East meet west
One Sky One World: collective display and presentation of the works of the eastern delegations thanks to the collaboration of all other guests: Bali, Cambodia, China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
5 p.m.
The Wall, Dick Toonen
Olanda
6 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team.
Monday 28 April
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
NORTH Fair
10:00 a.m.
Poppies Workshop: Briefing
Meeting of the members of the construction workshop for adults with the Polish artist Alicja Szalska
SOUTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
Performance area stage 1
3 p.m.
Sky Gallery
One Sky One World: collective display and presentation of the works of the eastern delegations thanks to the collaboration of all other guests: Bali, Cambodia, China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
From 4 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team.
Tuesday 29 April
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
Performance area stage 1
2:30 p.m.
We are family
incontro con gli ospiti della Cooperativa Sociale il Cigno in visita al festival come conclusione del percorso creativo promosso dall’Associazione Artevento Cervia Aquiloni dal Mondo APS nelle rsa della provincia di Forlì Cesena.
3:30 p.m.
Sky Gallery
One Sky One World Display
From 4 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team.
Wednesday 30 April
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
Performance area stage 1
3 p.m.
Sky Gallery
One Sky One World Display
From 4 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team.
From the Sale Warehouse to Piazza Garibaldi
from 9 p.m.
Artevento kite parade
The overwhelming musical incursion of the colorful family Artevento diffuses in the historic center of the city of Cervia the intercultural climate of the festival in the form of a spectacular parade that brings together the dragon of the Chinese tradition to the mechanical bull of the artist "Doghead" from Mutonia.
The exceptional godmother of the evening, the amazing Marianne Mirage, sings peace with the scratching heat of the unmistakable soul stamp that has earned her to open the boxes of the rock priestess Patty Smith.
Thursday 1 May
Special: Artevento celebrates il Kodomo No Hi
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
NORTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Temporary philatelic service
3 postal cancellation dedicated to Kintaro, the golden child of the Japanese tradition who inspired the poster of the edition
SOUTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
ore 12 a.m.
Registration of technical laboratories
Sottosopra ASD Arezzo
from 2 p.m.
technical laboratories with Sottosopra ASD Arezzo
Performance area stage 1
from 11 a.m.
“Mutate or die.” In trip with Muytoid Waste Company”, by Rote Zora
Presentation of the book and in-depth on the concepts of migration and reception, sensitivity and reuse while in the central area fly the kites of the laboratory dedicated to resistance culture of Mutonia together with a Sky Gallery curated by the Drachensyndikat.
Special Labour Day: Meeting with CGIL trade unionist Corinna Armuzzi
2 p.m.
Pijama Party
Steffi Rauchwarter and Marten Bondestam.
2:30 p.m.
1000 red poppies – Poppies Workshop:
Presentation of the result of a special workshop for adults by Polish artist Alicja Szalska. The meeting on the stage and the collective flight of which are protagonists the participants in the activity, whether they are aquilonisti guests of the event or visitors of the festival at the grips with the first kite built, reaffirms Artevento’s goals in promoting collective and inclusive creative experiences and is accompanied by a performance of the Team Maori dedicated to the flower symbol of remembrance day.
4 p.m.
Club Kintaro
Between fairy tale and folklore: Kintaro the golden child of Japan
Meeting with Dr. Marco Del Bene, associate professor of History of Japan at the University La Sapienza in Rome. In-depth discussion on the theme of the poster and cancellation performed by Philatelia Poste Italiane until 18.30 and on the significance of the children’s party KODOMO NO HI to which the day is dedicated
4:30 p.m.
The dragon and the phoenix
The wind opera of Maestro Kadek Armika and the tradition of Balinese dance theatre.
ore 17:00
East meet west
One Sky One World: display collettivo e presentazione delle opera delle delegazioni orientali grazie alla collaborazione di tutti gli altri ospiti: Bali, Cambogia, Cina, Corea, Giappone, Indonesia, Malesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailandia
ore 17:30
The Wall – Dick Toonen
Olanda
ore 18:00
Sport Kite Show
Rassegna di esibizioni di volo acrobatico a ritmo di musica in solo, coppia e team
3 p.m.
Sky Gallery
One Sky One World Display
From 4 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team.
Friday 2 May
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
NORTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
SOUTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration of technical laboratories
Sottosopra ASD Arezzo
from 2 p.m.
technical laboratories with Sottosopra ASD Arezzo
5 p.m.
Let’s be eco-friendly!
Contemporary circus show presented by da Sottosopra ASD Arezzo
STACK AREA
from 10:30 a.m.
Cervia's Cup Italian Acrobatic Flight Championship STACK
Briefing piloti e gare open e novice
Performance area stage 1
from 11 a.m.
Lonely Bird
presentation and meeting with the author Ruth Whiting, one of the most interesting wind artists on the international scene, beloved protagonist of Artevento, with her husband Tim Elverston and son Otto. The painter Ruth Whiting renews the link between the festival and the world of publishing and illustration for children with the book, poetic illustrated masterpiece on the discovery of the self winner in 2024 of the Children’s and Young Adult Book Award of the International Literacy Association.
2 p.m.
The other half of the sky
Review of the wind artists invited to the event
4 p.m.
Sky Gallery
Carl Robertshaw (UK) and Frank Schwiemann (Germany)
5 p.m.
The Wall
Dick Toonen (Olanda)
6 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team.
Saturday 3 May
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
NORTH Fair
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
SOUTH Fair
10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration of technical laboratories
Sottosopra ASD Arezzo
from 2 p.m.
technical laboratories with Sottosopra ASD Arezzo
5 p.m.
Let’s be eco-friendly!
Contemporary circus show presented by da Sottosopra ASD Arezzo
STACK AREA
from 10:30 a.m.
Cervia's Cup Italian Acrobatic Flight Championship STACK
Briefing piloti e gare open e novice
Performance area stage 1
2 p.m.
The other half of the sky
Review of the wind artists invited to the eventv
4 p.m.
Sky Gallery
Carl Robertshaw (UK) and Frank Schwiemann (Germany)
5 p.m.
The Wall
Dick Toonen (Olanda)
6 p.m.
Sport Kite Show
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team.
Exhibition area
9 p.m.
The night of miracles
The original collective action of Artevento became a cult event for supporters of environmental art celebrates its 25th edition with the overwhelming music of Fracass&Ganasa Guggen Band coming from Ticino (Switzerland)
Sunday 4 May
Magazzino del Sale
from 4 p.m. 10 p.m.
Artists between sky and earth
Kadek Armika Balance and Harmony
Pinarella beach
from 10 a.m.
All kites in flight
NORTH Fair
10 a.m.
from 10:00 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
SOUTH Fair
10 a.m.
Registration kite workshop
STACK AREA
from 10:30 a.m.
Cervia's Cup Italian Acrobatic Flight Championship STACK
Briefing piloti e gare open e novice
Exhibition area, stage 1
from 10:30 a.m.
Cervia's Cup Italian Acrobatic Flight Championship STACK
Award ceremony
2 p.m.
1000 red poppies
Team Maori and the collective flight of guests inspired by the theme of the edition
3 p.m.
The dragon and the phoenix
The wind opera by Maestro Kadek Armika accompanies the traditional dance theatre performances performed by the team coming from Bali with a taste of Condong Dance, Topoeng Monyer and Joget dance
3:30 p.m.
East meet west
One Sky One World: collective display and presentation of the works of the eastern delegations thanks to the collaboration of all other guests: Bali, Cambodia, China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
4 p.m.
The Wall
Dick Toonen (Olanda)
5 p.m.
Sky Gallery
6 p.m.
Sport Kite Show and Megateam
Review of acrobatic flight performances to the rhythm of music in solo, couple and team.
Is not it what you were looking for? Review your choice
Where to sleep
Where to eat
All the services
How to get
Weather forecast
Webcam
