On early May, discover ice cream on Gelato Festival

It’s almost time of  Gelato Festival, in Florence. The first step of the event will start on May 1st from Florence and will follow up to a tour through ten stages in Italy and five in Europe . The whole event, scheduled until August, will see together more than one hundred ice cream’s makers ready to compete in creativity and taste tournaments in the most beautiful european squares.

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The Rificolona, paper lanterns to light Florence

Rificolona Festival in FlorenceIt is one of Florence’s more popular tradition: it is called la Rificolona and takes place on September 7. Coloured paper lanterns are on display in the city center, held by children very proud of them. You can find plenty of them in piazza Santissima Annunziata. On the next day, at dawn, the paper lanterns will be held on boats on the River Arno, starting from the City Rowing Society.

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Tuscan Sun Festival, the newly film program

tuscan-sun-festivalThe Tuscan Sun Festival and Tribeca Enterprises, the parent company of the Tribeca Film Festival foRobert De Nirounded by , Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in lower Manhattan in 2002, announced today the list of world-class films to be featured as part of the film initiative, Tribeca Firenze. The newly established film program will have screenings 13 – 17 June in Florence’s Odeon Cinema, one of Italy’s most elegant and historic art noveau cinema-theatres located in the Palazzo Strozzino.

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Tribeca Films to launch Tribeca Firenze

tribeca-film-festivalIMG Artists, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in lower Manhattan in 2002, announced today Tribeca Firenze, which will bring world-class film premieres to the widely-anticipated Tuscan Sun Festival in Florence, Italy 11-18 June, founded by IMGA’s Barrett Wissman in 2003. Legendary performer and 17-time Grammy winner Tony Bennett is the first major celebrity to confirm participation in Tribeca Firenze.

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