The Monopolele Festival (Mediterranean Ukulele Festival) will begin in the best possible way: Danilo Vignola, musician extraordinaire, ukulele virtuoso, highly acclaimed abroad whose musical creations are brushstrokes, tightrope walking and engaging, of Mediterranean atmospheres In his music there is South, there is sensuality, there is the warmest Europe.

Danilo (who in the performance will be accompanied by percussionist Giò Di Donna) will then pass the baton to a Duo of young people from Bulgaria, Vilizar Gichev and Petar Terziev, and the ukulele will spread flavors of klezmer, swing, a little bit gypsy and a little bit jazz, a real baptism that will delight the audience and invite them to dance.

The journey will reach, then, one of the homelands of the Ukulele: England. Ukulele Huff, worthy apostle of the British ukulelist tradition sort with George Formby, engaging instrumentalist who, with fan stroke techniques and other stylistic sorceries mixed with humor, will complete, in the most exciting way, the evening. And then wait for the final surprise!

Learning to write comical songs on the Uke

In this brilliant workshop, stand up comedian and ukulelist Giulia Nervi will take you into the world of the comic, ironic, and biting song made with…the ukulele! starting with a simple harmonic turn and a barely sketched idea, guided by the hand by Giulia, who will explain her method of composition, you will come to write a funny song to perform immediately to those you love or hate the most

All workshops require a registration. Go to workshops in the main menu to register. The fee supports directly the artists.

The evening will immediately ignite with the bursting onto the stage of Ukus in Fabula, an Italian ukulele trio, one of the best-known ukulele projects abroad, true masters in the art of the boundless medley. Their performance is characterized by incredible harmonic interlocks, abrupt time fields, ukuleles that ignite and a repertoire capable of traveling musical paths that go, quietly, from Gershwin to Goldrake and, above all, lots and lots of comedy. Not to be missed. And when the night gets hotter and denser, Adriano Bono and the Reggae Circus will take the stage and turn the evening into an extraordinary circus ritual of sound, magic, dance and lots of reggae. The square will explode with enthusiasm!

With much satisfaction and pride, the third evening of the Monopolele Festival will begin with a project created exclusively for the festival. A musical encounter between Italy and England with the trio London Belles, female voices capable of extraordinary harmonic flights that will pour out the engaging and nostalgic moods of traditional swing and timeless hits and the Ukulele Power Duo (Lorenzo Vignando and Vittorio Fieramonti) i.e., a real musical machine that, with its engaging force, will accompany, shape, make the melodies fly . And then….super-final: Daniel Ho, i.e., the ukulele, Hawaii, virtuosity, style, many grammy awards won, and music that will win the soul of the audience thanks to its beauty and elegance.