FESTIVAL DI SANLISCIO

Place: Gatteo Mare – Arena Rubicone

Period: 15 September 2026

Time: 9.30 pm

Accessibility: by car and public means of transport

Description: The SANLISCIO Festival returns to Gatteo Mare for the fourth consecutive year – the first and only festival entirely dedicated to liscio, its artists and its dance bands.
This year, the competition continues: the programme features four previously unreleased songs and seven instrumental pieces, performed with the accompaniment of the SANLISCIO Festival Orchestra.
The festival, conceived and directed artistically by the master of Romagna liscio, Moreno Conficconi ‘Il Biondo’, based on a concept by Claudio Cecchetto, is organised by the Municipality of Gatteo in collaboration with the Emilia-Romagna Regional Tourism Department, APT Servizi Emilia-Romagna and Visit Romagna.

2026 Programme:
A contest between four previously unreleased songs and seven instrumental pieces, performed by the genre’s leading artists, in an atmosphere that blends the tension of the competition with the excite-ment of live music.

The winners will be decided by a jury comprising distinguished figures from the worlds of music, culture and the international arts scene, who will award the prestigious “FESTIVAL DI SANLISCIO” prize to the winners of the two categories.

ARTISTS AND SONGS IN THE COMPETITION:
• Federica Cocco with PENSIERO D’AMORE (moderately slow)
• Matteo Bensi – Veronica Cuneo with FIGLIA DEI MONTI (folk in triplets)
• Andrea Barbanera with ROMAGNA VESTITA DI ROSA (slow)
• Diego Zamboni – Tonya Todisco with STANZA FREDDA (moderate-tempo beat)

INSTRUMENTAL PIECES IN THE COMPETITION:
• Claudio Zanardo with IL MIO VALZER PER TE (slow waltz)
• Fabio Barbero with LABIRINTO (waltz)
• Matteo Tortora with BRASILEIRA (samba)
• Marco Tagliavini with IL POETA ROMAGNOLO (waltz)
• Alex Villani with SENSUALIDAD (bachata)
• Pamela Antolini with PASSEGGIATA IN RIVIERA (waltz)
• Loris Casadei & Elia Righini with GUERRIERA (polka)

THE JURY OF THE SANLISCIO FESTIVAL:
FABRIZIO PAUSINI, singer, musician and artistic director
GRAZIANO VILLA, internationally renowned photographer and visual artist
FRANCESCA FABBRI FELLINI, granddaughter and heir to the name, image and legacy of the maestro
STEFANO SALVATI, director and writer

The Sanliscio Festival is hosted by Moreno ‘Il Biondo’ Conficconi.

For info: www.festivaldisanliscio.it – fb @festivaldisanliscio – Instagram @festivaldisanliscio

Entrance: free admission