When clubs close down for the summer, outdoor festivals abound. There are also plenty of other, only relatively smaller-scale events through the summer.
Smaller festivals occur during the rest of the year too.
Organised by the major trade unions, this traditional fixture in Rome's music calendar usually attracts an international star or two and a slew of home-grown ones, plus crowds that invariably number hundreds of thousands. Bus from Ponte Mammolo. Dates last week of June, first week July. This jazz festival runs for two or three days at the beginning of July in Tivoli , 30km east of Rome, and features mainly Italian musicians, such as Antonello Salis, Pino Minafra or Mauro Orselli, together with a few international guests such as Evan Parker. Bus along Via Appia Nuova to Ippodromo Capannelle.