The Festival of Villa Arconati

The Festival at Villa Arconati, is an event focused on top quality music. It takes place from June 26 to July 25 at the Castellazzo of Bollate, located in the outskirts of Milan. This is a splendid 17th century villa in the midst of a park with splendid Italian style gardens. There are the performances by the most important artists at this festival, such as: Paolo Conte, Gino Paoli, Dizzy Gillespie, Miriam Makeba, Giorgio Gaber, the Chieftains, Ivano Fossati, Enzo Iannacci, Ry Cooder, Patti Smith, Ornella Vanoni, David Byrne, Fabrizio De André, Vinicio Capossela, the Madredeus, Compay Segundo, Lucio Dalla, Franco Battiato, Carmen Consoli, Giorgia, Pino Daniele, Elisa, Jan Garbarek, Erykah Badu, Massimo Ranieri, Brad Meldhau, Fiorella Mannoia, Cassandra Wilson, Cesaria Evora, Moni Ovadia, Marco Paolini, Michael Bublé, Kraftwerk, Craig David ... and many others. <br> <br>