Spaghetti festival 2026, over 6,000 people at the City of the Other Economy

With the claim “The future is an idea to dance”, the festival confirmed its identity: not just a line up of concerts, but a cultural project that connects languages, people and communities and offers the best of new Italian creativity in a single major event

Ketama126, Faccianuvola, Maria Antonietta e Colombre, Il Mago del Gelato, Angelica Bove, Asp126 and Ugo Borghetti, Nico Arezzo, Tära and many other protagonists of the contemporary scene took turns on stage, while the Future Stage gave space to emerging artists coming from the Spaghetti Unplugged path, selected through all the stages of the format carried out in 2026 between Rome and Milan, confirming the vocation of Spaghetti as a place of discovery and valorization of new talent. The winner of the Future Stage, thanks to the choice of the public and the artistic direction, were Ejent, a Tuscan band, who, thanks to the support of SIAE, were awarded a contribution of 4,000 euros to invest in their artistic project, strengthening a shared vision that concretely looks to the future of Italian music.

Alongside the concerts, the public animated the spaces dedicated to talks, stand up comedy, DJ sets, the market, cultural activities and, as per tradition, the midnight spaghetti dinner, symbol of a festival that continues to focus on the value of sharing.

Great participation also for La Festa di Roma, the special day with free entry organized on 29 June together with the Department of Culture of Rome Capital on the occasion of Saints Peter and Paul. Concerts, live podcasts, activities for children, exhibitions and meeting opportunities have opened the festival to the entire citizenry, strengthening its public and inclusive dimension.

«Seeing over six thousand people experience the festival from start to finish is confirmation that today there is a great need for places to really meet and that there is a desire for live music, which for us is the true form of music», comments Davide Dose, creator, founder and artistic director of Spaghetti Festival and Spaghetti Unplugged. «Spaghetti was born from grassroots music, but grows every year thanks to the people who live there. For three days we built a small city made of concerts, ideas, smiles, meetings and new discoveries. This is our idea of ​​a festival and a city: a space where you can feel part of the same community that courageously gives space to new contemporary artistic talents.”

With constantly growing participation, a line up capable of crossing generations and languages ​​and an increasingly recognizable format, Spaghetti Festival confirms its role as one of the most original events on the Roman cultural scene, already looking to the next edition with the aim of continuing to bring together music, creativity and community.