Un disco per l'estate (translation "A Record for the Summer") was an Italian Summer festival held from 1964 to 2003. It was organized and sponsored by the Italian record industry association, AFI, and by
RAI
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...
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except for the editions between 1995 and 2000, in which the festival was organized and broadcast by
Mediaset.
[Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003.] The festival initially consisted in a musical competition with a first elimination round held on radio and the final round aired on TV, then during the years it primarily became a prominent television event, with no contest or just a side competition reserved for emerging artists.
See also
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List of historic rock festivals
A rock festival is an open-air rock concert featuring many different performers, typically spread over two or three days and having a campsite and other amenities and forms of entertainment provided at the venue. Some festivals are singular eve ...
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List of music festivals in Italy
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1964 establishments in Italy
Electronic music festivals in Italy
Music festivals established in 1964
Rock festivals in Italy
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