Ypsigrock is a contemporary
music festival
A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or h ...
held annually in August in the city of
Castelbuono
Castelbuono ( Sicilian: ''Castiddubbuonu'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily (southern Italy).
Fountain of Venere Ciprea.
It is known for its castle from which its name derives, and around which the city deve ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
. Castelbuono is located in the
Sicilian province of
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
. The festival is organized by the Glenn Gould Association. Since 1997, the festival has taken place in Castelbuono's main square. The festival is now in its twenty-first consecutive year and was awarded as Best Italian Festival at the 2015 On Stage Awards 2015.
External links
Ypsigrock official website
Music festivals in Italy
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