What’s On in Lecce
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Staseera App
For daily events, you can also download the Staseera app (in Italian) (staseera means ‘tonight’ in Salento dialect)
Outdoor Sports
See the AICS site here for a list of sports events in the Lecce city marine area
Lecce in Scena
You can also find more events on the offical Lecce website here
Beach Fossils & Bar Italia
Beach Fossils (dreamy indie from NYC) and Bar Italia (up-and-coming London band, shoegaze-y / boring-is-cool indie rock) play at the beautiful castle in Corigliano di Otranto.
Rufus Wainwright
American/Canadian folk rock singersongwriter comes to melpignano.
Pulp & Jesus and the Mary Chain
Early nineties British rock legends Pulp and the Jesus and the Mary Chain take to the stage in Taranto.
The Smile
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood team up with Tom Skinner for this jazz prog rock love in. Think late era radiohead with extra noodling.
New York Ska Jazz Ensemble
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, originally from New York, formed in 1994. Jazz, ska and reggae, plenty of improvisation and rock'n'roll. NYSJE started as a side project of the ska group The Toasters and now includes members of The Toasters, Skatalites and Scofflaws.
Goran Bregović is a recording artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina who has performed at major international venues such as Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall and L'Olympia.
Black Eyed Peas
OVERSOUND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Large pop music festival spread over 5 cities in Puglia/Salento throughout July/August.
Noughties hip hop legends Will.i.am, Apl.de.ap and Taboo will be in town with the full Black Eyed Peas crew as headlining act for Lecce’s pala live stage on Aug 13th 9.30pm (but see official website for many more artists).
Shame
SEI FESTIVAL DAY 1, 2, 3
Shame are an English post-punk band originally from South London.
Calibro 35 is a cinematic funk Italian band formed in 2007 in Milan.
Cristiano Crisci, commonly known by stage name Clap! Clap!, is an Italian producer and DJ. He is a long time jazz musician and previously worked under the alias Digi G'Alessio
Thurston Moore Group
Legendary front man of 80’s/90’s NYC noise rock heros Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore (American guitarist, singer and songwriter) now tours with his own solo group.
Arab Strap, Funk Rimini, Giorgio Tuma, Koko, Lalalar
Funk Rimini - Italian funk band formed in Rimini in 2015 with English language songs. Typically a bunch of dudes with vintages synths and maybe guitarist rather than a full band with a drummer. Read more here (in Italian)