The Colosseum Theater confirms itself as the beating heart of great music in Turin. In the billboard 2025–2026alongside the protagonists of theater and comedy, it is the concerts that draw a real sound map of contemporaneity: iconic voices and new generations, pop and jazz, rock and songwriting intertwine on the stage in via Madama Cristina, restoring to the public the vitality and variety of the Italian and international scene.
«Every year we see the number of artists who choose the Colosseum for the special dimension of the theater grow – says the director Claudia Spoto – a space where sound meets silence, where the audience is close and the emotion is shared. Here music is not just entertainment: it is experience, encounter, relationship».
The musical season opened Serena Rossi with SereBorn in Naplesa refined blend of music and words dedicated to his city. To follow, Niccolò Fabi (15 October) will bring Freedom in the eyesan intimate and poetic concert that marks a new chapter in his career as an author.
The month of October will then light up with two unmissable evenings of Carmen Consoli (22–23 October)which opens its new tour in Turin and brings its unmistakable voice to the most authentic dimension of the theatres, and with Angelo Branduardi (24 October, sold out) which celebrates 800 years of Song of the Creatures in a concert of spirituality and poetry. To close October, the double appointment with Marco Masini (31 October – sold out – and second appointment on December 5)who celebrates thirty-five years of career with We would still need the sea: two evenings of memory, emotion and new songs from the recent album 10 Loves.
The month of November opens with the concert of London Symphonic Rock Orchestra (2 November)twelve musicians who rewrite the history of rock by fusing the energy of the guitars with the symphonic power of the strings: a spectacular sound and visual experience, between Led Zeppelin, Metallica and System of a Down. Not to be missed Raf (8 November) with the theater tour for the 40th anniversary of Self Control, Filippo Graziani (12 November) with Eighty – Happy birthday IvanAnd 40 Fingers (November 14)a phenomenal guitar quartet that has won over millions of listeners around the world. Also on stage Joe Bastianich (November 15) with Money – The balance of a lifewhere music and autobiography come together in a surprising rock tale. He then arrives in Turin for the first time Piaf! The Show (November 17)an international show that celebrates the legend of the chanson française: with the voice of Nathalie Lermittedefined by Le Parisien “capable of capturing the soul and tone of Édith Piaf”, the audience will be transported from the streets of Montmartre to the Olympia in Paris on an exciting journey between music and theatre. The next day, Gio Evan (November 18, sold out) proposes The kindred of the worlda poetic and musical monologue that mixes poetry, quantum physics and comedy to tell the story of the search for harmony and human connection. The month ends with with Rkomi (November 25) and his Mirko in theaters 2025a powerful and personal live show in which the rapper and singer-songwriter chooses the intimacy of the theater to tell his story.
December brings the soul energy of the Colosseum to the stage of the Colosseum Negrita (December 1)the intensity of Cristiano De André (December 3sold out), which renews the homage to his father with an electro-acoustic reinterpretation of his repertoire, and the second date of Marco Masini (5 December), which confirms the affection of the Turin public. At the end of the month the orchestral magic ofEnsemble Symphony Orchestra (27 December) with Discovering Morriconea journey through the most loved soundtracks of all time, while New Year's Eve will resonate with the lyrical and pop comedy of The Opera Locos (December 31st and January 1st), a show by Yllana that blends opera, rock and pop in a challenge to the last aria.
2025 will close with emotions, but 2026 will open with rock: the musical We Will Rock You (January 16–18) will make the theater vibrate to the tune of Queen, followed by the return of Alice (January 20) with Master Songsa refined journey between Battiato, De André, Dalla and Fossati.
The ones arrive in February Nomads (31 January) with Postcards from herethe international Human Nature Live Show (February 12)a show that pays homage to Michael Jackson, and Aldo Cazzullo and Angelo Branduardi (26 February) with Francisconcert-story dedicated to the Saint of Assisi.
March opens with the return of Pink Floyd Legend (March 3–4) with The Walla monumental production that blends music, theater and images to return one of the absolute masterpieces of rock. A few days later, Nek (March 7) celebrates over thirty years of career with Nek Hits – European Touran overwhelming live performance that retraces his most beloved songs – from Laura isn't there to Come forward love – with a new pop-rock energy and new arrangements. The month continues with Paolo Fresu (10–11 March) And Kind of Milestheatrical and musical homage to Miles Davis, and with Nino Frassica & Los Plaggers Band (14 March) And Tour 2000/3000a musical and surreal show that mixes cabaret and concert, where over one hundred songs are rewritten and re-edited in the brilliant Frassica style.
In April two special events ideally close the musical season: For forty years between the Via Emilia and the West (April 16), with Flaco Biondini, Tempera wins, Ellade Bandini, Antonio Marangolo and the participation of Lodo Guenziwhich celebrates the musical legacy of Francesco Guccini, e Break Free (April 17)the greatest European tribute to Queen.
In May arrives the unmistakable soul voice of Mario Biondi (11 May) with This is what you are – 20th Anniversary Toura concert that celebrates twenty years of an international career between jazz, funk and refined sounds that have conquered the world.
As a prologue to the following season, the long-awaited concert has already been announced Francesca Michielin (13 November 2026)which will bring a new stage of his artistic journey to the Colosseum between electronic, pop and introspection.
A constantly updated billboard which is, once again, concrete proof of how the Colosseum Theater is today the main musical stage of the city: a place that has been able to win over artists and the public with the quality of listening, care for the live experience and a clear vision of culture as sharing.
INFO AND TICKETS
Starting from June it is possible to purchase all the scheduled shows, both at the Theater ticket office and online at www.teatrocolosseo.it.
Also for this season it will be possible to buy or give one as a gift Colosseum Cardwhich allows those who receive it to freely choose and book the shows to see.
All updates on www.teatrocolosseo.it and on the Theatre's social profiles
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
