Rolling Stone Italia returns to Sanremo as a partner of the Municipality of Sanremo for the 2026 Festival and does so with the Covo Rolling Stone, in Corso Trento Trieste 4, and once again bringing its Party to the heart of the city, to the historic Teatro Centrale Tabarin (on 25 February).
“Rolling Stone arrives at Sanremo 2026 and does so with an editorial and artistic proposal that has never been so articulated. In fact, we will present a new paper issue on Genoa, with the new wave of rappers and two sacred monsters of the old school, the most sacred of all exclusively, on the cover, to enrich it”, comments Alessandro Giberti, Director of Rolling Stone Italia.
The daily musical programming of Covo Rolling will be entrusted to Enrico Gabrielli. And to accompany the viewing of the Festival evenings, Daniela Collu will be present in the Rolling spaces, together with the special guest Giancarlo Magalli. “approach capable of combining high and low tones: this is the voice of Rolling”, concludes Giberti.
“For our second year in Sanremo we wanted to exaggerate, and give life to a multidimensional space. The Covo Rolling and all our events will come to life through the Urban Vision Group's network of maxi-led screens throughout Italy”, comments Gianluca De Marchi, CEO of Urban Vision Group. “The entire editorial format will be cross-media, including the special issue of Rolling Stone Italia on the occasion of the event”.
Classically, the Rolling Sofa will also return to the Covo, from where the competing artists will be able to talk about their Festival without filters. After last year's success, the appointment with Dyeing. The podcast by Daniele Tinti and Stefano Rapone, produced by The Comedy Club, will be LIVE every day in Sanremo from Covo Rolling, for 5 new episodes with some of the competing artists. The recordings of the episodes are open to the public upon reservation.
In the afternoon, starting from 4.30pm, there will be space for talks. Among the confirmed guests, new realities with particular attention to young talents: the presentation of Casa Vessicchio, with the last project of the recently deceased Maestro dedicated to young artists; and the Kayros Music label, the musical emanation of Don Claudio Burgio's project. There will also be space for the industry together with Spotify, for business oriented analysis with Directa, and a recorded talk in collaboration with the Municipality of Sanremo.
While waiting for the Italian Song Festival to begin, the date to mark is February 21st, when the new Rolling Stone Italia paper will arrive. Which will also be presented on the Riviera dei Fiori, on February 24th, together with the showcase of Genovarabe, the very young rap crew zeneize composed by Helmi, Sossy, Vince, Marvin, Laboo, Willy and Sayf, one of the protagonists of the 2026 Festival.
