On Friday, Aug. 2, the second edition of the PICCOLO FESTIVAL will kick off at Bagheria’s Piccolo Parco Urbano (opening at 6:30 p.m.), which this year will host Angelina Mango (only date in Sicily), winner of the 2024 Sanremo Festival, the revelation band BNKR44 and the hard-pop duo Santi Francesi. Opening act Angelo Sicurella, Kid Gamma and Soap, opening and closing djset Gravity Experience. The festival is organized by GoMad Concerti, and Puntoeacapo Concerti with the collaboration of the City of Bagheria (click here for info and tickets).

“We are excited about this 2nd edition of the Piccolo Festival,” says the organization, ”which, after hosting Chiello and Bresh in the first edition, this year becomes even bigger with a line-up composed of 3 nationally renowned artists, who have graced the stage of Sanremo, including the winner of the festival. As a reminder, Angelina Mango, BNKR44 and Santi Francesi, as well as the opening acts, will perform a real concert, with their full live bands, for about an hour each.”

Six platinum and two gold records for a total of more than 200 million audio and video streams, a first tour in clubs completely sold out, an event date at Fabrique in Milan and a new leg in Italian clubs also sold out with several doubles, at the top of the sales charts and the most played songs on the radios: this is the year of Angelina Mango who won the Sanremo Festival 2024 on her first participation with the song “La Noia,” written with Madame and Dardust and produced also by Dardust with E. D.D. At the Sanremo Festival, he also won the “Lucio Dalla” award given by the web, radio and TV press and the “Giancarlo Bigazzi” award for best musical composition, and “La Noia,” certified platinum, reached the top of radio airplay and exceeded 77.5 million listens and views, also entering the Viral Charts of 25 European countries, including the UK where it reached the Top30.
BNKR44, winners of Sanremo Giovani 23 and revelation of the last Sanremo Festival 2024, flies in the charts with the single “GOVERNO PUNK,” now certified Disco d’Oro (FIMI/GFK). Erin, Piccolo, Faster, JxN, Caph and Fares are also achieving excellent results with the single “MA CHE IDEA” in collaboration with Pino D’Angiò, currently among the 20 most played tracks on Italian radio stations. The song is a real ‘catchphrase,’ viral on social platforms and among the most listened to on digital platforms.
The Santi Francesi, a duo with an unmistakable hard-pop sound composed of Mario Francese and Alessandro De Santis, achieved excellent feedback with their song in the competition at the last Sanremo Festival, “L’AMORE IN BOCCA.”
Angelo Sicurella is an eclectic artist, known as a singer, producer and composer in the alternative pop and experimental electronic music scene. He carries out research work that mixes elements of organic sounds, drawn from the natural world, and synthetic sounds from his instruments. His latest album, titled “SWANS [white record],” saw the light of day in 2023.
Kid Gamma, born in 2002, is a true classical music prodigy who has found his calling in rap/pop. With a classical background, he has been involved in electronic music production since 2016, immediately making a name for himself with his sought-after sounds. “Breathe” is his latest single: a track that delves into the weaknesses of the younger generation and invites people to help those in need.
Perfectly in tune with Generation Z, Soap represents a unique phenomenon on the Italian scene, skillfully blending Italian and French in his songs and capturing otherwise inaccessible nuances in a mix of authenticity, melancholy and rebirth. “Violent Words” is his latest single, available March 22, 2024.