From August 27 to 30, 2026 the CucuFestival returns, reaching its sixteenth edition this year, promoted and coordinated by the Municipality of Roana and organized by Carichi Sospesi Aps with the Artistic Direction of Marco Caldiron and in collaboration with the Proloco of the six fractions of the Cimbrian territory. For four days, Roana and its fractions, located in the heart of the Seven Municipalities Plateau in the province of Vicenza, will transform into a large open-air stage, where street theater will express itself in its most poetic and universal form, creating a dialogue between body, landscape, and memory, intertwining performative art with the territory that welcomes it.
Artists from all over the world will bring performances that engage with gestures, sounds, and movement, in a language capable of speaking to all ages and crossing cultures and generations, featuring shows of mime, theater, acrobatics, contemporary dance, circus, clowning, juggling, and music. Since its first edition, the CucuFestival has also been an open window to the world. Every year it welcomes artists from different cultures and continents, offering the audience the opportunity to encounter distant but immediately understandable scenic languages. This edition will feature artists from Togo, Argentina, and France, intertwining with Italian creativity in a dialogue without borders.
Program available soon
Description by Giuseppe Bettiol - Press Office Cucu Festival
