Science and culture festivals report record attendance in Italy

Two major Italian cultural and scientific festivals have concluded with significant attendance figures. The eighth edition of the Festival delle Conoscenze, organized by the Fondazione ACOS, drew over 8,000 attendees across Novi Ligure, Tortona, and Ovada. Centered on the theme ‘Le forme della bellezza’ (Forms of Beauty), the event featured sixteen public events and thirty school workshops involving various local educational institutions.

Separately, the ninth edition of Focus Live, hosted at the Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, attracted more than 20,000 visitors. The festival, themed ‘Intelligenze’ (Intelligences), hosted over 100 sold-out appointments featuring scientists, philosophers, and athletes. The event also achieved a digital reach of over 10 million users across web and social media platforms.