Mountain Music Festival – Sinfonia della MAGA

The programme below is the one in the library's press release published by BergamoNews on 10 July 2026. The «side events» calendar on the MAGA website gives the same dates but, for three stages, different places and times: the Capanna 2000 for the Arera, the Terza baita for the Grem and 5 pm for the Alben. The Pro Loco booklet gave only the dates and the names of the mountains.

The festival began in 2024 on the initiative of the municipal library, with a contribution from the Lombardy Region under the «Ogni giorno in Lombardia 2024» call: four free concerts, each with a free tasting of local products, over five weeks between July and August. In 2025 the second edition was supported by Fondazione Cariplo and the Province of Bergamo, with the backing of Serbaplast and the municipalities of Gorno and Oneta; in 2026 the third, organised together with the Maga association, by Fondazione Cariplo, the Province of Bergamo, BCC Milano, Serbaplast and the municipality of Premolo.

The mountains remain the four of the MAGA, but the concert spots change from year to year:

You reach the concerts on foot: that is the festival's rule, which treats the walk as part of the experience. Some destinations are walks suitable for everyone, others require some fitness; along the routes, in 2026, there were volunteers of the CAI Val Serina sub-section, and for some stages free transport for people with disabilities was available, to be requested from the library.

To find your way with the pages of this guide: the Cà d'Arera hut is five minutes from the paid Alpe Arera car park, at 1,600 metres, on the road that is open in summer; Pian della Mussa lies on the route of the cross-country loop that runs from Zambla Alta through the Conca dell'Alben, about 900 metres as the crow flies from Pian della Palla; Camplano is the group of huts between the Arera and the Grem, at around 1,800 metres according to the description of the Skyrace route. For the Faggi Secolari spot on the Menna we found no public directions for the path: it is best to ask the library.

The concerts are free. For information and for transport of people with disabilities the library gives the address oltrelabiblioteca@gmail.com and its Facebook and Instagram pages. Dinner at a hut, when offered, is paid separately: in 2025 the Arera concert had a set dinner at the Capanna 2000.

July and August are, in the ERA5 averages for the basin, among the rainiest months, with about 230-240 millimetres a month: mountain shoes, a jacket and, for sunset concerts like the 7.30 pm one on the Menna, a torch for the way back are the minimum kit. In case of bad weather the sources give no make-up dates.