5th edition · 29–31 July 2027 · Corato, Alta Murgia
Since 2023 Secolare has brought new music from all over the world to the Alta Murgia, sounds yet to be discovered, in dialogue with the landscape and local communities. An open, low-impact festival that grows with the people who live it: audiences, artists, institutions and businesses.
80,947
admissions across every festival and Seeds show, 2023–2026
Compare admissions year by year15,738
unique visitors, counted once per day or per event
See the audience edition by edition113
shows across the festival and Seeds
Compare shows year by year24
countries our audience comes from
Compare the audience from abroad year by year14
countries our artists come from
See the artists edition by editionSource: SIAE summaries for the festival and Seeds; free events estimated at 2,000 people in the square and 100 at Castel del Monte.
01 · The festival
A boutique festival at Agriturismo San Giuseppe in Corato, at the foot of the Alta Murgia National Park and a few kilometres from Castel del Monte. Landscape, local culture and hospitality are part of the artistic vision, not just a backdrop.
The audience at the Castello Stage
The Castello Stage, at night
The audience in the woods, in the afternoon
The Bosco Stage
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Frédéric D. Oberland
Discover: sunset trek on the Murgia
Dancing among the pines
Marie Davidson
Tents under the pine wood
Trrmà live at the Bosco Stage
Market and food area
Cyanotype workshop at Secolare Festival
Discover: horse ride
Lights on the Castello Stage
Secolare Sports Area
Secolare merch
Yoga in the woods
Night in front of the stage
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp
Discover at Castel del Monte
Lunch at the campsite
Secolare screen printing
In front of the stage
A mural painted live
Tents in the morning
The Castello Stage
The bar among the pines
Secolare Drum Circle
Hands up, at night
The Bosco Stage at sunset
The campsite among the pines
Discover in Corato's old town
The stage at sunset
Secolare food area
Mini golf at the campsite
Castello Stage
02 · The music
Secolare brings to the Alta Murgia artists rarely heard in Italy, chosen from the most exciting new names in European music and often exclusive to southern Italy. Alongside them, every year, music from the Mediterranean and the Apulian scene.
14
countries our artists have come from over four editions
1 in 3
festival shows with artists from abroad
4
Lebanese artists since 2024, in every edition
The Mediterranean at the centre
Since 2024 the Lebanese scene has been a constant presence at the festival: that summer Sandy Chamoun and Anthony Sahyoun, Sanam's voice and guitar, played a Seeds date in Corato ahead of the band's festival concert. Alongside Lebanon: Turkey with Lalalar, Catalonia with Marina Herlop, Paolo Angeli's Sardinian guitar and the Salento tradition of the Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. An artistic direction that places Puglia at the centre of the Mediterranean, not on its margins.
2023
2024
2025
2026
Mediterranean music. Alongside them, the Italian and Apulian scene, including Lorenzo Senni, Gigi Masin, Fine Before You Came and local DJs. Artists are scouted all year round at Europe's leading festivals for new music, such as Le Guess Who?, Rewire and Ment.
In focus · Secolare Seeds
Secolare Seeds is our travelling observatory on the region's music: a journey that runs from autumn to spring. The programme is the usual rich blend of experimentation and pop, electronica and ambient, songwriting and distorted guitars.
38
shows since 2023, outside the festival days
11,635
admissions at Seeds and preview shows
21
dates across autumn, winter and spring
6
towns: Terlizzi, Corato, Trani, Andria, Ruvo di Puglia, Bisceglie
04.09.2026
Piazza PlebiscitoCorato
16.07.2026
Alle S.E.R.R.E.Terlizzi
With Vivaio
12.07.2026
Infopoint Castel del MonteAndria
Free entry
04.07.2026
Former Dominican ConventRuvo di Puglia
With Le Danzatrici en plein air
28.06.2026
MAT Laboratorio UrbanoTerlizzi
Theatre with Compagnia Licia Lanera
04.04.2026
MAT Laboratorio UrbanoTerlizzi
With The Listening Session
14.02.2026
MAT Laboratorio UrbanoTerlizzi
With The Listening Session
28.12.2025
MAT Laboratorio UrbanoTerlizzi
With The Listening Session
12.12.2025
Piazza Cesare BattistiCorato
11.12.2025
Piazza Cesare BattistiCorato
10.08.2025
Castel del MonteAndria
With trekking and wine tasting
20.07.2025
Alle S.E.R.R.E.Terlizzi
With Vivaio
28.06.2025
Santa Geffa Archaeological ParkTrani
With a surprise live talk
11.04.2025
MAT Laboratorio UrbanoTerlizzi
With The Listening Session
15.03.2025
MAT Laboratorio UrbanoTerlizzi
With The Listening Session
31.07.2024
Antico CommercioCorato
Sanam's voice and guitar, live and podcast
21.07.2024
MAT Laboratorio UrbanoTerlizzi
Secolare meets Sunny Days, live and podcast
12.07.2024
Once Upon a Beer, Vecchie Segherie MastrototaroBisceglie
Live and podcast
06.09.2023
Once Upon a Beer, former Segherie MastrototaroBisceglie
Preview
01.09.2023
Teca Bevuta NaturaleTrani
Preview
27.08.2023
Piazza Vittorio EmanueleCorato
Preview with Pro Loco Quadratum
Admissions: SIAE tickets per show; free events in the square are estimated at 2,000 people, those at Castel del Monte at 100. The two 2025 dates at MAT (15 March and 11 April) and the three free Seeds of July 2024 have no SIAE tickets: they count as shows, not as admissions.
In focus · Secolare Discover 2026
Secolare Discover takes the audience out to explore the area: night hikes in the Murgia woods, sunrise treks, horse rides, yoga and drum circles, creative workshops and games. In 2026 the programme started in May and ran through the festival days from dawn until late at night.
22
activities on offer, across nature, wellbeing, workshops and games
41
bookable sessions, from May to August
569
places booked: 474 during the festival days, 95 before
5
outings in the area before the festival, from May to early August
Places booked per activity
Wellbeing and listening
277places booked, 49% of the total
Hatha yoga in the woods · Laughter yoga · Drum circle “Il ritmo delle cose” · The sensory room in the yurt · Sleep concert
Nature and landscape
165places booked, 29% of the total
Night hike in the Scoparello Wood · Night hike in the Finizio Wood · Hike between Castel del Monte and the AQP cycle path · Horse ride through the Corato countryside · Night hike to Castel del Monte · Sunrise trek to the bauxite quarries · “Vecchie mura” tour of Corato's old town · Trek towards Castel del Monte with Silvio Annese's drum solo · Night mountain-bike ride · E-bike tour towards Castel del Monte
Creative workshops
81places booked, 14% of the total
Exquisite Metamorphosis, collective painting · Junk journal workshop · Cyanotype workshop · Screen printing the Secolare T-shirt · Building the “boats of Santa Maria”
Games
46places booked, 8% of the total
Board games · Introductory Dungeons & Dragons sessions
Source: list of bookings on the ticketing platform, 27 October 2026. Places booked per activity; camping and shuttle excluded.
03 · Why Secolare?
Secolare tells an authentic story to an attentive audience, with a cultural commitment of international scope, recognised by the Italian Ministry of Culture and by local institutions.
Artists usually heard only at the big European festivals, in dialogue with the landscape and the communities of the Alta Murgia.
One of the festivals supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture for 2025–2027, and selected every year as one of the Puglia Region's Grandi Eventi (major events).
Aged 25 to 40, educated, quality-conscious: they plan their trip around the festival, stay in the area and buy from local producers. In 2026 six in ten pass holders came from outside the province.
See the figures year by yearHospitality for clients and buyers, activities for staff and families, content for your channels and a social commitment to report on.
2026 partners
Rai Radio 3Media partner
FerrotramviariaMobility partner
Acqua OrsiniTechnical partnerThe next name could be yours.
04 · Accessibility and sustainability
Since the first edition Secolare has worked so that everyone feels welcome and the festival leaves no mark on the land.
63
Inclusion Passes, each with a caregiver
1,600+
people welcomed at the Secolare campsite
200+
transfers on the free shuttle from Corato station
50%
gender balance across staff and artists
Aggregate figures for the 2023–2026 editions. Sources: final reports and ex-post evaluation forms 2023–2025, 2026 “Grandi Eventi” project proposal, Inclusion Pass sign-ups, Accessibility page on secolarefestival.com.
05 · Secolare in numbers
Choose an edition to see audience, artists, communication and local impact, or compare the years metric by metric.
The age of ticket buyers, festival and Seeds together. The core of the audience is between 26 and 40, and the share of younger people keeps growing: buyers aged 30 or under rose from 20% in 2023 to 37% in 2026, and 18 to 25-year-olds from 2% to 9%.
| Age group | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–20 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| 21–25 | 1.3% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 8.2% |
| 26–30 | 18.5% | 21.8% | 25.4% | 27.8% |
| 31–35 | 34.7% | 28.5% | 32.2% | 32.1% |
| 36–40 | 25.4% | 21.8% | 15.8% | 17.7% |
| 41–45 | 10.8% | 12.1% | 7.9% | 8.0% |
| 46–50 | 5.2% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 3.6% |
| 51–60 | 2.2% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 1.2% |
| 61 and over | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.9% |
Secolare is produced by Spore, a cooperative based in Corato. Since 2023 it has worked with more than 450 suppliers, and almost everything the festival needs comes from a few kilometres away: the people who build the stage, print the posters, cook for the artists and staff the evenings.
80%
of spending on goods and services goes to suppliers from Puglia, excluding artists' fees
158
suppliers from Puglia in 22 towns, more than eight in ten within 25 km of the festival
109
casual staff: stewards, cashiers, porters, technicians and musicians
16
businesses and associations with us in all four editions
Where they work
Suppliers by town
The other towns: Castellana Grotte, Taranto, Bitonto, Molfetta, Barletta, Cerignola, Foggia, San Vito dei Normanni, Conversano, Nardò, Rutigliano, Modugno, Minervino Murge, Giovinazzo, Martina Franca.
With us in all four editions
40suppliers from Puglia
Graphic design, printers, poster sites, press office, local radio, TV and media, photo and video, T-shirts and merchandise.
29suppliers from Puglia
The festival venue, hotels and B&Bs for artists and press, catering, drinks for the bars, local olive oil and wine.
29suppliers from Puglia
Crowd barriers, kiosks, electrical and plumbing systems, metalwork, wood, fabrics and greenery for the festival area.
16suppliers from Puglia
Hikes, horse rides, children's workshops, local companies and associations, for Discover and Seeds.
11suppliers from Puglia
Security, first aid, fire prevention, health and safety at work, portering and cleaning.
10suppliers from Puglia
Shuttles from the station, airport transfers, cars, vans, campers and refrigerated vehicles.
9suppliers from Puglia
Even the stage comes from just down the road: structures and roofing, audio and lighting hire, instruments, technical support.
Official supplier
Already working with the festival?
With the Official supplier package, from €3,000 in products or services, your supply becomes visibility: category exclusivity, your logo on on-site materials and a mention on the LED wall.
See the packagesSources: Spore Soc. Coop. purchase invoices, 2023–October 2026 (FattureInCloud). Each supplier is counted once even if present in several years. Board reimbursements, donations and membership fees are excluded. “Goods and services” excludes artists' fees and casual staff pay. Only businesses and associations are named; freelancers and casual staff are counted but not named.
06 · Visibility for partners
A partner's brand travels with the festival on posters, trains, the festival site, digital channels, press and radio. All figures are final results for 2026.
506
poster sites in 14 towns across 5 provinces
1.96 m
impressions on Meta and Google, 824,000 people reached
26,300
website visits between January and October, 4,212 from abroad
Formats, towns and final results of the 2026 campaign, delivered with A.Re.T. Pugliapromozione as part of the Puglia Region's Grandi Eventi programme. On posters and billboards the partner's logo appears in the logo strip.
Outdoor
14 towns in 5 provinces
Online
At the festival
Sources: 2026 communication plan report (A.Re.T. Pugliapromozione); Meta and Google campaign reports; website statistics, 1 January–8 October 2026; Instagram and Facebook insights as at 14 October 2026. Attendances: audience at every show plus activity participants.
Merch, festival materials and posters all come from a single visual identity, designed every year. The partner's logo appears on festival materials and posters.
Merch
The 2026 lineT-shirt, tote bag and cap
T-shirt280 pieces in four colours, screen and digital print
Tote bag300 pieces, screen and digital print
CapEmbroidery on the front and side
“Metamorfosi” shirtAll-over print
At the festival
Stage bannersTwo 2.5×3 m banners on the main stage towers
Reusable cup2,000 pieces with the logo block
Wristbands2,400 entry wristbands
Passes and lanyards200 passes for staff and press
SignageWooden signs for the festival areas
Around town
20×3 maxi billboardAndria
6×3 billboardsAs far as Matera, in Basilicata
140×200 totemIn central Corato
Street polesAndria
70×100 postersAltamura
A3 posters on trainsFerrotramviaria, Bari–Andria line
300
A3 posters on Ferrotramviaria trains, from 31 July
Approximate timeline for the 5th edition, November 2026 – October 2027.
When the festival receives regional funds for communication, the block of institutional logos sits at the top and cannot be smaller than any other logo: partners take the supporters' strip, with the greatest prominence allowed.
07 · Partnership packages
From €3,000 to €30,000 plus VAT per edition. Partners who commit for three editions, from 2027 to 2029, keep their contribution unchanged and have first refusal on their level. Every package can be tailored.
1 slot · exclusive
€30,000 + VAT
3 slots · exclusive
€15,000 + VAT
4 slots · one format each
€7,500 + VAT
One per category
from €3,000
For every level: ticket discounts for staff and customers, and an end-of-edition report with exposure data and photos.
| Benefit | Main | Official | Format | Supplier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category exclusivity | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, as a supplier |
| Title you can use | “Main partner of Secolare Festival” | “Official partner” | “Partner of Secolare Seeds” (or another format) | “Official supplier” |
| Posters and trains | First position in the partner strip | Partner strip | Format materials | On-site materials |
| Stage and LED wall | Fixed logo on the banner and at every changeover | Rotating logo | Format stage or area | Mention on the LED wall |
| Cups or wristbands | Logo on one item of your choice | — | — | — |
| Website, newsletter and social media | Dedicated page, 6 posts, a video | Partner page, 3 posts | Partner page, 2 posts | Partner page, 1 post |
| Press | Speaking slot at the press conference, all press releases | Mention in press releases | Format press releases | — |
| Presence in the festival area | Exhibition space and dedicated activities | Exhibition space | Activities within the format | Product in use or offered for tasting |
| Full Passes for guests | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Exclusive experiences | Backstage visit | Private sunset aperitivo | Reserved access to an activity | — |
As an alternative or in addition
A charitable donation with no advertising benefits in return, publicly acknowledged by the festival and, once eligibility is confirmed, giving a tax credit of 65% of the amount. Open to businesses, individuals and organisations.
For businesses, sponsorship is normally a fully deductible advertising expense; an Art Bonus donation gives a 65% tax credit. The two can be combined, on separate amounts.
The interactive Art Bonus credit calculator is available in the web version of the dossier, at secolarefestival.com.
In-kind supplies: each party issues its own invoice. Spore is a social enterprise and does not distribute profits: every euro stays in cultural activities. General information only, to be checked with your own tax adviser.
08 · Next steps
The 5th edition takes shape in the first months of 2027. These are the deadlines for taking part, in any form: as partners, supporters, suppliers or artists.
General contacts
Spore Società Cooperativa Impresa Sociale · via Giorgio Asproni 11, 70033 Corato (BA), Italy
