What to do (also for free) in Milan from February 23rd to 25th?
Fashion, sports, and street food take the spotlight for the upcoming weekend, featuring numerous simply unmissable events.
First and foremost: Milan Fashion Week, the Italian fashion week bringing runway shows, events, parties, and presentations to the city, with over 160 scheduled events throughout the weekend. For the occasion, the White Village in the heart of Tortona debuts East Market, featuring a selection of vintage clothing and accessories (all weekend).
In Chinatown, in the heart of Milan, the Chinatown New Year Run returns, the marathon by the Road Runners Club Milano, celebrating the Chinese New Year with the “Dragon Run” edition (Sunday).
Street food lovers shouldn’t miss the Barter Market and Asian Street Food at the Temple of the Lost Future, the first street food festival with oriental flavors in the center of Milan (Sunday).
Finally, at the Novegro Exhibition Park, Novegro Borsa Scambio returns, the collector’s toy fair, where private collectors can exhibit, exchange, and sell their collections (Sunday).
Concerts and Nights Out
Among the evenings to mark in your agenda this weekend, Miss Monique and Jo at Amensia. Ukrainian DJ and producer Miss Monique will bring her progressive house, trance, and techno to the famous venue in Milan (Saturday).
At Fabrique, there will be an evening dedicated to TV theme songs and cartoons from the 2000s (Saturday).
Free Events
Among the numerous free events of the weekend, the photographic exhibition “Milan l’è on gran Milan” at the Auxological Polyclinic, featuring images of the city of Milan seen through the sensitivity and gaze of various photographers and taken at different times (all weekend).
At Palazzo Morando, the exhibition “Daniele Tamagni. Style Is Life” is the first major retrospective of the Milanese photographer, who passed away prematurely and was the winner of prestigious international awards (all weekend).
At the Fabbrica del Vapore, the exhibition Straordinarie gathers 110 portraits and voices of Italian women from various fields of contemporary society (all weekend).
At the headquarters of the CDI – Centro Diagnostico Italiano – in via Saint Bon 20, the photographic exhibition “Colpo di scena” is a visual journey behind the scenes of a theater, discovering those who contribute to the realization of a show (all weekend).
Finally, at Contemporary, visitors can explore the works of Giulia del Mastio in the exhibition “In Soggettiva” (all weekend).
Exhibitions
Among the exhibitions to mark in your agenda this weekend, “Love, The Immersive Experience” at the Next Museum in Sesto San Giovanni, a true “selfie” exhibition dedicated to love and all lovers, in a space of over 1500 square meters (all weekend).
At the Museum of Natural History, “Mimesis” is the exhibition that tells the animal world and the relationship between man and the environment through the pictorial expression of twenty-three-year-old Marco Grasso (all weekend).
At the Mudec, “Rodin and Dance” is a journey dedicated to the great French artist with 15 statuettes of dancers, presenting Rodin’s work in the study of the movements of ‘Western’ dance as the ultimate bodily expression in plastic and sculptural art (all weekend).
“Space Dreamers” is instead the new exhibition under the Madonnina dedicated to space with 16 colorful and immersive installations, created to engage, excite, and surprise visitors (all weekend).
In Piazza Napoli, “The Prism Core Center” is the interactive artistic space, curated by Marco Senaldi, ready to welcome the public to guide them towards self-awareness (all weekend).
Last days, however, to admire the beautiful works of Van Gogh in the immersive virtual reality exhibition at Lampo Scalo Farini, a surprising journey through the brushstrokes of one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the 19th century, among fields of sunflowers and blossoming almond trees (all weekend).
At Palazzo Reale, it is impossible to miss the beautiful exhibition dedicated to Goya (all weekend). Also at Palazzo Reale, the exhibition dedicated to Gabriele Basilico, also articulated at the Triennale Milano.
At the Museum of Science, finally, the installation “Kaleidoscope” by Karina Smigla-Bobinski is instead a large luminous table where different layers of primary color inks intertwine to touch and mix (all weekend).
Theater
Among the unmissable theater shows, the musical “Matilda” at the Sistina Chapiteau, based on Roald Dahl’s novel of the same name, which brings to the stage the great values of friendship, love, and respect (all weekend).
In the context of Fashion Week, instead, at the former power station “La Centrale,” the show “Riccardo III” by Luca Ariano debuts. A fluorescent box, a breathtaking journey into the mind of the Duke of Gloucester, an immersive experience, dazzling with lights and visual tears (all weekend).
Children
Among the numerous events for children, the FAO Schwarz Show every Friday of the month, an entertainment format for young and old, curated by the team of FAO professionals, bringing magic to the store with games, music shows, singing, and dancing (Friday).
At Parco Sempione, fun is guaranteed at Luna Park Meneghino, with 62 unmissable attractions and the Explorer, a new ride of pure adrenaline (Saturday and Sunday).
For science lovers, it is impossible not to mention Scientopolis, The City of Science, an exciting interactive journey at Spazio Ventura, where visitors can experience and delve into scientific concepts in an engaging way (all weekend).