Ascanio Celestini
Meeting with the author of the book Poveri cristi.
Free admission
Venue to be confirmed
Time to be confirmed
A growing Festival · Third edition 2026
Festival del Pensiero Cristallino
Culture, identity and thought in Riviera Cristallina.
September 18, 19 and 20, 2026
Free admission
Program in progress
Festival del Pensiero Cristallino returns to Riviera Cristallina with its third edition: three days dedicated to words, dialogue, awareness, the culture of places and community.
Program, venues and times will be updated progressively.
DatesSeptember 18, 19 and 20, 2026
AdmissionFree while seats last
StatusProgram in progress
The 2026 edition
After the birth of the format in 2024 and its consolidation in 2025, the Festival continues its path as a stable cultural space in Riviera Cristallina.
Guest to be announced
New Festival protagonists will be announced in the coming weeks.
New guests to be announced
Venue to be confirmed
Time to be confirmed
Guest to be announced
New Festival protagonists will be announced in the coming weeks.
New guests to be announced
Venue to be confirmed
Time to be confirmed
First confirmed guest
Ascanio Celestini opens the 2026 Festival
With his narrative theatre and his ability to tell stories of human peripheries, collective memory and the lives of those left at the margins, Ascanio Celestini is one of the most authoritative voices in contemporary Italian culture.
Author, actor and director, his work crosses memory, marginality, civic speech and popular storytelling.
On September 18, 2026 he will open the third edition of Festival del Pensiero Cristallino with a meeting dedicated to the book Poveri cristi.
Manifesto
A Festival created to make room for thought
Festival del Pensiero Cristallino was created to open a meeting space between ideas, people and territory: a real and symbolic place where culture, psychology, identity, community and territorial development can enter into dialogue.
It is not an isolated event, but a permanent cultural project: an appointment that grows over time and contributes to the deeper narrative of Riviera Cristallina.
Culture is one of Riviera Cristallina’s driving forces, together with nature, tourism, wellbeing, food and wine, sport and innovation. The Festival places words, listening, existential health, the memory of places and the possibility of thinking together about the future of the territory at the center.
A cultural project promoted by IPUE, Istituto di Psicologia Umanistica Esistenziale “Luigi De Marchi”, and Riviera Cristallina.
A growing path
The 2026 page preserves the story of previous editions, because the Festival was born as a stable and already rooted cultural asset.
2024 · The beginning
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July 22-28: myth, migration and personal identity
The first edition was born as part of a wider project to enhance Riviera Cristallina: tourism and psycho-physical wellbeing entered into dialogue with the rediscovery of roots.
2025 · Consolidation
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Three evenings to rediscover meaning, roots and vision
The second edition, from September 5 to 7, 2025, consolidated the Festival as a widespread appointment across wellbeing, awareness and identity in Riviera Cristallina.
2026 · The new edition
The third edition
In 2026 the Festival reaches its third edition, scheduled for September 18, 19 and 20. The first confirmed guest is Ascanio Celestini, who will open the Festival with a meeting dedicated to the book Poveri cristi.
Free admission
The Festival is free
All Festival del Pensiero Cristallino appointments are free admission, while seats last.
Tourism packages connected to the Festival weekend do not sell admission to the meetings. They offer accommodation services, experiences in the territory, daytime activities, possible tastings, local assistance and evening transfers to the events.
Experience the Festival in Riviera Cristallina
For guests arriving from outside the area, Riviera Cristallina offers stay experiences designed to enjoy the Festival weekend in a complete way. The Festival remains free: packages include tourism services, not admission to the appointments.
Media and press review
Materials, press releases and press content dedicated to Festival del Pensiero Cristallino.
Festival dossier
A summary document with the history, identity and development of the Festival.
Open the dossier
Save the Date 2026
Announcement of Ascanio Celestini’s participation in the third edition.
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2024 poster
The first edition of the Festival, from July 22 to 28.
Open PDF
2025 poster
Second edition: three evenings to rediscover meaning, roots and vision.
Open poster
Press Room
Riviera Cristallina’s general press room also includes Festival materials.
Open Press RoomPart of the Riviera Cristallina ecosystem
Festival del Pensiero Cristallino is part of an ecosystem that brings together culture, territory, tourism, innovation and community within a shared development vision.
Riviera Cristallina
The territorial and cultural project.
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Packages, experiences and travel tools.
Open the plannerWeb Experience
Explore Riviera Cristallina with the interactive map, points of interest and territorial content connected to the Festival experience.
Explore RivieraPress Room
Press materials and institutional updates.
Open Press RoomContacts and governance
Institutional references for the project.
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