46th Artevento Cervia International Kite Festival
46th edition ARTEVENTO CERVIA
From Thursday 23rd April to Sunday 3rd May 2026
A spring of magic and fascination on Pinarella beach
From 23 April to 3 May, on Pinarella beach – nestled between the salt flats, the pine forest and the sea – over 200 invited artists from more than 50 countries across five continents will be joined by 2,000 spontaneous international participants, who will fly their kites in honour of this year’s theme, ‘Brother Wind’.
Brother Wind, the central theme of this 46th edition
The world’s longest-running International Kite Festival has chosen the slogan “Brother Wind” as the leitmotif for its 46th edition to promote environmental care and brotherhood among peoples, celebrating the union of art and nature through four interconnected themes:
- the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis,
- the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to the poet Grazia Deledda,
- the 40th anniversary of the twinning between the Emilia-Romagna Region and Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan,
- the partnership between ARTEVENTO and Circo Contemporaneo
Colombia: Guest of Honour
The Guest of Honour at the 46th edition will be, exceptionally, the Bimana art collective from Colombia, which has chosen ARTEVENTO for its European debut, sharing the spirit of the festival that each year showcases the most innovative creators of new and unexpected forms.
Their works will bring life and colour to the festival’s new unmissable attraction, the performance *La Parata delle Creature*, designed specifically for this edition as a joyful, engaging, collective and immersive celebration of the wonders of nature, paying homage to the spirit of respect for all its elements inherent in the Franciscan Canticle.
Coordinated by the dynamic Alejandro Uribe, Bimana will bring to Cervia his large-scale three-dimensional works, born from the idea of merging the world of 3D air creations with that of puppetry in a new expressive and performative style famous in South America, sharing the spirit of the festival which, every year, showcases the most innovative creators of new forms and unexpected performances.
Events not to be missed
From 4 April to 3 May
Exhibition: “The Hague Air Gallery – Vento Dipinto”
The exhibition presents, for the first time in Italy, an extraordinary collection comprising 17 Edo-style Japanese kites painted by Dutch artists.
First presented in flight on Scheveningen beach (The Hague) in 1987, it retraces the origins of a project destined to have a decisive impact on the international art scene, promoting the development of that strand of environmental art which identifies the wind as its interlocutor, creating a new dynamic relationship between artwork, nature and the viewer.
Magazzino del Sale Torre
- 4–19 April, open on public holidays and the days preceding them
- 23 April–3 May, open daily
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Artevento, International Kite Festival
How was the Festival born?
Born in 1981 from a happy intuition of the painter Claudio Capelli who, since its inception, has been the organiser and artistic director.
And since 1981, every spring, the sky is filled with colour and magic as kites from all over the world fly harmoniously over our beaches.
A festival that combines imagination, creativity, art and culture.
Every year, the best kite masters on the planet meet on Cervia beach in spring for this traditional event.
More than a consolidated tradition, it represents the ideal appointment with the different cultures of the planet, in full respect of the values of brotherhood, peace and respect for the environment.
The event is now considered one of the ten most important festivals of its kind in the world.
The art of kite building
The Festival is a window on the colourful world of world kite flying, with its original characters and fascinating flying creatures.
It is also an opportunity to learn the art of kite building and flying directly from the world's great kite flying champions.
On the weekdays of the Festival, there are workshops for groups and school groups, by appointment, while on the holidays, they are open to all children.
Participants meet master kite flyers, guests of the Festival from all over the world. And with the help of an interpreter they learn how to build a kite and the first flying techniques.
Budding kite flyers and amateurs can try their hand at kite flying in the dedicated areas adjacent to the masters' area.
When
from 23rd April to 3rd May 2026
Opening
from 10.00 a.m.
Luogo
Pinarella beach
Event url
https://www.artevento.comFree
Yes
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