The Colour Fest is not just a festival: it is a community. A place where music, nature and people meet on the Riviera of Sunsets, between the pine forest and the sea of Calabria. In fourteen editions we have learnt that the audience is the real heart of everything. So here they are: six simple “rules” - more than rules, advice from the heart - to best experience the Colour Fest 14scheduled 11, 12 and 13 August 2026 in Lamezia Terme.

1) Getting to the door opening

Did you pay for your ticket? Enjoy all the shows. The Color Fest starts from the very first moment: from the entrance on the promenade, from the first glimpse of the pine forest, from the first sound coming from the stage. Arriving at the opening doors means not missing anything - not even the surprises of the secondary stages, the emerging artists of the Marley Stage and that unrepeatable atmosphere of the early hours, when the light of the Calabrian sunset envelops everything.

2) Enjoying all the shows

OK, listening to your favourite band is sacrosanct. But discovering new artists is what festivals are all about. The Color Fest line-up is built to surprise: every name is carefully chosen, every live show is a chance to fall in love with something you didn't know. From international headliners such as Apparat, Sébastien Tellier e Django Django, up to the talents of the Supernova contest and emerging projects - let your curiosity get the better of you.

3) Peace: embracing diversity

We are and will always remain a welcoming place of love. The Color Fest is a space where anyone can feel at home, regardless of where they come from, who they are and what they love. If you love art, you also share this thought. Diversity is not only accepted: it is celebrated. It is our strength, the reason why people from all over Italy and abroad choose to be here, together, every August.

4) Dance - freely in nature

Respect the places and at the same time enjoy them to the fullest. The Riviera dei Tramonti is a magical place: the pine forest, the sea, the sunset. Dancing barefoot on the sand, under the stars, in the trees, is a privilege we want to continue to experience year after year. That is why we ask for something simple: enjoy yourself, but take care of this place as if it were your home. Because it is.

5) Feeling free: be yourself*.

Made up, dressed, undressed, coloured, loved and loved. At Color Fest there is no dress code, there is no right or wrong way to be. There is only your way. With glitter on your face or in a T-shirt and flip-flops, with coloured hair or feet in the sand - here you are free* to be exactly who you want. It is the freedom of expression that makes this festival different from any other.

6) Subscribe and camp

The full experience allows us to create community. That is what we work for. The Color Fest is really lived when you immerse yourself in all three days: waking up on the campsite, having breakfast with the other festival-goers, experiencing the day from the first sun to the last DJ set in the pine forest. And there is also a practical advantage: if you subscribe and camp, you spend less. And if you are a family, the children under 10 years do not pay.

The complete line-up of Color Fest 14

Three days, three stages, over twenty artists including international names and the best of the Italian independent scene. These are not rules: they are invitations. Invitations to experience music in the most authentic way possible, in one of the most beautiful places in the Mediterranean.

Colour Fest 14 - Summer on a Solitary Beach
11, 12, 13 August 2026
Lungomare Falcone e Borsellino - Riviera dei Tramonti, Lamezia Terme (CZ)
Tickets and subscriptions on colourfest.co.uk/tickets-info