Venue
Riviera
of Tramonti
Three days of music with your feet in the sand, on the Falcone and Borsellino Promenade in Lamezia Terme. The stage is the sea.
A beach
which becomes
a festival.
The Colour Fest takes place on the Falcone and Borsellino promenade, the Marinella beach of Lamezia Terme overlooking the Tyrrhenian: it is the Riviera of Sunsets, for the past two editions the new home of the festival.
In front, the open sea. Behind, the Sila chain and the hills. In between, the waterfront where we set up the stages, food areas and exhibition corners, with the light-coloured sand one step away. No spectacular fences, no urban skyline: just horizon.
It is the solitary beach of which Battiato sings: a stretch of Calabria Tyrrhenian authentic and bright, where the sea remains the protagonist and the horizon is uninterrupted.
A postcard three days long.
The stage is the sea. Everything else It is a frame.
— Colour Fest 14Lo Stromboli,
natural frame
of concerts.
When the sun sets over the Tyrrhenian Sea, from the Tramonti Stage - CUPRA Stage the volcano of Aeolian It stands out against the horizon. It is the backdrop that Calabria provides for the festival every year at sunset.
Recommended start time · 7.30 pm · Days 1–2–3A beach,
four different lights.
Color Fest isn’t just an evening programme. It starts in the morning, continues in the afternoon under the beach umbrella, comes alive at sunset and ends at dawn.
Cosmo
Acoustic concerts and DJ sets on the seafront before the heat sets in. 2026 edition: the morning live performance by Cosmo, 12 August.
Free beach
Sea, sand, nearby pine forests, food trucks. The venue is experienced in costume between live performances.
Golden hour
The main stage opens. The sun goes down behind the stage: for an hour the light does it all by itself.
After under the stars
Live acts turn into DJ sets. Dancing until dawn with feet still in the sand.
The whole festival
at one kilometre of coastline.
Four stages, two entrances, a campsite, Calabrian food, drinks and a market — all lined up along the seafront and within walking distance from one end of the venue to the other.
The four stages
5stagesThe main stage, facing the sea. The line-up opens on the hour of sunset over the Tyrrhenian Sea, with Stromboli on the horizon.
In the shade of the pine forests along the seafront.
The electronic stage: DJ sets and club music until the early hours.
Satellite stage with dedicated programming and intimate atmosphere.
A morning acoustic set on the Pineta Stage. Here’s Cosmo’s live performance from 12 August, 7.30–11.00.
Areas and services
8spacesFood, markets and independent exhibitors. The social heart of the festival.
Camping area within walking distance of the venue, bookable for the three nights of the festival.
Calabrian cuisine, food trucks, vegetarian and vegan options all along the waterfront.
Bars and cocktail bars operating from morning to night, distributed between the stages.
Open to everyone, with no fences: the venue is the coast.
There are two entrances along the seafront: Entrance A to the south, next to the Color Fest arch, and Entrance B to the north, towards the pine forest. Both lead into the festival area.
The stall selling official merchandise from the artists on the bill, and the Bibliobus, the mobile bookshop parked between the pine forest and the sea.
The Terrace overlooking the shoreline, for breaks between live performances, and the ‘Corner of Lament’ in the pine forest: two shaded, peaceful spots within the festival.
Where the Riviera
becomes a stage.
Snapshots from the 2025 edition, the first to be held on the Riviera dei Tramonti: the festival as seen by those who experienced it on the beach.
You are in
at 15 minutes.
Lamezia Terme is one of the best-connected hubs in southern Italy. The airport, railway station and motorway junction are all just a few kilometres from the seafront.
By plane
Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF), Calabria’s main airport. Direct flights from Milan, Rome, Turin, Bologna, Venice, Verona, Pisa, Naples, Catania, Palermo and Bari, as well as London, Berlin, Paris, Munich, Zurich and Vienna.
From the airport to the venue: about 10 minutes by taxi or Uber.
By Train
Lamezia Terme Centrale station, Calabria’s main railway hub on the Tyrrhenian line. Frecciarossa, Frecciargento and Intercity services run directly from Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bari and Reggio Calabria.
It takes just a few minutes to get from the station to the venue by city shuttle, taxi or Uber.
By Car
Take the Lamezia Terme exit on the Autostrada del Mediterraneo, then follow the signs for the coast – Gizzeria Lido. From Rome ~6 hours, from Naples ~4 hours, from Bari ~4 hours 30 minutes, from Reggio Calabria ~1 hour 30 minutes, from Cosenza ~1 hour.
There are two official car parks just a short walk from the venue. Those booking a camping pitch have a dedicated parking space included.
Shuttle & bus
Throughout the three days of the festival, a city bus runs between Lamezia Terme railway station and the Riviera dei Tramonti, with 18 journeys a day in each direction from the morning until late at night. The service is operated by Lamezia Multiservizi S.p.A. in partnership with the City of Lamezia Terme.
Alternatively: FlixBus to Gizzeria Lido from €2.19, and the Bilotta Autoservizi No. 118 bus from the station.
La venue,
view from above.
Explore the 2026 map of the Riviera dei Tramonti: drag to move around, use the scroll wheel or pinch to zoom. Four stages, two entrances, a market, food & drink and facilities — all along the seafront.
See you
on Riviera.
Three days, one beach, twenty-one artists. Color Fest 14 takes place from 11 to 13 August 2026 in Lamezia Terme.
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