Pelago on the Road

Every year the small village of Pelago takes music very seriously, a 4 day music festival turns this small Tuscan hamlet into a 24 hour party encompassing all genres of music excluding.

Campers - who camp for free - start arriving early on in the week and by the start of the festival you'd have to look hard to find anywhere remotely secluded, but then why would you want that?

The main centre of Pelago is cordoned off and you have to buy a ticket to enter the town, this year (2004) it cost €8 a day but there are passes available for those that are there for the full duration.

Once you've purchased your ticket you'll be allowed through into the main town where the music takes place and people wander from street to street where bands have setup their systems for the evening.

It's not just about music at Pelago, you'll also find market stalls with world cuisine and artists performing all sorts of acrobatic feats (keep your distances) and shows in the side streets and piazza's.

This year the "BANDA MUNICIPAL DE SANTIAGO DE CUBA" performed a tribute to Compay Segundo, a great opportunity for eveyone to get up and dance to the sounds of Cuba under the Tuscan moonlight.

For information on the next Pelago on the road visit their website [link]