Mercantia in Certaldo

Tomorrow in Certaldo starts Mercantia, the International Street Performers Festival.

A bit of history

Mercantia is the most important festival for street performers in Europe. Dancers, street marching bands, fire eaters, mimes, magicians and other performers will show off in the streets, within the museums and the historical buildings and gardens of Certaldo.

Artists coming from all over the world aim to participate to this event, that is really magic and transform the medieval hamlet of Boccaccio into a surreal world, where entertainment is the master keyword. Five elements will animate the festival: water, air, fire, land and game. As a matter of fact the game, the social game is the leit motif of this 25th edition.

2012 Program and details

Mercantia takes place from July 11th to 15th in the lovely hamlet of  Certaldo Alto from 8pm to 1am on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, while on Saturday and Sunday goes on from 6pm to 1-1.30am. Tickets have different prices depending on the day:

Wednesday from 8pm t0 1am
€ 10 full ticket
€ 7,50 reduced ticket
€ 6 reduced ticket for Coop

Thursday from 8pm t0 1am
€ 10 full ticket
€ 7,50 reduced ticket

Friday from 8pm t0 1.30am
€ 15 full ticket
€ 10 reduced ticket

Saturday from 6pm t0 1.30am
€ 20 full ticket
€ 15 reduced ticket

Sunday from 6pm t0 1am
€ 15 full ticket
€ 10 reduced ticket

The program is really rich with more than 350 events for the entire festival. I suggest you download TooMuchCertaldo, free guide to Certaldo including the entire program of Mercantia available for iPhone and Android. Otherwise look at the official website of Mercantia.

Thanks to Claudia Corti and to Pietro Ferraris for the pictures.