What’s on in Rome this Fall 2025: events to mark on your calendar
After a summer marked by intense heatwaves, autumn is arriving to provide some relief. With days that are still warm and bathed in sunlight, accompanied by cooler evenings, fall offers an ideal opportunity to explore Rome. While the city is not as crowded and overwhelmed by tourists as during the summer, its calendar remains packed with a diverse range of events and exhibitions.
If you find yourself in Rome during the autumn season, here’s a comprehensive overview of the best events in autumn in Rome that deserve a spot on your calendar.
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Romaeuropa Festival
September 4 – November 6, 2025
Various Locations
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From September 4 to November 16 the Romaeuropa Festival returns to light up the capital with a rich program of contemporary music, dance, theater, and digital arts.
Over two months of events will take place across 11 venues in Rome. Today one of the most important festivals in Italy, Romaeuropa is a platform where cultures and artistic languages from all over the world meet, generating new perspectives and creative forms. It celebrates diversity, interprets the challenges of modernity, and continues to open itself to new visions. For the full program, please visit the official Romaeuropa website.
Festa del Cinema di Roma
October 15 – 26, 2025
Auditorium Parco della Musica
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This autumn, the Eternal City once again takes center stage with the 20th edition of its Festa del Cinema, from October 15 to 26. The main event takes place at Auditorium Parco della Musica, dressed for the occasion with an endless red carpet, while screenings and activities spread across other evocative locations in the capital. Running alongside the festival, though as an independent entity, is Alice nella Città, a section devoted to younger audiences.
The festival showcases the best films of 2025, along with TV series, music videos, and video art exhibitions. A special focus is dedicated to “Incontri” (Meetings), where audiences can attend in-depth conversations with world-renowned directors and gain insight into the stories behind their debuts. For the latest updates on the program and ticket reservations, be sure to check the official website.
The official image of this edition pays tribute to the centenary of Franco Pinna, featuring a still from the set of Juliet of the Spirits, marking 60 years since Fellini’s masterpiece.
Maker Faire Rome
October 17 – 19, 2025
Gazometro Ostiense
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From October 17 to 19, Rome celebrates the 13th anniversary of Maker Faire Rome, the fair of inventions and innovations that showcases worldwide ideas capable of reshaping our daily lives in practical ways. This year’s edition will be even bigger, with fresh and groundbreaking content, once again hosted at the Gazometro.
The event will explore all the key components of innovation: from digital manufacturing to the Internet of Things, from robotics to artificial intelligence, from circular economy to agritech, from big data to aerospace, up to the latest frontiers of the metaverse, augmented reality, and even e-sports.
Roma Jazz Festival
November 1 – 23, 2025
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Monk, Casa del Jazz
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From November 1 to 23, the city of Rome hosts the 49th edition of the Roma Jazz Festival , with concerts at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and other iconic venues across the capital. This year’s program places themes like peace, gender equality, civil rights, and inclusivity at the heart of jazz, spotlighting female artists and a multidisciplinary approach as powerful tools for emancipation and social change.
Among the most anticipated names: Makaya McCraven, who will open the festival, the David Murray Quartet, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and many more. An edition in search of true harmony.
FASHION
Forces of Fashion
October 18
Casa dell’ Architettura
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Forces of Fashion 2025 returns to Rome on October 18 in a new venue: the Casa dell’Architettura at the Acquario Romano complex, which will host talks with leading fashion figures and Vogue editors. The event is free and open to all and will also be livestreamed on the City of Rome’s website.
EXHIBITIONS
Alphonse Mucha
October 8, 2025 – March 8, 2026Palazzo Bonaparte
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Palazzo Bonaparte hosts the largest exhibition ever held in Italy dedicated to Alphonse Mucha, visionary of Art Nouveau and a leading figure of the Belle Époque. From October 8, the historic Roman venue transforms into a temple of art, celebrating the beauty and elegance of the master who made his style universal. The exhibition’s guest of honor is the famous Venus by Botticelli from the Musei Reali di Torino, a timeless symbol of beauty.
On display are over 150 works by Mucha, alongside pieces by Giovanni Boldini, Cesare Saccaggi, ancient sculptures, Renaissance artworks, and Art Nouveau objects. A journey through art and history, spanning centuries of aesthetics and fascination, immersing visitors in the creativity and spirit of the Belle Époque.
Dalì: Revolution and Tradition
October 17, 2025 – February 1, 2026Museo del Corso
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The exhibition Dalí: Revolution and Tradition, under the scientific direction of Montse Aguer and curated by Carme Ruiz González and Lucia Moni, explores Salvador Dalí’s creative universe through over 60 works, including paintings and drawings, accompanied by photographic and audiovisual documents. The exhibition examines the artist’s complex relationship with the great masters of the past and his contemporaries, oscillating between revolution and tradition, from his admiration for Velázquez, Vermeer, and Raphael to his ambivalent dialogue with Pablo Picasso.
The show brings together works from the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí and major international institutions such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, offering a unique insight into Dalí’s extraordinary artistic production, from his youth to his later works.
Rome Art Week 2025
October 20 – 25, 2025
Art galleries and open studios in Rome
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The annual Rome Art Week is a nonprofit collaboration between art spaces, institutions, and artists aimed at expanding the reach of the contemporary art scene in Rome. This year, its tenth edition will take place from October 20 to 25. The event, completely free for both artists and the public, includes hundreds of exhibitions, cultural projects, and open studios, creating a network between artists, curators, and exhibition spaces while offering fresh perspectives on contemporary art.
Galleries, museums, foundations, academies, and independent spaces open their doors with exhibitions, performances, talks, and meetings, while artists welcome visitors to their studios to explore their work firsthand. For more information, visit the Rome Art Week Instagram page.
