The event is here to end the year on high notes from exceptional singers
As is tradition, the Roma Gospel Festival returns to Rome’s Auditorium Parco della Musica from 20 to 31 December 2025.
The festival features the best American choirs and gospel groups and is the largest of its kind in Europe. With such a venue, the goal to involve all listeners and have them participate in the shows is easily achievable. So don’t hesitate to wave, sing along, or simply clap with everyone else for a unique and encompassing experience.
The festival kicks off on December 20 with Marquinn Middleton & the Miracle Chorale, an award-winning gospel choir that brings hope and ignites audiences’ enthusiasm with performances acclaimed by icons such as CeCe Winans and Fred Hammond, combining artistic excellence and community engagement into experiences of profound spiritual impact.
On Sunday, December 21, it’s the turn of Cedric Shannon Rives & The Unlimited Praise Gospel Singers. Cedric Shannon Rives is a multifaceted artist who unites musical, theatrical, and ministerial talent. He will be touring Italy again with his new group, “The Unlimited Praise Gospel Singers,” a collective of talents from various parts of the United States, known for extraordinary vocal gifts and genuine human warmth.
The program continues on December 22 with the Florida Fellowship Super Choir, which brings together over 100 singers, songwriters, directors, and musicians of different faiths and denominations from across the State of Florida.
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On December 23, the spotlight turns to the Charleston Gospel Choir, a prestigious ensemble from Charleston, South Carolina—one of the states where the African-American sacred music tradition is most deeply rooted.
On Christmas Day, the traditional double show features the Harlem Gospel Choir, the most famous and longest-running U.S. gospel choir, performing since 1986 to raise funds for charity.
On December 26, 27, and 28, it’s the turn of the Florida Inspirational Singers, distinguished by a repertoire that links the great soul sound of the American South to spirituals and the most contemporary sonorities of the genre.
On December 29, Eric Waddell & The Abundant Life Singers will take the stage at the Auditorium Parco della Musica—one of the standout groups from Baltimore, Maryland. In its prodigious growth, the choir has steadily brought together an ever-increasing number of phenomenal vocalists; at present, the choir includes about fifty singers and an exceptional band.
The Roma Gospel Festival concludes on December 30 and 31 with Marquis Dolford & The Capital Gospel Group, a Washington-based ensemble known for its innovative approach to gospel music.
This is an event that delivers to its audience the beauty, splendour, and depth of classical and contemporary Gospel music.
20 -31 December 2025
Auditorium Parco della Musica
Via Pietro de Coubertin, 30
auditorium.com/it/festival/roma-gospel-festival-2024
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