Sanremo Festival 2027: dates, tickets, host and everything you need to know
The Sanremo Festival 2027 is the 77th edition of the Italian Song Festival, the most anticipated musical event in our country. It will take place at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in February 2027, with Stefano De Martino as host. Five evenings of music, emotions and special guests, broadcast live on Rai 1 and followed each year by millions of viewers in Italy and around the world.
In this guide you will find everything you need to know: the dates, the host, how the ticketing works, how to attend in person and how to experience an unforgettable week in Sanremo.
When does the Sanremo Festival 2027 take place
The dates for the Sanremo Festival 2027 have not yet been confirmed: the five evenings will be held in February 2027. As tradition dictates, the Festival occupies an entire week at the Teatro Ariston: the opening evening on Tuesday, the final on Saturday evening with the announcement of the winner.
Already from October-November 2026, Sanremo transforms: the streets of the city center fill with cameras, hotel terraces come alive with journalists and fans, and the entire city lives to the rhythm of the Festival. It is a show within a show, and experiencing it live is an experience that goes far beyond the five evenings at the theater.
Who is hosting Sanremo 2027: Stefano De Martino
The host of Sanremo 2027 is Stefano De Martino: showman, dancer and one of the most beloved faces of Italian television in recent years thanks to the success of Affari Tuoi on Rai 1. He will also serve as artistic director alongside Fabrizio Ferraguzzo.
The handover took place in an unprecedented way: during the final of Sanremo 2026, Carlo Conti had reached De Martino in the auditorium and officially passed the baton to him in front of all of Italy — the first time in the Festival’s history that this happened live. A moment that had already said much about the spirit of the changing of the guard: not a break, but continuity in the spirit of entertainment.
De Martino brings with him the natural ease of someone who knows how to be on stage without showing the effort, the ability to build an authentic relationship with the audience, and an artistic curiosity that the Sanremo Festival — a place where Italian music reinvents itself every year — will be able to enhance.
The Teatro Ariston: the heart of the Festival
Every edition of the Sanremo Festival takes place at the Teatro Ariston, the historic theater in the city center that has been the official home of the event since 1977. With its approximately 1,000 seats — reduced by the imposing stage design and institutional hospitality — the Ariston is perhaps the most famous theater in Italy, that place where every singer dreams of performing at least once in their lifetime.
Attending the Sanremo Festival live means being there, in those red velvet seats, hearing Italian music at the exact moment it is delivered to history. It is not just a concert: it is a collective ritual, a ceremony that has been repeated for over seventy years.
The Sanremo Festival: 77 years of Italian history
The Italian Song Festival was founded in 1951 and for over seventy years has been a mirror of a changing Italy: it has seen Domenico Modugno with his arms open to the wind and “Nel blu dipinto di blu” (1958), Lucio Battisti, Fabrizio De André, Zucchero, Laura Pausini, Giorgia, Vasco Rossi, Ramazzotti. It has launched the careers of artists who have represented the country around the world and has consecrated generations of fans.
In 2026, the 76th edition crowned Sal Da Vinci with “Per sempre sì” — a song that blended the Neapolitan melodic tradition with contemporary sounds, winning over the Italian public and taking Italy to the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. The baton now passes to Stefano De Martino and the 77th edition, ready to write a new chapter.
Coming to Sanremo during Festival week means immersing yourself in this history. Walking the same streets, breathing the same air, hearing the music coming out of the Ariston and filling the city. It is something that a true lover of Italian music should do at least once in their lifetime.