MIXTO were born thirteen years ago in a small dining room in the province of Padua and, between a tzatziki and a moussaka, the intrepid musketeers confided their emotions to the rhythm of sirtaki. Since that day, the music that inhabits them has shaped a specific genre, a mixture of fortuitous encounters in dreams around the world. Using music as a trait d'union, the Mixto group retraces the peculiarities of various regions of the world (Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Argentina, Italy etc.), aiming their performance at a necessary awareness and knowledge of these places.

From acoustic duo to band composed of voice, guitar, cajon, trumpet and French horn, with a repertoire that varies from international pop to Italian singer-songwriter, Pargonz were born in 2021 and chose to combine their initials in the name of the band. Very young musicians, eclectic and ready for the challenge of busking.

Ukus in Fabula is the Italian reality of the international ukulele: concerts all over the world, participation in international festivals and television shows. They range from reggae to rock, from country to punk, passing through songwriting and chart hits, sometimes mixing everything in brilliant mashups. An always engaging repertoire seasoned with musical and fun cabaret! Three expert musicians, who divide their time between bass ukulele, tenor ukulele, soprano ukulele, kazoo, footdrum and voice. An explosive mixture of sounds, colors and different personalities.

Float Music is a vibrant musical project born before the pandemic. They range from the atmospheres of electronic to the heart of acoustic music, and from the very beginning they have dedicated themselves to the creation of original tracks, in which jazz harmonies are intertwined with lyrics and melodies that embrace the charm of folk and pop. Their inspiration finds its roots in the essentiality of acoustic instruments, becoming the guiding thread of their stylistic research.

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MOI•GEA was born as a recreational-sports activity in the spring of 2022, and involves four players interacting using one of only two types of equipment: the saxophone or the drums. Son of free improvisation practices, the MOI•GEA quartet matures its own language with each performance, enhancing the combination of two drums/two saxophones and generating music that nods to jazz and ethnic, varying in various styles.

Trí are three musicians linked to the Irish musical tradition and with a long road behind them. He opens the dance with the subdued beat of the bodhrán, while violin and tin whistle chase each other to find the fullness of the guitar. It's a dive into tradition, to rediscover melodies that make you tap your foot to the rhythm and unfold amidst the subdued clang of beer mugs. Busking is in their skin.

The Father&Son Street Duo are a father and son united by a passion for classic rock music, and thanks to their duo they manage to bridge generations. Once again at the Festival, after Niccolò took part in 2022 when he was only 10 years old.

Worabbi e le dovute precauzioni is an artistic project founded by Marco Vorabbi. An eccentric singer-songwriter, with a sharp look and a few hairs on his tongue, who grew up among bars and construction sites. In his songs he tells with unmistakable style and marked irony bizarre provincial stories and small daily dramas. Already a busker for years!

Mavi & Fly Jazz Band have been playing together and making progress for around 30 years, in fact they have been regular guests at the Ferrara Buskers Festival. They present an original sound for an unprecedented mix that characterizes the four instruments, very rare in the history of jazz. The choice to play "on the road" is one of the formative moments of the group since the situation of a musician on the street, unlike the situation in "concert", forces a revision and simplification of the songs to make them more captivating and understandable to everyone.

La Voce del Guerriero is a singer-songwriter born in 1984, fomentor of inner revolutions and furious guardian of the joy of life. He plays guitar, bass drum, shaker but it is with his voice that he expresses everything he feels. He loves to challenge the audience to ask for their favourite song to reinterpret each piece; a true busker in the way he talks to and involves each spectator.

From a very young age - and he still is very young - he became passionate about the hang, an ethnic instrument originating from Oceania. For the first time in Comacchio, Federico will show you his great skills in busking.

Classical - but also electric - cellist and composer, Antonio Cortesi is passionate about social media and the digital world so much so that he has created a community of music enthusiasts and uses his channels to share his personal approach. He has performed with numerous orchestras and chamber groups without ever taking away space from contamination with the world of theater and dance as well as original music projects and busking. He is part of the electric trio EST with which he performed as a guest at the Ferrara Buskers.

Costanza Borsari presents the project ‘Melusina’, a fairy from French folklore, but also the name of her harp, a snake woman, a siren on land, a female creature with a dark side, with a power that is both strongly generative and destructive. Arpa di Melusina is a project dedicated to popular music, especially from countries with a Celtic tradition, aimed at the discovery and rediscovery of melodies and tales from the past dedicated to the feminine, but not only, through messages, archetypes, dreams and symbols hidden among the notes of ancient melodies. Already a busker at the Festival, she is appearing as a soloist for the first time!

Angela, aka "ANG!", is a guitarist from Valsesia. She started playing guitar at 14 and about 10 years ago she accidentally discovered percussive fingerstyle on YouTube. She was so enchanted by it that she began self-taught to experiment and create her own personal arrangements of some pieces by the most famous fingerstyle guitarists, until she dedicated herself entirely to this style. Her repertoire is, therefore, exclusively instrumental and entirely performed with a single guitar, also used as percussion. Angela regularly plays as a busker.

"Looking at your eyes I read your heart" and "Listening to your hand I talk about you" This is who TPR Doppio Gioco are, an artistic couple who have been listening and reading the souls of the spectators of the Ferrara Buskers Festival for years.

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The Wanda company was founded in 1991 and works for the social promotion of art and street games, obtaining many awards over the years throughout Italy. The shows are for the people, for the town or city square, for school children, for the parks, for the streets and for all those who love to listen and be transported by juggling and theatre.

Niccolò Nardelli is a young artist who knows how to make the street his favorite stage. He loves to range between the arts and manages to do it well thanks to the continuous combination of juggling, mime, physical theatre, dance, optical illusions, magic. Among the most requested performances are the contact and the superb, magical fire show.