Finding events in Rome: essential online services

As travelers prepare to land in Rome for a few days or even weeks, they will want to experience the city as a local does. This doesn’t just include lesser known restaurants and activities that are common in the Eternal City, but also live concerts, art shows, theatre plays…

Sometimes there’s a big obstacle to this desire – only, well, locals knows about them! Blame the language barrier!

This is why we put together a list of useful web pages that you can use as you plan your day to day outings in Rome. Some of them are the very same ones we recommend to our incoming guests as they prepare to self check-in at one of our managed properties!

Where to search for live concerts in Rome?

Rome has a very diverse, very… scattered (this on account of being such a big city) music scene and using a dedicated search engine works better than hunting down the different venues’ official web sites or social media handles.

We mostly use Bandsintown.com or Songkick.com, which have their own English-language interface. Some lesser known, more local concerts can be found on Zero.eu (in Italian), our go-to resource for hunting down really cool events in Rome!

… What about classical music?

Bandsintown/Songkick might work for classical music and opera events too, but if you want something more specific, Classictic.com is the one portal we always recommend! Again, this is available in English.

Museums and temporary art exhibitions: find them here

Artrabbit.com and Eventbrite.com (more on this later!) are our preferred ways for finding art events in Italy at large and Rome.

Our favorite website – Eventbrite!

This particular platform is great for any type of event, including cooking classes, conferences, and really niche happenings. Because most of the content available is user-submitted, you can be sure you’re going to find really local, small going-ons and not just major ones.

Specific for Rome – Turismoroma

Turismoroma.it is the city’s official web site for finding events during your stay. This one ends often in the emails we send to our guests! It’s available in four languages (some of the listings may not be fully translated, though!) and it includes all city-funded events as well as all major festivals, fairs, concerts and so much more.

Events for expats (and non-expats) in Rome

Finally, sometimes one doesn’t really know what they’re looking for, and the prospect of having a search engine at the ready is too overwhelming. Websites like Romeing.it or Wantedinrome.com are probably what you need: news portals that sometimes list events, handpicked among those that hold the most interests for the readers. There is always something to discover on there!