Food and Frivolity around Cosenza, Calabria: Continued, Cosenza, Italy

Cosenza but also Calabria is an untouched region of Italy and as I’ve mentioned before, not on many tourist destination lists.

With that said, you can be assured of warm hospitality and a real Italian experience, when you visit this area.

For a city of around 100,000, it is still very friendly in Cosenza, which hosts loads of events of which most are free.

My previous posts on this same topic: Food and frivolity around Cosenza, Calabria and Food and frivolity around Cosenza, Calabria

This Piazza is a great gathering place but also a space for children to kick footballs around, rollerblading, cycling or just strolling around, especially during the evening.

Corso Mazzini is thick with people tonight as I weasel my way through the crowds to Bilotti – just like New Year’s Eve.

Free concerts always draw massive crowds in the city. Francesco Gabbani and his band tonight proved extremely popular with half of Calabria here!

Some of you may have heard of Michael Nyman – famous English Composer and Pianist from numerous movie soundtracks he has written, but arguably, the most famous is The Piano (1993). Tonight Mr Nyman is playing at an open-air concert in the Old town. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).