Music bands at altitude
As part of the "Music bands at altitude" initiative, concert by the Social Band from Molina di Fiemme
The mountains become a stage, the band the soundtrack. "Bande in vetta" is back, the festival that brings Trentino bands to alpine refuges for an experience of walking, music and nature. From 22 June to 28 September 2025, every Sunday morning, a mountain refuge will host an open-air concert: brass and woodwind instruments will blend with the sounds of the forest, the peaks and the silence. Walk, listen, breathe: this is the invitation that accompanies this year's event, promoted by the Federation of Bands in collaboration with the Trentino Mountain Huts and with the support of the Autonomous Province of Trento. Folk music, soundtracks and original repertoires will accompany hikers until early afternoon, for a slow-paced encounter between culture and landscape.
On Sunday 29 June from 10:30 a.m. to early afternoon at the Fuciade Rifugio, concert by the Social Band from Molina di Fiemme. The mountain hut can be reached on foot from the San Pellegrino Pass.
The Social Band from Molina di Fiemme was officially founded in 1900. Its long history was interrupted several times during the two World Wars and resumed at full speed in the 1950s with the purchase of new musical instruments, the renewal of costumes and the perfectioning of the repertoire. In 1972, it was one of the first corps in Trentino to open its doors to women, who, in addition to the role of valet, could choose to participate as bandmembers. In 2000, the band celebrated its first centenary, which was celebrated with five days of festivities in the summer and culminated on 26 December with the Christmas Concert. Since 2014, the direction has been entrusted to the baton of Alberto Zeni from Tesero. The band from Molina shows particular attention to young people with the aim of passing on the musical culture and the link with their community to the new generations. In addition to organising musical band training courses, the project "Instruments in schoolbags" for primary school children has been launched.
