"Get ready to fill the liveliest and freest archaeological park in Italy". With a post on social media the organizers announce that the appointment with the concert of the Free and Thinking May Day of Taranto in the area of Taranto will be renewed again this year. archaeological park of the Greek walls. An initiative of the Free and Thinking Citizens and Workers Committee, which also includes former Ilva workers, for the artistic direction of Michele Riondino, Antonio Diodato and Roy Paci.
Also the actor and director Riondino from Taranto , author of the film Palazzina Laf on the first confirmed case of mobbing in a large industry, confirmed that the concert will take place with a post in which he writes: "But do you really think we were all staying at home?".
The 2023 edition was conditioned by the heavy rain which transformed the concert area into a quagmire and forced the organizers to interrupt the event in the archaeological park and to continue, for a fee, in the spaceport structure, only for a limited number of people. The artists who were unable to get on the main stage due to the rain performed: Vinicio Capossela, Samuele Bersani, Niccolò Fabi, Ron, Marlene Kuntz, La Representative di Lista, Studio Murena, Willie Peyote and Vasco Brondi, accompanied by Uno Maggio Orchestra.
Due to the criticism that rained down on social media, Diodato made it clear that the story of Uno Maggio Taranto could also have reached its last chapter. "I don't know - the artist vented - if there will be another May Day Taranto. I don't know if we will have the strength to get up once again". Now the long-awaited announcement has arrived: "We are coming back" is the writing that stands out on the Committee's post. Over the years, the free and thoughtful concert has not only told the story of the Taranto dispute, starting from the thorny issue of the steel industry, but has become a megaphone for many realities in conflict. Between music and denunciation.
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