Rome in June, a month of unmissable events and visit opportunities. Discover with us what to do from 1 to 30 June 2025 and follow the suggestions thought up by our editorial staff to experience and admire the city, including along less beaten paths that conceal surprising corners of beauty.
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Roma Live events in June
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New entries and special events in June
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Rome free/low cost in June
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Jubilee 2025: the events in June
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Rome with kids in June
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The days of Rome: key dates in the city’s history and traditions in June
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The many facets of Rome: places of the ancient Rome, papal Rome and modern Rome to (re)discover in June
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Itineraries and curiosities: our tips for June
Roma Live events
Roma Live is the calendar for experiencing Rome at 360°, a multimedia container dedicated to unmissable events for those living in the city and for tourists. Check here all the events for the month of June, and choose from the exhibitions, sporting events, concerts, theater shows, festivals, ballets and dance performances scheduled until 30 June. Please note: information available in this section is being updated constantly.
New entries and special events
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OperaCamion. Il Barbiere di Siviglia - An extraordinary travelling project of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. A truck set up with lights, orchestra and singers will brings Rossini’s music to the city’s squares, from the historic center to Centocelle district, transforming them into an open-air stage until 22 June.
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BNL Italy Major Premier Padel 2025 - For the fourth consecutive year, the best international padel players return to compete from 8 to 15 June at the Foro Italico complex in one of the four most important events on the world professional circuit.
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Albert Watson. Roma Codex - Contemporary Rome as seen through the lens of the legendary Scottish photographer. At Palazzo Esposizioni, 200 black-and-white and color photographs tell the story of a city rich in facets and contrasts, suspended between the encumbrance of its history and a seemingly indefinable present.
Rome free/low cost
Churches and palaces, courtyards and cloisters, elegant squares and secret piazzas, monumental or tiny fountains, marbles and stones with a history stretching back thousands of years – even if you have a limited budget, the city does not skimp on its wonders. As for the sites and monuments that charge a fee, on 1 June, like every first Sunday of the month, both the national cultural sites and the museums run by Roma Capitale open their doors to the public free of charge. Please note: in some cases, a reservation is required, so always check in advance the websites of the museums. State museums and archaeological parks can also be visited free of charge on 2 June on the occasion of Republic Day. On all other days, with the exception of Mondays, you can explore at no cost 8 small museums with small but valuable collections ranging from prehistory to modern and contemporary art. Generally once a month (from October to June) some institutional palaces also open their doors free of charge, for example Palazzo Chigi, the Casino del Bel Respiro at Villa Pamphilj and Palazzo Koch, headquarters of the Bank of Italy (Please note: in June the Vatican Museums do not provide the usual free opening because the last Sunday of the month coincides with the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, 29 June).
Events and activities at no cost for the month of June include: the exhibitions Roma 1975. Città, volti e storie nell’anno giubilare - Cities, Faces and Stories in the Jubilee Year at the Drugstore Museum, Made in Italy. Primizie d’Italia negli antichi volumi della Biblioteca Angelica at the Angelica Library, Is it Sundown? at the Rhinoceros Gallery, Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape at the American Academy in Rome, Anthea Hamilton. Soft You at the Memmo Foundation, Roger Ballen. Animalism, Mohamed Keita. Porto Roma and Ottavio Celestino. Animal Question at the Mattatoio; the Cinemente festival films at Palazzo Esposizioni; the Anteprime di Letterature Festival Internazionale di Roma at Parco di Monte Ciocci and Casa del Jazz (reservations recommended at +39060608); the concerts of Cantus Dei - Voci dell’eternità in the Basilica of Santi Vitale and Compagni Martiri della Fovea al Quirinale (1, 15 and 22 June) and of Note di speranza in the jubilee church of Sant’Antonio dei Portoghesi (7, 14, 21 and 28 June); the solidarity event WEmbrace Games - Space Games edition at the Stadio dei Marmi (12 June), free visits to the Roseto comunale - Municipal Rose Garden (until June 15) and Palazzo Sciarra Colonna on Via del Corso (reservations at https://museodelcorso.com/) and the program of visits and workshops of the Speciale Giubileo 2025 event organised by the Capitoline Superintendency. Find more tips on the cultureroma and informagiovani websites.
Jubilee 2025: the events
In June, the Jubilee will continue with other events dedicated to specific categories of the faithful: the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, Associations and New Communities (7-8 June), the Jubilee of the Holy See (9 June; the Vatican Museums are closed to the public on this day); the Jubilee of Sport (14-15 June), the Jubilee of Governments (20-22 June), the Jubilee of Seminarians (23-26 June), the Jubilee of Priests (25-27 June) and the Jubilee of Bishops (25-26 June). On 14 June, St. Peter’s Square will host the Holy Father’s Jubilee Audience. Participants in the audience will be able to enter the Basilica through the Holy Door, even without registering on the registration portal. For audience tickets (free of charge), please contact the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household. Pope Leo’s liturgical celebrations will include the Pentecost Vigil in St Peter’s Square (8 June), the Mass in St John Lateran Basilica on the feast of Corpus Christi, followed by the procession to St Mary Major and the Eucharistic blessing (22 June), and the traditional blessing of the pallium for new metropolitan archbishops on the feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June). Throughout the Jubilee year, the Pauline Rooms of the Vatican Apostolic Archive are exceptionally open to the public with the exhibition Jubilees. Rare Documents from the Vatican Collections (visit included in the Vatican Museums admission ticket). Until 20 June, the headquarters of the Dicastery for Culture and Education in Piazza Pio XII is hosting the exhibition Global Visual Poetry (visits by appointment). At the Vatican Library, the exhibition En route reinterprets in a cultured and secular key the Jubilee motto “Pilgrims of Hope”. For more information and assistance in registering for the pilgrimage to the Holy Doors and the major Jubilee events, please contact the Info Point for the Jubilee 2025 in Via della Conciliazione 7. For tourist reception (information and sales), two new temporary Tourist Infopoints are active until 31 December 2025: the Tourist Infopoint Auditorium Conciliazione and the Tourist Infopoint San Paolo.
Rome with kids
Museums to explore, villas and gardens in which to run wild, educational workshops and readings to stimulate the imagination and creativity, theme parks, theatrical performances and much more... Rome is also a family-friendly city, a cheerful and colorful stage for every child. Discover all the events dedicated to children scheduled for the month of June and unleash your imagination among surprising adventures, journeys through history, interactive itineraries and guided tours. Our Kids page is updated weekly: visit us again for new ideas!
The days of Rome: key dates in the city’s history and traditions
Rites, festivals, anniversaries and celebrations have always marked the life of the city, its inhabitants and its visitors: a dense calendar of fixed happenings dating back to past eras, but also to the present day, that define Rome’s identity. Discover with us some of the city’s old and new special dates and moments, with the most heartfelt or awaited occasions – or even simply the most curious ones for the month of June.
The many facets of Rome: places of the ancient Rome, papal Rome and modern Rome to (re)discover
The pagan Rome that was the center of one of the largest empires that ever existed; the symbol city of the Catholic religion shaped by the successors on the throne of Peter; the new capital of the Kingdom of Italy and then of the Republic. The history of an eternal city is inevitably made up of multiple narratives that intertwine with one another. Each month, we will introduce you to three places that show the different imagines of Rome through the centuries.
- The Villa dei Sette Bassi - Immersed in the Appia Antica Archaeological Park, it is one of the largest and most magnificent villas in the Roman countryside, second in size only to the Villa dei Quintili. Its imposing remains are also visible from the road, but the villa, possibly owned by Prefect Septimius Bassus, has not yet revealed all its secrets (including extensions, abandonments, spoliations, reconstructions and changes of use from the 2nd century to the late antique period) and continues to be the subject of archaeological investigations. Information on how to visit on Musei Italiani website.
- The Loggia dei Vini at Villa Borghese - Pleasures and luxuries in 17th century Rome: an original and elegant oval pavilion welcomed the guests of Cardinal Scipione Borghese in the hot summer months, who spoiled them with fine wines and refreshing sorbets. Since last October, the LAVINIA contemporary art project has been dialoguing with the space of the Loggia, which has undergone a multi-stage restoration to return it to the public. From 27 May to 6 July, the pavilion will once again be open for free access with Lavinia - Parte II and will be enriched with new site-specific works by Johanna Grawunder and Daniel Knorr.
- The Great Mosque of Rome - A difficult genesis and a construction that took more than twenty years, from the donation of the land in 1974 to the laying of the foundation stone in 1984 and finally its inauguration on 21 June 1995. With its great dome, its monumental asymmetrical volumes, its columns with three stems recalling images of a forest, its stained glass windows and its decorations, the largest mosque in Italy and in Europe is perhaps Paolo Portoghesi’s masterpiece, a perfect synthesis of different artistic traditions, a metaphor for dialogue between faiths and cultures.
Itineraries and curiosities: our tips
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The City of Water and the Vicus Caprarius - An exciting journey into the bowels of the Rione Trevi, more than nine meters below the current street level, accompanied by the imposing structures of the ancient Aqua Virgo acqueduct, insulae and domus. Find out more in the dedicated page.
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The Coppedè district - A large, richly decorated archway with a huge wrought-iron chandelier introduces us to the block designed by architect Gino Coppedè between 1915 and 1927: an extravagant mix of styles that gives life to the peculiar buildings around Piazza Mincio and the Fountain of Frogs. Find out more in the dedicated page.
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