Rome in September, a month of unmissable events and visit opportunities. Find out what to do from 1 to 31 August 2025 and follow the suggestions thought up by our editorial staff to experience and admire the city, including along less beaten paths.
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Roma Live events in September
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New entries and special events in September
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Rome free/low cost in September
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Jubilee 2025: the events in September
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Rome with kids in September
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The days of Rome: key dates in the city’s history and traditions in September
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The many facets of Rome: places of the ancient Rome, papal Rome and modern Rome to (re)discover in September
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Itineraries and curiosities: our tips for September
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 September, navigating among the exhibitions, sporting events, concerts, theater shows, festivals, ballets and dance performances scheduled until 30 September. Please note: information available in this section is being updated constantly.
New entries and special events
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REF. Romaeuropa Festival 2025 - Music, dance, theatre, digital arts and events for children: from 4 September (until 16 November), the Romaeuropa Festival will celebrate its 40th edition with over two months of performances, including major returns and new proposals, bringing together different generations and languages.
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Views of the city at Villa Torlonia - 150 works including paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints. On 16 September, the Casino Nobile at Villa Torlonia will inaugurate the new layout of the Museo della Scuola Romana - Museum of the Roman School, redesigned according to more modern criteria and with a special focus on Rome to illustrate the landscape and transformations of the city.
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Gauguin. The Diary of Noa Noa and Other Adventures - The artistic and spiritual universe of one of the great protagonists of art history is on display at the Museo Storico della Fanteria - Historical Museum of the Infantry from 6 September. One hundred works including drawings, lithographs and diary pages will retrace the travels of the restless French painter in the Polynesian islands and reveal his reflections.
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. On 7 September, as on every first Sunday of the month, both the national cultural sites and the museums run by Roma Capitale will 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. On 27 September, as on every last Sunday of the month, entry will be free to the Vatican Museums (from 9 am to 2 pm, last admission 12.30 pm). On all other days (excluding exception of Mondays), visitors can explore at no cost 8 small museums with small but valuable collections ranging from prehistory to modern and contemporary art. Every weekend (until 28 December), a free immersive tour is revealing the secrets of Palazzo San Felice, the future home of the Library of Archaeology and Art History. Every Saturday, the free guided tours of the Crypta Balbi: cantiere aperto project will offer visitors interesting insights on a place that is unique in the world for its exceptional urban stratification, while on the second Saturday of the month (13 September), the Alberto Moravia House Museum will be open to the public free of charge.
Free or low cost events and activities for the month of September include for example: the exhibitions From Pop to Eternity at La Vaccheria (from 12 September), Carlo D’Orta. Astrazioni architettoniche in the Sala Fontana at Palazzo Esposizioni (5-21 September), Spazi di resistenza at Rome’s Mattatoio (from 12 September), La Proporzione Aurea at WeGil (until 18 September) and Is it Sundown? at the Rhinoceros Gallery; the Fabrizio De André - Parlare Musica Award (13-14 September), the talks, exhibition and award ceremony of RomePhotoLab at Villa Altieri (26-29 September); the concerts of the Lazio Region Sacred Music Festival (10, 13, 17, 20, 21, 23, 28 and 30 September), the International Organ Festival at the Pantheon (5, 12, 19, 26 September), the Festival of Ancient Music in the Basilica of Santi Bonifacio e Alessio all’Aventino (14, 21 and 28 September), the Festival of Sacred Popular Music “Sonus Domini” in the Sanctuary of Madonna del Divino Amore (14 September) and the Jazz&Image musical evenings at the Parco del Celio; the visits and workshops of the Speciale Giubileo 2025 series and the history lessons of the Roma Storia Festival at the Temple of Vibia Sabina and Hadrian in Piazza di Pietra (18-21 September). Find more tips on the cultureroma and informagiovani websites.
Jubilee 2025: the events
In September, the Jubilee will continue with other events dedicated to specific categories of the faithful: the Jubilee of Consolation (15 September), the Jubilee of Justice (20 September) and the Jubilee of Catechists (26-28 September). On 5 September, in the gardens of the papal villas of Castel Gandolfo, the pontiff will inaugurate the ecological and educational project of Borgo Laudato sì, commissioned by Pope Francis. On 6 and 27 September, the faithful and pilgrims can attend the Holy Father’s Jubilee Audience in St. Peter’s Square and then enter the Basilica through the Holy Door, even without registering on the registration portal (free audience tickets at the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household). During the Jubilee year, Bill Fontana’s sound installation The Silent Echoes of a Great Sound Sculpture will welcome visitors in the portico of the basilica. Inside the basilica’s halls located in one of the pillars supporting Michelangelo’s dome, the permanent exhibition Pétros ení: Saint Peter’s Digital Experience makes use of 3D reconstructions and innovative projections to reveal the story of St. Peter and the history of the basilica. Adrian Paci’s exhibition will continue in the Conciliazione 5 window gallery and in the Corsie Sistine of the Santo Spirito in Sassia complex until 21 September. The Jubilee is at the center of a number of exhibitions taking place in the city’s cultural spaces: Opere del Giubileo e Architettura sacra - Works carried out for the Jubilee and sacred architecture at the Acquario Romano - Casa dell’Architettura (until 10 September), Open City 2025. Rome in the Jubilee Year at the Vittoriano (until 28 September) and Sulle vie del Giubileo. Pellegrini, treni, papi - Along Jubilee Routes. Pilgrims, Trains, Popes at Villa Farnesina. For more information on pilgrimages to the Holy Doors and 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 September 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 September.
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.
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The Theatre of Marcellus - A grandiose masonry structure that was able to accommodate up to twenty thousand spectators, first transformed into a fortress and then into an elegant Renaissance palace by the hand of a brilliant architect passionate about antiquity – Baldassarre Peruzzi, who renovated it in the 16th century on behalf of the Savelli family. Dedicated by Augustus to the memory of his beloved nephew Marcellus and still in use in the 5th century, the only theatre of ancient Rome still preserved, albeit partially, remains a striking structure in the cityscape. On 13 September, as part of the Speciale Giubileo initiative, the guides of the Capitoline Superintendency will accompany visitors on a tour of the theatre and the archaeological area surrounding it (tours in italian and english).
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The Castle of Julius II in Ostia - A soldier, a shrewd and manipulative politician, but also an extraordinary patron who brought the greatest artists of the time to Rome: Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo. Remembered as “the warrior pope” or “the fearsome pope” (due to his violent temper and marked propensity for the use of armed force), Giuliano della Rovere ascended to the papal throne in 1503, at the age of almost sixty. Twenty years earlier, in 1483, as bishop of Ostia, he commissioned Baccio Pontelli to build a fortress in the village of Rome’s ancient port, one of the first examples of Renaissance military architecture in Italy. Managed by the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica, on 6, 13 and 20 September, the Castle of Julius II will be open exceptionally in the evening, from 7.30 pm to 11 pm.
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The museo condominiale di Tor Marancia - A woman with Asian features holding an origami wolf invites visitors to cross the threshold of number 26 Viale di Tor Marancia. “Welcome to Shanghai” by street artist Caratoes is one of 23 murals that ten years ago transformed into an open-air art gallery lot 1 of the Roman borgata, built hastily in 1933 and nicknamed Shanghai due to the constant flooding of its houses. Thanks to the Big City Life project, the area is now an extraordinary “inhabited” museum that brings art and the local area into dialogue. Admission to the “condominium museum” is free of charge; as part of the Unexpected Itineraries of Rome project, a guided tour of the murals is scheduled for 13 September.
Itineraries and curiosities: our tips
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The lighthouse of Rome - A tall white silhouette sits atop the Janiculum hill, dozens of kilometers from the coast. Decorated with eccentric feline heads and festoons, the imposing marble lighthouse is certainly not used for navigation: built in 1911 to a design by architect Manfredo Manfredi but inaugurated on 19 September 1920, it was donated to the city of Rome by the Italian community in Argentina to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Unification of Italy. Find out more in the dedicated page.
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Beatrice Cenci and the ghosts of Rome - A tragic and short life: sentenced to death for the murder of her violent and abusive father, Beatrice Cenci faced the gallows on 11 September 1599, in the square in front of Castel Sant’Angelo. Her sorrowful ghost walking along the banks of the Tiber to the Ponte degli Angeli every year on the night between 10 and 11 September is just one of the restless presences that populate the city. Find out more in the dedicated page.
