From 20th to 22th November 2025, Ravenna hosts TRANSMISSIONS XVII – RED DESERT, the festival dedicated to the most innovative frontiers of music organised by Bronson Produzioni.
A unique project, taking place in the extraordinary spaces of the Rasi Theatre and other venue, hosting the most surprising and cutting-edge artists of the international scene.
This year’s edition pays tribute to Deserto Rosso, Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1964 cult film shot in Ravenna, which has become a cross-cultural reference point for musicians and artists from all over the world.
Among the performers are Stephen O’Malley, Sanam, Micah P. Hinson, Index For Working Musik, Wow, Bruno Dorella and Adriano Zanni & more to come.
PROGRAMME
Thursday 20th November
Stephen O’Malley (US)
Founder of the legendary Sunn O))), master of drone/doom
Bruno Dorella & Roberta Samarelli (IT) provide the soundtrack for Il Gigante di Ravenna (1957)
Musician, sound designer and founder of OvO together with Italian composer and musician, former bassist with Verdena
Tickets HERE
Friday 21st November
Micah P. Hinson (US)
An extraordinary author of raw and narratively dense folk ballads, somewhere between confession and romantic resistance
Hilary Woods (IR)
Irish musician, filmmaker and writer in one of her rare live performances to present her latest album Night CRIÚ (only Italian date)
Wow (IT)
A cult band from the Roman scene, with their nocturnal and sensual songs tinged with psychedelia
Tickets HERE
Saturday 22nd November
Sanam (LB)
Lebanese sextet combining psychedelia, jazz, traditional Arabic singing and contemporary poetry
Index For Working Musik (UK)
London quintet delving into post-punk and art rock with lyrical and desert-like tension
Adriano Zanni (IT) presents ANIC
Photographer, author of field recordings and electroacoustic landscapes, who will present his new sound and visual investigation into the industrial landscape of Ravenna
Tickets HERE
