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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Village Celimontana Jazz Festival

June 1 – Sept 10, 2019
Palazzetto Mattei in Villa Celimontana, Via della Navicella, 12, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

In the groves where the nymph Egeria once laid down the law for Numa Pompilius, big bands now lay down the groove for rug-cutting Romans. One of the city’s most treasured and least touristed public parks, the gardens of the 16th-century Villa Celimontana blossom each summer with jazz—including Swing Swing Swing, in which Jitterbug and Lindy Hop lessons are followed by dancing to live big bands. —E.E.