Cesare Cremonini Amatour: Dates, Tickets & Venue (Bologna)

A Bolognese tour starts at home

Cremonini is Bologna’s own. He grew up in the city, and he first broke through in 1999 as the teenage frontman of Lùnapop, whose “50 Special” scooted a Vespa through the hills above town. A solo career followed from the early 2000s. Bologna has watched every step of it.

That makes the city a natural place for Amatour to begin. The arena tour opens here on 27 November 2026 and runs to 30 November, in support of his new album. Then it heads west to Turin and Assago for December.

Opening nights carry a particular charge. The production is new, the setlist is new, and the crowd here sings the old hits with a hometown accent. People in the seats often know the streets he writes about.

Four nights at Unipol Arena

The shows are held at Unipol Arena, one of the largest indoor arenas in Italy. It sits in Casalecchio di Reno, a town that runs straight into Bologna’s western edge along the Reno river. Locals still sometimes call it by older names, such as PalaMalaguti or simply “il Palasport di Casalecchio”.

It is a big, enclosed bowl built for basketball and concerts. Tiered seating rises on all sides, and a standing floor sits in front of the stage for arena shows. In late November, being indoors is a real advantage: Po valley evenings are cold and often foggy.

Dates and authorised ticket sellers for Amatour sit on Cesare Cremonini’s official website and the tour’s promoter pages. Those are the sources fans rely on, rather than resale posts on social media.

The Casalecchio Palasport run

Getting out of central Bologna is the part visitors tend to underestimate. The arena has its own railway stop, Casalecchio Palasport, on the suburban SFM line from Bologna toward Vignola. Concertgoers like it because it skips the road traffic entirely.

Your main options:

• Train: Bologna Centrale to Casalecchio Palasport, a short suburban ride, then a brief walk to the arena.
• Bus: TPER city buses link the centre with Casalecchio. Line 20 is the one most people use along Via Saragozza and the Porrettana corridor.
• Car: the arena is close to the A1 Casalecchio exit and the Bologna tangenziale. The surrounding roads clog on show nights, so drivers usually leave themselves plenty of time.
• Taxi: there’s a rank at Bologna Centrale, but after the show the queue for cars back into town is long.

When the encore ends, the station platform fills quickly. Many fans walk a little way and wait out the first surge with a drink before heading back.

Getting through the doors

Big Italian concerts run on a few habits worth knowing. Tickets for large shows are usually nominative, meaning the buyer’s name is printed on them. Staff can ask for photo ID at the gate, so attendees carry a passport or ID card that matches the name on the ticket.

How the evening usually goes:

• Floor fans tend to queue well before doors, especially for an opening night. The barrier spots go to the people who wait longest.
• Seated ticket holders can arrive later. Your seat is yours, and the bars inside handle the pre-show rush.
• Bags: security checks are standard, and large bags and professional cameras are generally refused at arena gates.
• Paying: cards and contactless work at most counters, but a few coins help with lockers and small vendors outside.

Expect to sing. Italian arena crowds know every word of the old Lùnapop material, and the room joins in on the choruses. Phones go up for the ballads, and nobody minds.

Tortellini season around the show

Late November is tortellini in brodo season in Bologna. The tiny pasta parcels come floating in a clear meat broth, and they are on menus across the city as the weather turns cold. Fans coming for a weekend usually build the day around one long lunch in the centre.

The centre is easy to fill on foot. The porticoes, the covered arcades listed by UNESCO in 2021, keep you out of the drizzle. They run from Piazza Maggiore toward the Two Towers and the market lanes of the Quadrilatero, where delis hang mortadella and stack Parmigiano wheels in their windows.

For pre-show food closer to the arena, Casalecchio has its own trattorias and pizzerias along the main roads. Most fans still eat in the city and take the train out afterwards.

Where fans base themselves

Most visitors stay in central Bologna and commute out to the show. The area around Bologna Centrale suits anyone coming by high-speed train from Milan, Florence or Rome. It also puts the SFM connection to Casalecchio right on the doorstep.

Some fans book in Casalecchio itself so they can walk back after the encore. The trade-off is evenings away from the old town. People attending more than one night often split their stay: a hotel near the station, with daytime hours under the porticoes.

On a multi-night run, the city becomes a bit of a fan gathering. Tour merchandise turns up in cafés and on the regional trains, and on the busiest nights rooms near Centrale go fast.

Where Amatour goes next

Bologna is the launch, not the whole tour. After the Casalecchio dates, Amatour continues in Turin and in Assago, the town on Milan’s southern edge that hosts the city’s main indoor arena, through December 2026.

For fans flying in from abroad, Bologna is the most atmospheric of the three. It is the artist’s hometown and the tour’s opening run. It also has an airport, Guglielmo Marconi, a short shuttle ride from the centre.