This year MITO enlivens Milano with 150 fringe concerts . Consult the complete program and check out the photos for the two musical offerings on August 30th and 31st in the Multimedia section. MITO Festival is emphasizing the spontaneity music brings to everyday life by bringing live performance out of the concert halls and into the streets, piazzas, parks, metros and everywhere in between. Throughout the entire month of September rock, ethnic, classical, folk, jazz music and much more will be performed where you might least expect it.

• MITOfringe in the metro Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday between noon and 5 p.m. in the Metro Stations of Duomo (Galleria degli Artigiani), Porta Venezia, Cordusio, Cairoli, and Loreto. MITO in Metro, realized in collaboration with ATM, begins on Tue. Sept. 8th at 11:00 a.m., in the mezzanine of the Metro Stop Porta Venezia.

• MITOfringe at the station Monday Sept. 14th at 6 p.m. the Galleria delle Carrozze in Central Station becomes a concert stage for Balkan music organized in collaboration with Grandi Stazioni and Ferrovie dello Stato.

• MITOfringe in piazza Every Friday and Saturday evening MITO cities comes to the streets and piazzas on the outskirts of Milano in the areas Baggio, Casoretto, Isola, Pratocentenaro and San Siro. These five appointments are realized in collaboration with the Unione del Commercio.

• MITOfringe open stage Every Monday from 1 to 3 p.m., MITO is dedicating an open space for emerging talents: Musicians and ensembles that have responded to an open invitation will perform 20 minute sets. Sept. 7th: Classical and Jazz Piano Sept. 14th: Ethnic Music Sept. 21st: Wind and String Ensembles

• MITOfringe suprise MITO interrupts everyday Milanese life with musical moments that reach out to listeners in their offices and homes, breaking the normal flow of their daily habits for a few minutes and beckoning them to go to the windows and out into the streets. The locations of the concerts, realized in collaboration with Music in the Air, will not be announced, only the hour and day.

• MITOfringe, music in the parks Every Sunday MITO brings music to the major central parks of the city: Sept. 6th and 20th two concerts will take place in the public gardens “I. Montanelli” at Porta Venezia, and the 13th of Sept. MITO cities comes to the Teatrino in Park Sempione.