City guideMilan · Sat 24 – Sun 25 October
Milan this weekend: Ligabue at the Unipol Dome and Inter v Fiorentina
Ligabue’s tour finale at the Unipol Dome, Inter v Fiorentina, Dalí and fashion at Palazzo Reale, the last days of Ri-Scatti at the PAC, the antiques market on the Naviglio Grande, Simple Plan, ApritiModa’s open doors and Burbero, Eugenio Boer’s new wine bar.
The weekend at a glance
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Saturday · 24 October
Sunday · 25 October
All weekend · Saturday and Sunday
Saturday
24 October
Sat
Concert · Unipol Dome, Santa Giulia
Ligabue at the Unipol Dome
Luciano Ligabue, the rock singer behind Certe notti, ends his 2026 tour at the Unipol Dome, the Santa Giulia arena built for the Winter Olympics, which he opened in May. The tour marks thirty years of that song and the album Buon Compleanno Elvis.
Saturday’s show is the last of fourteen one-off arena dates that began in Verona in September. Tickets are on Ticketone; the arena is beside Rogoredo station, on metro line 3.
Sat 20:50
Concert · Alcatraz, Via Valtellina
Simple Plan at the Alcatraz
Simple Plan, the Montreal pop-punk band behind I’d Do Anything, Welcome to My Life and Perfect, play the Alcatraz on Saturday, with the Welsh band Neck Deep and the American singer Charlotte Sands as special guests.
Doors open at 18:00; Charlotte Sands plays at 19:00, Neck Deep at 19:45 and Simple Plan at 20:50. The Alcatraz is on Via Valtellina, a short walk from Maciachini on metro line 3. Tickets are on Live Nation.
Sat 18:00–24:00
Bar · Vetra
Burbero, Eugenio Boer’s wine bar near the Colonne di San Lorenzo
Burbero is the wine bar that chef Eugenio Boer and Carlotta Perilli, the pair behind the restaurant [bu:r], opened on 20 September near the Colonne di San Lorenzo: sixteen seats, more than 120 wines from small producers, toasts, cured meats, cheeses and their pigeon macaron.
It opens at 18:00 until midnight, and from 11:00 on Sundays, with a bill of about €30–35. Via delle Pioppette 3 is off Corso di Porta Ticinese. Book ahead.
Sunday
25 October
Sun 12:30
Sport · San Siro
Inter v Fiorentina at San Siro
Inter play Fiorentina in Serie A at San Siro on Sunday, the eighth round of the season, four days after their Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk on the same ground, which they share with AC Milan.
Kick-off is at 12:30, the Sunday lunch match; the clocks go back early that morning, so check the time twice. Take metro line 5 to San Siro Stadio and arrive early for the gates.
SunFree
Market · Naviglio Grande
The antiques market on the Naviglio Grande
The Mercatone dell’Antiquariato takes over the Naviglio Grande on the last Sunday of every month: more than 380 stalls along two kilometres of the Alzaia, with furniture, clocks, silver, books, toys and mid-century design.
Stalls are up from the morning on Sunday 25 October, and the bars and shops along the canal stay open. Take metro line 2 to Porta Genova; the canal roads are closed, so come on foot.
All weekend
Saturday and Sunday
Sat and Sun, 10:00–19:30€15, open ticket €17
Exhibition · Palazzo Reale
Dalí and Fashion at Palazzo Reale
Dalí and Fashion is the first big international exhibition on the Catalan surrealist and the fashion world: more than 200 paintings, drawings, photographs, garments, jewels and films, including the shoe hat he devised with Elsa Schiaparelli and pieces by Schiaparelli and Dior today.
Palazzo Reale, beside the Duomo, is open 10:00 to 19:30 at the weekend, last entry an hour before. Tickets are €15, or €17 for an open ticket valid on any day.
Sat and Sun, 10:00–19:30Free
Exhibition · PAC, Via Palestro
Ri-Scatti photographs by migrant women at the PAC
Prima che sia notte is the twelfth Ri-Scatti show at the PAC: photographs by 23 migrant and refugee women who learnt to use a camera in a three-month course and turned it on their journeys, families and new lives.
This is the last weekend: it closes on Sunday 25 October. Entry is free, 10:00 to 19:30, at Via Palestro 14 by the Giardini Pubblici. The prints are for sale for Milano Welcome projects.
Sat and Sun, hours vary by venueFree, booking needed
Festival · Across Milan
ApritiModa at Milan’s fashion houses and ateliers
ApritiModa opens the doors of fashion houses, ateliers and workshops across Italy for one weekend a year, free of charge. In Milan 23 places take part, among them Armani/Silos, Dolce&Gabbana on Corso Venezia, Brunello Cucinelli and La Scala’s costume and set workshops in the former Ansaldo factory.
Visits are in booked time slots that vary by venue. Book on apritimoda.it, up to four people a slot; bookings close at 8:00 on Sunday.
Saturday
Sat
Ligabue at the Unipol Dome
Luciano Ligabue, the rock singer behind Certe notti, ends his 2026 tour at the Unipol Dome, the Santa Giulia arena built for the Winter Olympics, which he opened in May. The tour marks thirty years of that song and the album Buon Compleanno Elvis.
Saturday’s show is the last of fourteen one-off arena dates that began in Verona in September. Tickets are on Ticketone; the arena is beside Rogoredo station, on metro line 3.
Unipol Dome Sat 20:50
Simple Plan at the Alcatraz
Simple Plan, the Montreal pop-punk band behind I’d Do Anything, Welcome to My Life and Perfect, play the Alcatraz on Saturday, with the Welsh band Neck Deep and the American singer Charlotte Sands as special guests.
Doors open at 18:00; Charlotte Sands plays at 19:00, Neck Deep at 19:45 and Simple Plan at 20:50. The Alcatraz is on Via Valtellina, a short walk from Maciachini on metro line 3. Tickets are on Live Nation.
Alcatraz Sat 18:00–24:00
Burbero, Eugenio Boer’s wine bar near the Colonne di San Lorenzo
Burbero is the wine bar that chef Eugenio Boer and Carlotta Perilli, the pair behind the restaurant [bu:r], opened on 20 September near the Colonne di San Lorenzo: sixteen seats, more than 120 wines from small producers, toasts, cured meats, cheeses and their pigeon macaron.
It opens at 18:00 until midnight, and from 11:00 on Sundays, with a bill of about €30–35. Via delle Pioppette 3 is off Corso di Porta Ticinese. Book ahead.
Burbero Sunday
Sun 12:30
Inter v Fiorentina at San Siro
Inter play Fiorentina in Serie A at San Siro on Sunday, the eighth round of the season, four days after their Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk on the same ground, which they share with AC Milan.
Kick-off is at 12:30, the Sunday lunch match; the clocks go back early that morning, so check the time twice. Take metro line 5 to San Siro Stadio and arrive early for the gates.
San Siro Stadium Sun
The antiques market on the Naviglio Grande
The Mercatone dell’Antiquariato takes over the Naviglio Grande on the last Sunday of every month: more than 380 stalls along two kilometres of the Alzaia, with furniture, clocks, silver, books, toys and mid-century design.
Stalls are up from the morning on Sunday 25 October, and the bars and shops along the canal stay open. Take metro line 2 to Porta Genova; the canal roads are closed, so come on foot.
All weekend
Sat and Sun, 10:00–19:30
Dalí and Fashion at Palazzo Reale
Dalí and Fashion is the first big international exhibition on the Catalan surrealist and the fashion world: more than 200 paintings, drawings, photographs, garments, jewels and films, including the shoe hat he devised with Elsa Schiaparelli and pieces by Schiaparelli and Dior today.
Palazzo Reale, beside the Duomo, is open 10:00 to 19:30 at the weekend, last entry an hour before. Tickets are €15, or €17 for an open ticket valid on any day.
Palazzo Reale di Milano Sat and Sun, 10:00–19:30
Ri-Scatti photographs by migrant women at the PAC
Prima che sia notte is the twelfth Ri-Scatti show at the PAC: photographs by 23 migrant and refugee women who learnt to use a camera in a three-month course and turned it on their journeys, families and new lives.
This is the last weekend: it closes on Sunday 25 October. Entry is free, 10:00 to 19:30, at Via Palestro 14 by the Giardini Pubblici. The prints are for sale for Milano Welcome projects.
PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea Sat and Sun, hours vary by venue
ApritiModa at Milan’s fashion houses and ateliers
ApritiModa opens the doors of fashion houses, ateliers and workshops across Italy for one weekend a year, free of charge. In Milan 23 places take part, among them Armani/Silos, Dolce&Gabbana on Corso Venezia, Brunello Cucinelli and La Scala’s costume and set workshops in the former Ansaldo factory.
Visits are in booked time slots that vary by venue. Book on apritimoda.it, up to four people a slot; bookings close at 8:00 on Sunday.