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Nightlife and entertainment
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You'll spot posters for city
events
at Piazza Matteotti, and the Siena supplement of
La Nazione
newspaper has details of the day's concerts and films. You can catch
live bands
at
L'Officina
bar, Piazza del Sale 3a, and at the disco-bar
Al Cambio
, Via di Pantaneto 48, but otherwise your only chances are at the low-key
Siena Jazz
in the last week of July and the gigs organized for the PDS-Communist Party
Festa dell'UnitA?
throughout the summer.
Siena has prestigious
classical
concerts throughout the year. The Accademia Chigiana is the driving force, staging the
Estate Musicale Chigiana
cycle all summer, and the
Settimana Musicale Senese
in late July, often featuring a major opera production. Venues vary from the duomo and Sant'Agostino to out-of-town locations such as the atmospheric ruined abbey of San Galgano. Tickets start at L15,000/a?¬7.75, bookable through the tourist office or from mid-July onwards in person at the Accademia Chigiana, Via di CittA 89 (daily 3-7pm; tel 0577.46.152,
www.chigiana.it
). Other useful information
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