Italy

The aim of the Veneto Residency Centre is to support artistic residencies as experimental laboratories for the performing arts, offering space and support to multidisciplinary artists at regional, national and international levels.

Island Connect, a collaborative programme between seven performing arts organisations working with residencies located on (or associated with) European islands of different countries, has open calls for artists in the performing arts.

The Bright Festival, 17–19 April 2026 in Firenze, Italy, is calling for applications for new media art projects.

European cooperation project Feed Your Future announce the Art Feeds Collective Residencies 2026, inviting artists and collectives from the EU and Creative Europe countries to explore the theme ‘Edible Commons: Performing the Future of Food’.

Gorizia, European Capital of Culture 2025 with Nova Gorica (Slovenia), is a city rich in history and culture, located on the border between Italy and Slovenia. It offers a unique opportunity for social innovators to immerse themselves in a multicultural environment, contributing to the regeneration of an evolving urban area. Netural Coop Impresa Sociale, as part of the project “A thousand years of history at the heart of Europe: Borgo Castello, crossroads of peoples and cultures”, aims to transform part of Gorizia into a cultural meeting place.

Ferrara Off is calling for applications from performing arts companies/artists for their BONSAI Festival programming, which will be held in spring–summer 2026.

This call for entries is opened to international groups or artists that practice experimental theatre or experimentation on scenic languages.

We Want More! is inviting theatre operators and managers, with or without disabilities, from all over the European Union, Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia), Turkey, and Ukraine, to join the International Capacity building on accessibility management for theatre operators – Improving accessibility and inclusion skills of theatre managers and operators, taking place from 23 to 27 February 2026, at the Teatro della Regina, in Cattolica (Emilia-Romagna, Italy).

TIDAL ArtS will award four artists, collectives, or creatives a residency along with 50,000 EUR each to co-create artwork in unique locations across Europe in support of EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030.