Isola Bella staged the marvels of an open-air concert: on the north strip of the island an enchanting concert, immersed in an atmosphere painted with the greens of the vegetation and the deep blues of the starry night, was performed and crowned by a real firework display over the lake.

The venue on Isola dei Pescatori (Fishermen's Island) was the San Vittore medieval church, which stands in the middle of a minute and coloured village composed of traditional fishermen housing, and surrounded by small multicoloured boats still full of fishing nets.

Striking and exclusive venue for one Festival concert in 2008 was the Steamship Piemonte, built in 1904 and recently renovated, which was the location for a musical cruise along the Borromeo Gulf. In 2012 the Festival realized a concert in the beautiful courtyard of Castello dei Visconti di San Vito in Massino Visconti.

In Verbania, directly on the riverbank the Villa Rusconi-Clerici, imposing 19^th century mansion with a beautiful view on the lake, hosted us in its open-air pavillion. The concerts at Villa Rusconi-Clerici, thanks to a collaboration with Verbania Town Council, took part in the event Editoria & Giardini, which gave the chance of a free guided tour of the garden before the concert.

Villa San Remigio in Verbania rises on top of the Castagnola promontory and opened for the Festival audience its vast and magnificent gardens overlooking the lake from an incomparable point of view. The concerts in this mansion also took part in the Verbania Town Council Editoria & Giardini, which gave the opportunity to have a guided tour of the gardens before the concert.

Till 2008 among the Festival venues there was the marvellous Basilica di San Giulio on Isola di San Giulio, in the middle of the Orta Lake in a scenery of breathtaking beauty. In the following years the Festival performed also in the Church San Nicolao on the top of the marvellous Sacro Monte in Orta.