Too Tough To Die: PUNK ROCK RADUNO 8 Takes Over Bergamo This July
No tickets. No headliners. No ego trips. Just 40+ punk bands from around the globe, secret shows, vinyls, zines, pizza, beer, chaos, and a DIY ethos that’s Too Tough To Die.
📅 July 17 - 20 | 📌 Bergamo, Italy | 💥 Free Admission
In an age of overpriced mega-festivals and flashy headline hype, Punk Rock Raduno remains beautifully out of place and proud of it. This isn’t your usual summer music festival. It’s a gathering of the global punk community, a riot of guitars and zines and grit, built from the ground up by people who still believe in the DIY way.
Now in its 8th edition, Raduno returns to Bergamo from July 17 to 20, and the message is louder than ever: TOO TOUGH TO DIE.
Not just a Ramones reference, but a philosophy. A refusal to sell out, slow down, or fade away.
WHAT MAKES RADUNO DIFFERENT?
No headliners. No VIP wristbands. No profit. Raduno is, and has always been, free to attend, open to all ages, and completely independent. It exists thanks to the sweat, love, and chaos of the punk community: artists, labels, photographers, zine makers, show-goers, and misfits from every corner of the globe.
What started in 2016 as a modest celebration of Ramones-style punk now spans more than 40 bands, secret shows, film screenings, art, DJ sets, a kids’ punk workshop (!), and roller derby. It’s a festival that’s grown organically without ever compromising on its ethics.
Raduno is punk in the real sense: inclusive, loud, unfiltered, and alive.
THIS YEAR’S THEME: TOO TOUGH TO DIE
2025’s edition is dedicated to survival; not just of punk music, but of punk values. "Too Tough To Die" honors everyone who keeps this culture alive: organizers who resist burnout, musicians who keep grinding without backing, and fans who show up year after year. It’s also a tribute to those we’ve lost along the way, whose impact lives on.
THE LINEUP: OVER 40 BANDS, 0 HEADLINERS, 100% ENERGY
This year’s international lineup is stacked with bands from the U.S., Europe, Australia, Japan, and beyond. From cult favorites to first-timers, this is punk without borders, and without ego.
📆 Full Program here
BEYOND THE MUSIC: FILMS, ZINES, TATTOOS & MORE
Punk Rock Raduno is a full-on cultural takeover of Bergamo, with 10+ venues and a week’s worth of events. Here’s what else to expect:
🎥 Free outdoor screening of The Most Australian Band Ever! - a wild doc on the Hard-Ons, directed by Jonathan Sequeira (Descent Into the Maelstrom)
🖼️ Art exhibition: Piss Booth by Alessandro Formenti (Berlin)
🛼 Roller derby with the Crimson Vipers
📚 The first-ever Literary Stage, featuring punk books & talks
🧒 School of (Punk) Rock: weekend workshops for kids
🎧 Secret shows, pop-ups, DJ sets, tattoos, zines, and pizza-fueled frenzy
🎥 Watch the doc
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About Chris Roditis
Chris Roditis has been an active musician since 1995 in various bands and projects across a variety of genres ranging from acoustic, electronic to nu metal, british rock and trip hop. He has extensive experience as a mixing engineer and producer and has built recording studios for most of the projects he has been involved with. His passion for music steered his entrepreneurial skills into founding MusicNGear in 2012.
Contact Chris Roditis at chrisroditis@musicngear.com
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