Sale meeting Hotel San Marco Formula & Club

Hotel San Marco & Formula Club

The Hotel is an elegant and functional four-star hotel, an ideal location for conferences and meetings, in fact there are 6 meeting rooms, the largest [...]

17.000 m2 entire exhibition area
4.000 m2 plenary area
4.000 seats
400 m2 stage area
24 m plenary height

Bedonia Episcopal Seminary halls

The Bedonia Episcopal Seminary features rooms for conferences, seminars, cultural gatherings, and study days.The facility also includes exhibition spaces for temporary displays, a room suitable [...]

1000 seats
Sale meeting Century Hotel (3)

Century hotel

Elegant 3-star Superior property, located about a five-minute walk from the historic center and very close to the train station. It has 53 rooms and [...]

40 seats

Dado Hotel International

The 4-star hotel is located in a quiet residential area of Parma.It is close to the A1 Motorway, a 5-minute drive from the historic center [...]

35 seats
Sale meeting Circolo di lettura parma (3)

Reading and conversation Club

The Reading and Conversation Club is located in the historic center of Parma, inside the Palazzo della Riserva. Since 1866, it has been home to [...]

150 seats
Sale Meeting NH Parma (4)

NH Hotel group

The NH Parma hotel is part of a gleaming new complex designed by renowned Spanish architect, Oriol Bohigas. Hotel 4* is located in close proximity [...]

200 seats
Sala Venus Hotel LINK 124

Link 124

A few steps from the Parma motorway exit, the 4-star hotel welcomes its guests with a modern and sophisticated design.

220 seats
Grand Hotel de la Ville Sala Aida

Grand Hotel de la Ville

The Grand Hotel de la Ville in Parma, a 5-star hotel a stone's throw from the historic center, has 110 rooms, a conference center that [...]

200 seats
Starhotels Du Parc Verdi Meeting Room

Starhotel du Parc

The Starhotels Du Parc is an elegant hotel with precious Art Nouveau interiors, located next to the Ducal Park and a stone's throw from the [...]

Sale meeting La Feriatella, ph. Palazzo Dalla Rosa Prati

Villa La Feriatella

Immersed in the Parma countryside, just ten minutes by car from the heart of the city. Available in three fascinating rooms, bathed in natural light [...]

200 m2 entire exhibition area
75 seats
Sale meeting Holiday Inn Express Parma, ph. Holiday Inn Express Parma

Holiday Inn Express

The 3-star hotel is located in a strategic position near the Parma city motorway exit and the northern ring road that connects the main poles [...]

35 seats
Sale meeting Grand Hotel Parma - Sala Teatro Regio

Grand Hotel of Parma

In the heart of Parma and surrounded by a lush garden, the 5-star Grand Hotel in Parma comes to life. A place where the ancient [...]

150 seats
Sale Meeting Hotel Maria Luigia

Palace hotel Maria Luigia

An elegant 4-star hotel just a stone's throw from the historic centre, the hotel has classic furnishings with marble floors and paintings on the walls [...]

17.000 m2 entire exhibition area
4.000 m2 plenary area
4.000 seats
400 m2 stage area
24 m plenary height

PalaVerdi Parma convention center

A refined multifunctional structure capable of hosting shows, conventions, congresses and gala dinners thanks to its scenic features. The modularity of the space and the [...]

17.000 m2 entire exhibition area
4.000 m2 plenary area
4.000 seats
400 m2 stage area
24 m plenary height
Sale meeting Hotel Best western Farnese Parma (3)

Best Western Hotel Farnese

The 4-star hotel, a pillar of the city's history, is a renowned hotel where modernity and tradition blend with elegance and passion.Its elegant hall with [...]

17.000 m2 entire exhibition area
4.000 m2 plenary area
100 seats
400 m2 stage area
24 m plenary height
Laboratorio Aperto Complesso di San Paolo, ph. Archivio Comune di Parma

Laboratorio Aperto Complesso di San Paolo

The profound redevelopment and valorisation intervention of the monumental complex of San Paolo has been underway since 2015 and, following the conclusion of the works, [...]

100 seats
Sale meeting Hotel Parma & Congressi

Hotel Parma & Congressi

The Hotel Parma & Congressi is a 4-star hotel located in the west of Parma, about 2 km from the A15 Parma Ovest exit, 8.3 [...]

450 seats
Fondazione Magnani Rocca

Magnani Rocca Foundation

The museum headquarters of the Magnani Rocca Foundation in the villa of Corte di Mamiano di Traversetolo houses the prestigious collection of Luigi Magnani (1906-1984), [...]

350 seats
Palazzo del Governatore, ph. Archivio Comune di Parma

Governor’s Palace

Located on the northern side of Piazza Garibaldi, it unites, in the long façade of classical lines, two buildings of thirteenth-century origins. The Baroque tower, [...]

230 seats
24 m plenary height
Meeting Novotel Parma, ph. Novotel Parma centro

Novotel

Modern and elegant 4-star hotel located 150 meters from the train station and the historic center.Inside, there is a fitness area, a seasonal outdoor swimming [...]

250 seats
Fontanellato, Labirinto della Masone, ph. Labirinto della Masone

Labirinto della Masone

It is the largest labyrinth in Europe. conceived by the publisher, bibliophile, designer and collector Franco Maria Ricci and inaugurated in May 2015.The event spaces [...]

2000 m2 entire exhibition area
250 seats
Meeting APE Parma Museo, ph. APE Parma Museo

APE Parma Museum

Opened in June 2018, after a careful two-year conservative restoration, APE Parma Museo, thanks to its large museum spaces spread over two floors, the elegant [...]

1000 m2 entire exhibition area
90 seats
Paganini Congressi

Paganini congressi. Events & conference factory

Paganini Congressi is the operating brand of the Paganini Consortium, founded in January 2015 on the initiative of the two main musical institutions of the [...]

780 seats
Teatro Regio, ph. Archivio Teatro Regio

Regio Theatre – Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma

The Teatro Regio, in addition to being one of the most renowned temples of opera music, also offers the possibility of hosting conferences, meetings and [...]

1092 seats
Sala concerti La Casa della Musica - ph. La Casa della Musica

House of Music

The Casa della Musica Sector is equipped with rooms that can be used for multiple functions ranging from music production to the organization of conferences/meetings, [...]

200 seats

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The Dinner of a Thousand returns on Tuesday September 8, 2026

06-09-2026

Two-Michelin-starred Gennaro Esposito will be the guest chef at this year’s edition.

Two-Michelin-starred Gennaro Esposito will be the guest chef at the seventh edition of Parma’s Cena dei Mille. The announcement was made today by the Parma UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy Foundation during a press conference held at the Allianz MiCo in Milan, as part of Identità Golose.
Chef and owner of La Torre del Saracino in Vico Equense, one of the most representative restaurants of contemporary Italian gastronomy, Esposito will be the guest of honor at the event, bringing his iconic dish, “Mixed pasta soup with rockfish.”

The format will be the established one: a table of approximately 400 meters will unfold under the starry sky of Piazza Garibaldi and Strada della Repubblica, with 1,000 guests invited to taste the local delicacies in the heart of the city’s historic center.
Esposito thus enters the roll of honor of an event that since 2018 has hosted some of the most important names in Italian and international cuisine: Carlo Cracco, Norbert Niederkofler, Chicco Cerea, and Enrico Crippa (post-Covid 2022 edition), Enrico Bartolini and Riccardo Monco in 2023, Davide Oldani with Iginio Massari in 2024, and the latest edition hosted by Giancarlo Perbellini.

The evening will naturally feature all the products from the six supply chains that make up the Parma Food Valley: Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosciutto di Parma, pasta (Barilla), tomatoes (Mutti and Rodolfi Mansueto), milk (Parmalat), and anchovies (Delicius, Rizzoli Emanuelli, and Zarotti).

During the Cena dei Mille, all the local specialties will be present, reinterpreted by chefs who will create a menu specifically for the occasion. As per tradition, the event will begin with an aperitif area, where the main focus will be on products from the six Parma Food Valley supply chains. These will be joined by the Consortiums for the Protection of Coppa di Parma, Salame Felino, and Fungo di Borgotaro, as well as another PDO product, Culatello di Zibello, as well as Colli di Parma wines and the inevitable presence of Coppini Arte Olearia.

The dinner will then unfold with a four-course menu. The appetizer will be prepared by Parma Quality Restaurants, the first course, as mentioned, will be by Gennaro Esposito, the second course by the ChefToChef Emilia Romagna association, and the dessert by ALMA – The International School of Italian Cuisine.

For the 2026 edition, the Parma UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy Foundation has also signed a prestigious partnership with the Franciacorta Consortium, which will accompany the appetizer, first course, and second course, while the partnership with Acqua Panna and San Pellegrino has been renewed for beverages.
The wine pairing with dessert will be created for the occasion by the Consorzio dei Vini dei Colli di Parma.

Some of the event’s longtime partners will also be present, starting with Bormioli Luigi, who will once again create a dish dedicated to the Dinner of the Thousand, and Coccinelle, who will design the evening’s bracelets.

The highly anticipated tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, July 8th at 10:00 a.m. on Vivaticket. The price is €150 per person, plus booking fees. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to charitable causes; last year, €20,000 was donated to Emporio Market Solidale Parma, an organization that supports approximately 1,900 families for over 6,000 people. The funds were used to advance the purchase of an electric vehicle, which will serve products to over 200 families in the city who cannot directly access the Emporium.
The proceeds from the 2026 Dinner of the Thousand will cover the entire cost.
July 8th is a date to mark in your diary, considering the results of the last edition, when tickets sold out in less than an hour after the opening of sales.

In case of inclement weather, the dinner will take place under the porticoes of Via Mazzini.

For information: turismo@comune.parma.it tel. +39 0521218889

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