The Sondilá group will be at the LongLake Buskers Festival on July 13, 16 and 17, with two batucada moments, the Brazilian folk parade, two concerts and a samba, percussion and capoeira workshop. We meet Diego Calasso, founder of the group.

"Les Frikis" is a comedy, circus and musical show, performed by Costrini and Mina, which will take place at the lakefront from July 13 to 17 as part of LongLake Buskers Festival. We talk about it with Costrini, circus artist and creator of the show.

Son Lux is an American electronic and experimental music trio consisting of Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang. Son Lux will play in concert on July 23 at Parco Ciani during the LongLake ROAM Festival.

During the three-week LongLake Festival local and international artists will leave their mark on the walls of the city: Urban Art, a festival of Urban Art, the City of Lugano's project created in 2009 to bring art into public space, is back. We talk about it with Valeria Donnarumma, creator and coordinator of Urban Art Lugano.

On Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31, Lugano is the capital of national music. Two days of free openair concerts, 18 Swiss artists, two international headliners, three stages nestled in Parco Ciani and two unmissable after parties at Studio Foce. We talk about it with Fernando Di Cicco, artistic director of La Quairmesse.

From June 17 to August 24, the Family summer season returns to the city center, which since 2011 has offered numerous free events for children ages 0 to 12 and their families. We talk about it with Tessa Casagrande, artistic director of Family events.