On Friday, November 13, Nobraino take the stage at the Sicurcaiv, the live music space of the Casa del Popolo di Grassina, the town’s community club in Bagno a Ripoli, just outside Florence. It’s one of the stops on the Best on Tour, the run with which the band is celebrating thirty years of their career.
There are actually two round numbers. Nobraino formed in Riccione in 1996, and in 2006 they released their first official album, The Best Of (Nobraino). Frontman Lorenzo Kruger and the band decided to celebrate in the Florence area too.
The night at the Sicurcaiv
Things get going at 9 p.m. Opening the night is La Compagnia Scapestrati, then it’s Nobraino’s turn. After the concert, the dancing goes on with DJ sets by Ufo DJ of Zen Circus and El Nino de Nugola.
Admission is 13 euros: tickets are sold at the door or in advance online.
The Sicurcaiv has a long history on the underground scene, and over the years its stage has hosted Kraftwerk, Death in June, Pankow, Dead Can Dance, Modena City Ramblers, Litfiba, 99 Posse and Offlaga Disco Pax. Today the Casa del Popolo di Grassina, which bills itself as the largest in Italy, is trying to recapture that energy: after Dov’è Liana, Danno and Street Clerks, now it’s Nobraino’s turn.
Who are Nobraino
Theirs is an indie sound with a clear identity, blending alternative rock, folk, hints of ska and the Italian singer-songwriter tradition, with dynamic arrangements and driving rhythms. At the center is the deep voice of Kruger, who also writes the lyrics: a timbre that recalls Italian new wave, inside a songwriting style that is by turns playful, irreverent and socially engaged.
Their songs tell of paradoxical characters, the contradictions of society and everyday stories, in an ironic, surreal language. Il mangiabandiere (“the flag eater”) is an antimilitarist song that takes apart the rhetoric of war and nationalism; Grand Hotel is a bitter, ironic portrait of life as a musician; Bigamionista builds a grotesque story around the double love life of a bigamist truck driver, hence the title, a blend of the Italian bigamo and camionista.
From the Premio Tenco to the Primo Maggio
In 2008 they won the Premio Rivelazione dell’Anno, the breakthrough award, at MArteLive. In 2010 came No USA! No UK! Nobraino, under the artistic direction of Giorgio Canali, and the band topped the Nuova Musica Italiana poll of XL, the music magazine of the daily la Repubblica. In 2011 they won the MEI Special Prize for Best Tour of the Year and an invitation to the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, as guests of the Premio Tenco, Italy’s most prestigious songwriting award.
The following year they played the Concerto del Primo Maggio, Rome’s huge May Day concert, and that’s where one of the most talked-about moments of their career was born: Kruger came down to dance in the crowd and then, during Il mangiabandiere, shaved his head on live TV. It’s the portrait of a band that feels at home on stage, and whose concerts turn into real performances.
Before the show, pizza at La Popolare
If you want to arrive early, you can have dinner at La Popolare, the new pizzeria inside the Casa del Popolo, choosing between pizza and full restaurant dishes. On Fridays, the volunteers waiting tables include people with disabilities from the “autonomia abitativa durante e dopo di noi” project, which supports independent living now and after their families are gone, and is based right in Grassina.
When Friday, November 13, 2026, from 9 p.m.
Where Sicurcaiv, Casa del Popolo di Grassina, Bagno a Ripoli (Florence)
Lineup La Compagnia Scapestrati, Nobraino, then DJ sets by Ufo DJ and El Nino de Nugola
Admission 13 euros, at the door or in advance on Eventbrite
