Salone del Mobile dates set

Salone del Mobile.Milano will run from Tuesday, April 21, to Sunday, April 26, at Fiera Milano Rho, setting the dates for the design industry’s biggest week in Milan. (salonemilano.it) The fair’s official site lists daily hours of 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and public admission is scheduled for Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, rather than only trade visitors. (salonemilano.it) (designweekguide.com) Salone is the anchor event inside the fairgrounds at Rho, while Milan Design Week stretches across the city from April 20 to 26 through exhibitions, talks and brand installations in districts including Brera, Tortona and 5VIE. (comune.milano.it) (designboom.com) That split matters to visitors because the Salone sets the business calendar for furniture and lighting companies, while the Fuorisalone city program is where luxury brands, galleries and independent studios compete for attention. (comune.milano.it) (domusweb.it) In 2026, fashion houses are again taking a central role in that citywide program. Domus wrote that the relationship between fashion and design is now “a stable presence” at Milan Design Week, and guides from major design publications are heavily organized around brand activations as much as furniture launches. (domusweb.it) (designboom.com) One of the clearest examples is Prada Frames, which returns for its fifth edition from April 19 to 21. Prada says the symposium, curated by Formafantasma, is titled “In Sight” and will open by registration from April 13, subject to availability. (prada.com) The official Prada listing describes Frames as an annual symposium held alongside Salone del Mobile, focused on ideas rather than products. That places it squarely in the part of Design Week where cultural programming now sits beside commercial launches. (prada.com) (wwd.com) Salone itself is also arriving at scale. YesMilano says the 64th edition will bring more than 1,900 exhibitors to Rho, while trade coverage reports 169,000 square metres of exhibition space and 36.6 percent of exhibitors coming from abroad. (yesmilano.it) (interiordaily.com) For anyone planning the week, the practical divide is simple: the fairgrounds open April 21, the public gets into Salone on April 25 and 26, and the city’s wider Design Week program starts filling Milan the day before. (salonemilano.it) (comune.milano.it)