Ancient Flavors Festival
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Ancient Flavors Festival

11 Aug 2025 — 12 Aug 2025
Santa Cesarea Terme — Lecce (075)

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Edition 2025 — Ancient Flavors Cerfignano

The 17th edition of the Ancient Flavors Festival took place on August 11 and 12 in the historic center of Cerfignano. Two nights of food stalls featuring Salento peasant recipes and folk music evenings in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, with free admission and gluten-free options available.

Ancient Flavors Festival 2025 — 17th edition

On August 11 and 12, 2025, Cerfignano, a village of Santa Cesarea Terme, hosted the 17th edition of the Ancient Flavors Festival. From 7:00 PM, stalls set up between Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II and the alleys of the historic center offered the great classics of Salento cuisine: homemade orecchiette, fava beans and chicory with fried bread, tajeddha of potatoes, rice and mussels, parmigiana, pittule, pizzas and focaccias, grilled meat, desserts, and spumone. Gluten-free stalls were also present. The two evenings were accompanied by folk music: Malepèciu on August 11 and Pizzica te Focu on August 12. Free admission.

Programme

2025 Edition Program

Monday, August 11

  • From 7:00 PM — Opening of food stalls in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II and the historic center
  • Evening of Salento folk music with Malepèciu

Tuesday, August 12

  • From 7:00 PM — Traditional Salento food stalls
  • Evening of pizzica and folk music with Pizzica te Focu

Menu for both evenings: homemade orecchiette, fava beans and chicory with fried bread, Salento tajeddha (potatoes, rice, and mussels), eggplant parmigiana, vermicelli with municeddhe snails, pittule, pizzas and focaccias, grilled meat, bruschetta, legumes, panicottu, desserts, spumone, and watermelon. Gluten-free stalls available.

Highlights

Folk music evenings with Malepèciu and Pizzica te Focu, and iconic Salento peasant dishes: tajeddha, homemade orecchiette, fava beans and chicory, and pittule.

Prices

Free admission. Food and drinks available for purchase at the stalls.

Where does it take place — Ancient Flavors Cerfignano

Centro storico di Cerfignano

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 73020 Santa Cesarea Terme

Ancient Flavors Cerfignano in brief

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History of Ancient Flavors Cerfignano

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