Brindisi Christmas City

The 2025/2026 edition of Brindisi Christmas City took place from December 6, 2025, to January 6, 2026, under the title "Brindisi at Christmas 2025 - a story of lights, voices, and community". The Christmas markets, open daily from 5 pm to 9 pm with free admission, filled Piazza Vittoria and the Corte degli Artigiani with wooden stalls featuring crafts, decorations, and traditional Apulian products.

Alongside the markets, the widespread L'Inverno Errante festival transformed the former Convento delle Scuole Pie into a stage for culture and tradition, with Slow Food Earth Markets, workshops, and performances. The municipal programme, curated with the Fondazione Nuovo Teatro Verdi, ranged from classical concerts at the Nuovo Teatro Verdi to the scenic nativity scene at the Bastione San Giacomo and the living nativity scene in Sant'Elia, concluding with the Befana festival and the Magi procession.

Markets and installations

• December 6 – January 6: Christmas markets, daily 5 pm – 9 pm, free admission (Piazza Vittoria and Corte degli Artigiani, former Convento Scuole Pie)
• December 8: Lighting of the festive lights and Christmas tree
• December 12 – January 6: Scenic nativity scene at Bastione San Giacomo
• December 10 – January 6: "ICONE" photography exhibition, Palazzo Granafei-Nervegna

For children and families

• Santa's Village (Case Minime and Casa del Turista): December 8, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 26, 6 pm – 9 pm
• Christmas in the Square (Piazzetta Raffaele Rubini): December 8, 14, and 21, 10:30 am – 1 pm

L'Inverno Errante (former Convento Scuole Pie)

• Earth Markets on the weekends of December 12-14 and 19-21, 6 pm – 9 pm
• Almond pastry workshop: December 10
• Christmas-themed art workshops: December 11 and 18

Concerts and shows

• December 22: Christmas in Piano, candlelight concerts (Piazza Vittoria and Corso Umberto)
• December 27: Baroque Orchestra "La Confraternita de' Musici", Nuovo Teatro Verdi (ticket 3 euros)
• December 29: The Soul Sisters, roving performance in the centre
• December 31 – January 1: New Year's Eve in the square with DJ Ciccio Riccio (Largo Gianni D'Errico)
• January 1: New Year in Vienna, Nuovo Teatro Verdi (ticket 3 euros); New Year's Dive at Materdomini
• January 4-5: Il Conviviale Food Festival (Piazza Duomo, Via Colonne, Scalinata Virgilio)

Religious traditions

• Living nativity scene (Cristo Salvatore Parish, Sant'Elia district): December 25-26, January 1 and 6, 5 pm – 8:30 pm
• January 5-6: Befana festival and Magi procession in the districts