Buongiorno Ceramica! in San Lorenzello (City of Ceramics)

Buongiorno Ceramica! 2026 in San Lorenzello

On May 23rd and 24th, 2026, San Lorenzello was one of the sixty Cities of Ceramics starring in the twelfth edition of Buongiorno Ceramica!, the widespread festival of the Italian Association of Cities of Ceramics (AiCC). For two days, the workshops of the Sannio village welcomed visitors with ceramists at work, while the national calendar counted over 500 events including labs for adults and children, exhibitions, installations, guided tours, live demonstrations, meetings, and tastings.

For Campania, participants included, along with San Lorenzello and Cerreto Sannita, Ariano Irpino, Calitri, Cava de' Tirreni, Naples-Capodimonte, and Vietri sul Mare. The edition marked the start of the term for the new AiCC director, Nadia Carboni, who described the event as the widespread festival that promotes Italian ceramic tradition through a network now composed of sixty cities.

The program for the twelfth edition was published by the AiCC on the official portal («Program 2026» section), with over 500 events distributed across the 60 participating municipalities over the weekend of May 23rd and 24th, 2026, and the days immediately preceding. The types of initiatives planned in all Cities of Ceramics, including San Lorenzello, were:

• Open workshops, studios, and kilns with live demonstrations of throwing, modeling, and decorating;
• Labs for adults and children, in many cases set up outdoors;
• Exhibitions and installations of traditional and contemporary ceramics;
• Guided tours of museums, collections, and historic centers;
• Performances, meetings, and conferences;
• Tastings and food and wine events with functional ceramics as the star of the table.

In the Sannio ceramic district, the event is traditionally built in a coordinated manner between San Lorenzello and Cerreto Sannita; at the Civic Museum of Cerreto Ceramics in Cerreto Sannita, the exhibition «Sacred and Profane» was highlighted for 2026, an artistic project by Domizio Cassella dedicated to a contemporary reinterpretation of the holy water stoup. The detailed schedule workshop by workshop in San Lorenzello was not released in a single document: individual openings were communicated by the artisans and updated progressively on the national portal.

• Twelfth edition of the widespread festival of the Cities of Ceramics, Saturday, May 23rd and Sunday, May 24th, 2026.
• 60 Italian municipalities involved and over 500 events in two days.
• Workshops and studios of San Lorenzello open to the public with ceramists at work.
• Coordinated program with Cerreto Sannita, the other ceramic town of Sannio.
• Seven Campanian locations in the network: San Lorenzello, Cerreto Sannita, Ariano Irpino, Calitri, Cava de' Tirreni, Naples-Capodimonte, and Vietri sul Mare.
• Opportunity to purchase hand-decorated pieces in typical Laurentine colors directly from the workshops.

How to get there

By car: San Lorenzello can be reached from the SS 372 Telesina road (Telese Terme or San Salvatore Telesino exit), connected to the A1 motorway at Caianello and Benevento. From the provincial capital, it is about 40 km, and from Naples about 70 km.

By train: Telese Terme-Cerreto Sannita station on the Caserta-Benevento line, then bus or taxi for the final kilometers.

By plane: Naples-Capodichino airport, about 70 km away.

Admission and reservations

Buongiorno Ceramica! initiatives are generally free to access; some workshops have limited capacity and may require a reservation. The updated calendar for each municipality is published on the official portal buongiornoceramica.it.

Practical tips

• Comfortable shoes: the workshops are distributed throughout the historic center and are visited on foot.
• Combine the visit with Cerreto Sannita, just a few minutes away, for the Civic Museum of Cerreto Ceramics.
• Bring cash: many workshops are small artisanal businesses.
• If purchasing large pieces, consider packaging: artisans usually take care of it upon request.

Contacts

Municipality of San Lorenzello, Piazza Filippo Lavorgna 1, 82030 San Lorenzello (BN) — tel. +39 0824 815134. General information about the event: [email protected].