Saint Anthony of Padua Patronal Feast

The 2025 festival in Minervino di Lecce

The 2025 edition opened on August 11th with the grand procession and the concelebrated Mass presided over by Monsignor Bruno Musarò, followed in the evening by a concert from the Grande Orchestra di fiati Lirico-Sinfonica di Terra d'Otranto, conducted by Maestro Irene Corciulo.

August 12th, the main day of the festival, featured the Gran Concerto Bandistico Città di Gioia del Colle, conducted by Maestra Susanna Pescetti, along with the Rione Lama di Oria flag-wavers and musicians group and a fireworks show by the Fireworks Salento company. The festival concluded on August 13th with a concert by the band #Kawabonga. Along Via Bandello, the 'Via delle arti e dei sapori' offered a market of local products and crafts, while artistic illuminations lit up the historic center.

August 9-10 (pre-festival)

• Traditional games: treasure hunt, human foosball, jumping volleyball, tug-of-war

August 11

• Procession through the town streets
• Concelebrated Mass presided over by Monsignor Bruno Musarò
• Concert by the Grande Orchestra di fiati Lirico-Sinfonica di Terra d'Otranto, cond. Maestro Irene Corciulo

August 12 (main day)

• Gran Concerto Bandistico Città di Gioia del Colle, cond. Maestra Susanna Pescetti
• Performance by the Rione Lama di Oria flag-wavers and musicians group
• Fireworks display (Fireworks Salento company)
• 'Via Scaricghia e Corti in festa'

August 13

• 9:30 PM: concert by the group #Kawabonga