San Basilio Fair

In 2025, the San Basilio Fair confirmed that the recovery effort initiated by the municipal administration of Tortorella, in the Province of Salerno, was not an isolated episode. The two days of July 31st and August 1st reprised the historic structure of the fair: the eve dedicated to conviviality and music, and the following day reserved for the exhibition of livestock, rural tools, and local produce in the sports field area.

On August 1st, at 11:00 AM, the public conference «The San Basilio Fair: Ritual and Mediterranean Culture» was held, featuring Mayor Nicola Tancredi and local scholars, dedicated to the anthropological significance of the fair and its link to local pastoralism.

On the musical front, the evening of July 31st was entrusted to Mimmo Cavallaro, one of the protagonists of Calabrian tarantella and Grecanic tradition; on August 1st, it was Enzo Avitabile with the Bottari who closed the event with their fusion of contemporary groove and ancestral percussion from the Campanian tradition.

Thursday, July 31, 2025

• Evening of anticipation with food stalls in the wooden structures and typical products from the Cilento hinterland.
• 9:30 PM — Concert by Mimmo Cavallaro, Calabrian ethnic music, tarantella, and Grecanic tradition.

Friday, August 1, 2025

• From dawn, in the sports field area: livestock exhibition, agricultural equipment, and typical local products.
• 11:00 AM — Public conference «The San Basilio Fair: Ritual and Mediterranean Culture».
• 10:00 PM — Concert by Enzo Avitabile and the Bottari, grand finale of the fair.

• Mimmo Cavallaro on July 31st, between Calabrian tarantella and Grecanic tradition.
• Enzo Avitabile and the Bottari on August 1st, ancestral percussion and contemporary groove.
• The conference «The San Basilio Fair: Ritual and Mediterranean Culture».
• The exhibition of livestock and rural tools in the sports field area.