Stiffe Christmas Markets
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Stiffe Christmas Markets

06 Dec 2025 — 08 Dec 2025
San Demetrio ne' Vestini — L'Aquila (066)

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Edition 2025 — Stiffe Christmas Markets

From December 6 to 8, 2025, the village of Stiffe, in San Demetrio ne' Vestini (AQ), hosted the Christmas Markets with wooden chalets, crafts, street food, and live music. Highlights included concerts by Folakavacca and the Dixieland Band, children's shows, face painting with Mariarita, dance and magic with Danza 99 L'Aquila, and a meeting with Santa Claus. The Grotte di Stiffe remained open with an enchanted nativity scene set up inside.

Stiffe Christmas Markets 2025

The 2025 edition of the Stiffe Christmas Markets took place from December 6 to 8, 2025, in the village of San Demetrio ne' Vestini, in the province of L'Aquila, from 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM. The town transformed into a Christmas village with wooden chalets, crafts, gift ideas, and a street food area with typical products and mulled wine.

The program offered live music with the groups Folakavacca and Dixieland Band, children's shows by Il Bosco del Fauno, face painting and entertainment with Mariarita, dance and magic with Danza 99 L'Aquila, and the unmissable presence of Santa Claus. The Grotte di Stiffe remained open for visits, with the first entry at 10:30 AM and the last at 4:30 PM, hosting a charming enchanted nativity scene inside.

Programme

Friday 6, Saturday 7, and Sunday 8 December 2025, from 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM: craft markets and street food area; live music with Folakavacca and Dixieland Band; children's shows by Il Bosco del Fauno; face painting and entertainment with Mariarita; dance and magic with Danza 99 L'Aquila; meeting with Santa Claus. Grotte di Stiffe open with enchanted nativity scene (first entry 10:30 AM, last 4:30 PM).

Highlights

Concerts by Folakavacca and Dixieland Band; enchanted nativity scene in the Grotte di Stiffe; Christmas village with street food and mulled wine; meeting with Santa Claus.

Prices

Free entry to the markets. Paid entry for visits to the Grotte di Stiffe.

Where does it take place — Stiffe Christmas Markets

Borgo di Stiffe

Via del Mulino 2, Stiffe, 67028 San Demetrio ne' Vestini

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Stiffe Christmas Markets in brief

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