UFIFEST Sicily

UFIFEST Sicily 2025: the second edition

The second edition of UFIFEST Sicily brought 18 international folk groups to Lercara Friddi, who paraded in traditional costumes through the town streets with dances, songs, and folk music. The event, directed by Professor Giovanni Contino and hosted by Nadia Contino, confirmed its vocation as a regional festival dedicated to Sicilian identity, featuring pageants and traditions.

Among the highlights, on August 12th, the "Calice e Gusto" wine bar hosted a show-cooking event with Palermo chef Luciano Di Marco ("Lucianeddu"), a former MasterChef contestant, in an evening of gastronomic storytelling that concluded with ethnic music, dances, and songs. An edition that intertwined folklore, community, and local flavors in the heart of the Palermo province.

Program — Second edition (August 2025)

• Parade of folk groups — 18 international groups in traditional costumes through the streets of Lercara Friddi, with dances, songs, and folk music.
• August 12th — "Calice e Gusto" at the wine bar of the same name owned by Angelo Sedita (along the Palermo-Agrigento road): show-cooking by chef Luciano Di Marco "Lucianeddu" (restaurant "Addakuosa", Palermo), featuring a dish of tenderstem broccoli parcels stuffed with herbs, cherry tomatoes, Vastedda del Belìce DOP, raisins, and pine nuts on a fondue of Ragusano cheese and orange honey.
• Evening with interviews and gastronomic storytelling, concluded with an ethnic music group featuring dances and songs.