Festivals in Abruzzo

Every August, the abandoned village of Frattura Vecchia—a mountain hamlet of Scanno in the province of L'Aquila—comes back to life with Brea...

The Bread and Wheat Festival is a food and wine celebration held every summer around Ferragosto in the historic center of San Demetrio ne' V...

The Briganti Film Festival is an event dedicated to Italian auteur short films that brings the village of Sante Marie, in the Marsica region...

The Bruno Tiezzi National Games are the benchmark event for Italian youth speed skating, dedicated to the Giovanissimi and Esordienti catego...

In the heart of the village of Bucchianico, in the province of Chieti, the Christmas Market transforms the historic center and Piazza San Ca...

Bucchianico in Festa is the major summer event in the Marrucini village in the province of Chieti: four days of live music, food stalls, cra...

The Fossacesia Night Run is an evening road race that brings the historic center of Fossacesia, in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, to life...

In the heart of the Peligna Valley, the village of Bugnara has been celebrating its most iconic product for nearly thirty years with the Pec...

Every late August, the village of Cerchio in the Marsica region (Province of L'Aquila) travels back to the year 1300 with the "Bulla Indulge...

In Cerchio, a small village in the Marsica region of the province of L'Aquila, the Bulla Indulgentiarum Prize is a narrative and artistic co...

Every year, on the last weekend of May, the village of Castelli joins Italy's 'Cities of Ceramics' for Buongiorno Ceramica!, a grand, widesp...

Burattinopoli is an exhibition of puppet booths and marionettes that transforms the Teatro Aventino in Palena—a village in the Majella mount...

The Bussi sul Tirino Carnival is the most vibrant winter celebration in this small village in the Val Pescara, in the province of Pescara. P...

Bussinjazz is the jazz festival of Bussi sul Tirino, in the province of Pescara. Active since 1986, it is one of the longest-running events...

The Cabbia Potato Festival celebrates the local potato, a historic agricultural product of the small mountain village of Cabbia, a hamlet of...

The Caffè Letterario of Pineto is a summer cultural festival that brings the gardens of Villa Filiani to life every Sunday evening in July....

The Cagnano Amiterno Beer Festival is the most anticipated summer event on the Amiterno plateau, located in the Upper Aterno Valley in the p...

The CAI Chestnut Festival is the most anticipated autumn event organized by the Isola del Gran Sasso section of the Italian Alpine Club. For...