Festivals in Basilicata

The Living Nativity of Palazzo San Gervasio transforms the historic center into a Bethlehem of yesteryear: along Corso Manfredi, ancient cra...

Every year, during the Christmas holidays, Pisticci transforms into a large open-air nativity scene. Through the alleys of the historic cent...

In the evocative Rabatana, the ancient Arab quarter of Tursi, over a hundred figures bring the Living Nativity to life among alleys, caves,...

The Living Nativity in the Sassi of Matera is one of the most spectacular Christmas events in Italy: a 1.5 km route in the Sasso Caveoso, wi...

Every December, the Cloister of Purgatory in Ferrandina transforms into the Nativity scene with the living nativity: costumed figures, ancie...

During the Christmas period, the historic center of Noepoli, an Arbëresh village in the Pollino National Park, transforms into a large livin...

Every Good Friday, the streets of Filiano transform into a living theatre of the Passion of Christ: a sacred representation with about sixty...

Born in 1999, the Lucania Film Festival is one of the longest-running independent film festivals in Southern Italy. It hosts short films and...

The Lucanian Asparagus Festival in Satriano di Lucania is not a classic town square festival, but an immersive day-long experience: it start...

In the heart of summer, the small hamlet of Agromonte Magnano (Latronico) celebrates Lucanian peasant cuisine with two evenings of tastings,...

The Luis Bacalov Association Concert Season brings sixteen concerts to Matera, at the Gervasio Auditorium, featuring symphonic, jazz, and cr...

The MA/IN Festival (MAtera INtermedia) is the international review of electroacoustic music, sound art, and digital art that every year cros...

In Calvera, a small village in the Serrapotamo Valley within the Pollino National Park, the Maccaruni cu Fierr Festival celebrates miskiglio...

On December 8th, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Francavilla in Sinni celebrates Madonna di Pertusavutte: a religious service is fol...

In Accettura, in the heart of the Lucanian Dolomites, one of Italy's most famous arboreal rites takes place: the wedding between a large oak...

Maggio Potentino is the large events program that enlivens Potenza throughout the month of May: over 75 events and more than 100 appointment...

Every summer, the Majatica Jazz Festival brings some of the biggest names in Italian and international jazz to Ferrandina, in the heart of t...

The Maratea Carnival lights up the 'Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea' with two days of festivities: the Children's Carnival at the Polifunzionale...