Festivals in Basilicata

The Festival of Opportunities is the event that transforms Potenza into a large laboratory dedicated to young people every year. Through tal...

Every late August, Grumento Nova, in Val d'Agri, celebrates its most cherished patronal feast in honor of Our Lady of Monserrato. On Saturda...

Every July 16th, Avigliano experiences one of the most spectacular festivals in Basilicata: the ascent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to the Sa...

On the last Sunday of July, Marsico Nuovo celebrates Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the most cherished event by the community after the patronal...

On the first weekend of July, Terranova di Pollino renews one of the most evocative religious traditions of Basilicata: the procession of th...

On the first Sunday of June, San Severino Lucano accompanies the statue of Our Lady of Pollino in procession from the village to the sanctua...

Guardia Perticara, one of the Most Beautiful Villages in Italy, venerates Our Lady of Sauro with two processions a year: on the first Sunday...

Every year, on the third weekend of May, Policoro celebrates its Patron Saint, Our Lady of the Bridge. Three days of religious rites and civ...

On the last Sunday of May, Salandra, a village in the province of Matera, celebrates Our Lady of the Mountain with a foot pilgrimage to the...

On August 4th and 5th, Episcopia renews one of the most ancient and evocative festivals in Basilicata: the Festival of Our Lady of the Plain...

On the second Sunday of September, the statue of Our Lady of the Pollino leaves the sanctuary on Monte Pollino and returns in procession to...

On the second Sunday of May, San Costantino Albanese, an Arbëresh community in the Val Sarmento (province of Potenza), celebrates Our Lady o...

Every December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Roccanova celebrates the ancient Festival of Our Lady Spertusavotte and the Firs...

In January, Pignola celebrates the Festival of Saint Anthony Abbot and the Historical Carnival of Pignola, a centuries-old tradition reachin...

The festival of Saint Francis of Paola in Viggianello, in the Pollino National Park, is famous for the arboreal rite of the Pitu and the Roc...

Every late May, Potenza celebrates its patron saint Gerard della Porta with five days of festivities that intertwine religious rites and pop...

Saint Laviero Martyr is the patron saint of Tito, in the province of Potenza. Devotion is expressed in several moments throughout the year:...

Every May 9th, Guardia Perticara, one of the Most Beautiful Villages in Italy, celebrates its patron saint, Saint Nicholas the Great. Betwee...