Festivals in Catania

Every June 21st, Paternò celebrates the summer solstice with the Music Festival, an event that turns Piazza Umberto I into an open-air stage...

The Music Festival arrives in Santa Venerina, a small town in the Province of Catania on the slopes of Mount Etna, as a Sicilian stop on the...

Natale Malettese is the grand holiday festival that brings the squares and streets of the Etnean village of Maletto, in the province of Cata...

NAUTA – Mediterranean Boat Show is the premier event dedicated to recreational boating in Southern Italy, hosted at the SiciliaFiera exhibit...

Nauta – Mediterranean Boat Show is the premier yachting and boating fair in Southern Italy, hosted annually at SiciliaFiera in Misterbianco,...

Every year, from the Immaculate Conception to Epiphany, the Pro Loco of Maniace sets up the Nebrodi Nativity Scene, considered one of the mo...

In Maniace, a small village in the province of Catania nestled between Mount Etna and the Nebrodi Mountains, the Nebrodi Ricotta and Provola...

Every December 31st, the small village of Maletto, nestled on the northwestern slopes of Mount Etna in the Province of Catania, lights up it...

For three days, Piazza Duomo in Acireale, near Catania, transforms into the world capital of Sicilian granita. Nivarata is the international...

The No Bounds Short Film Festival is an international short film showcase held in Riposto, on the Ionian coast of Catania, within the evocat...

Every January 6th, on Epiphany, the historic center of Vizzini fills with the scent of toasted almonds and cinnamon for the Nucatola Festiva...

Every September, the seaside village of Ognina in Catania fills with the scent of the sea and charcoal grills. The Ognina Fish Festival brin...

The One Day Music Festival is Catania's premier spring music event. Every May 1st, the Afrobar on the Playa transforms into a seaside sound...

The Opera and Ballet Season at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania is the premier operatic event in Eastern Sicily. As the Regional Lyric...

Opera Festival is an electronic music and experimental research festival that transforms the village of Milo, on the eastern slopes of Mount...

Every year between September and October, Belpasso transforms into a vast outdoor studio: the Oro Nero dell'Etna International Lava Stone Sc...

The Ottobrata Gravinese is the autumn festival of Gravina di Catania, located just outside the Etna regional capital. Every October, it brin...

The Ottobrata Zafferanese is a grand food and wine exhibition that brings the center of Zafferana Etnea to life every Sunday in October, nes...