Festivals in Catania

Every November, the small village of Presa, a hamlet of Piedimonte Etneo on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna, celebrates the San Martino Fes...

Every November, for the feast of Saint Martin, the small Piazza Scarcella in Torre Archirafi transforms into a large open-air banquet. The S...

Every year around August 16th, Linguaglossa celebrates San Rocco, its co-patron saint, with a week of festivities blending devotion and loca...

Every year in mid-August, Scordia pauses to honor Saint Roch, its official patron saint since 1888. This patronal feast, one of the most dee...

The San Vincenzo Ferreri Festival is the religious and popular celebration of the Diana district in Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, in the province...

Every year in mid-August, Catania relives the moving memory of the return of its Patron Saint's relics, which were stolen and taken to Const...

In Ragalna, a small village on the slopes of Mount Etna in the province of Catania, the Santa Barbara Festival is the most cherished event o...

The Santa Barbara Festival is the most cherished patronal celebration in Paternò, in the province of Catania. Every year, in early December,...

Every year around September 8th, Paternò celebrates the Santa Maria Bambina Festival, affectionately known by locals as the "Bammina" festiv...

Every second Sunday of September, the Maugeri hamlet of Valverde, in the province of Catania, celebrates the Santa Maria delle Grazie Festiv...

In Ragalna, a town on the southwestern slopes of Mount Etna in the province of Catania, autumn brings the Sausage, Caliceddi and Wine Festiv...

Every spring, the monumental Scala di Santa Maria del Monte in Caltagirone, in the heart of the province of Catania, is transformed into an...

Schermi Cinema Multipiazza is an itinerant free open-air film festival that uses a "cinema-van" to transform public squares and spaces into...

The Sciaranuova Festival is a contemporary theatre showcase that transforms a natural amphitheatre nestled within the Etna vineyards into an...

The Scordia Carnival is one of the most cherished folk festivals in the Calatino region, near Catania. For an entire week leading up to Shro...

The Sicilia Jazz Festival, the only event entirely dedicated to orchestral jazz production, expands its horizons by bringing some of the mos...

In Pedara, at the foot of Mount Etna in the province of Catania, the Sicilian artisanal granita takes center stage at a delicious festival t...

The Sicilian Carnival of Adrano is one of the most cherished festivals on the slopes of Mount Etna: six days of parades, allegorical floats,...