Festivals in Catania

The Catania Film Fest is an independent European and Mediterranean film festival held every November at the Zò Centro Culture Contemporanee...

Catania Jazz is a historic concert series that has been bringing the biggest names in international jazz to Sicily since 1983. Every year, f...

The Catania Marathon is the premier running festival of the Etnean capital: a fast, almost completely flat race that winds along the Playa c...

For ten days in October, Catania transforms into a vibrant, city-wide celebration of the performing arts. The Catania Off Fringe Festival br...

Catania Pride is the major LGBTQ+ pride event in this Sicilian city: every summer, thousands of people fill Via Etnea with a festive and dee...

The Catania Record Fair is the premier Sicilian event dedicated to vinyl records, CDs, and musical rarities. Held at the Nü Land - La Nuova...

The Catania Social Carnival is a massive, free, participatory parade that brings the streets and squares of the historic center of the Etna...

Catania Summer Fest is the summer festival promoted by the Municipality of Catania. Every year from June to October, it brings the Etnean ca...

The Catania-Etna Hill Climb is one of Sicily's oldest and most prestigious speed hill climb races. Starting from Nicolosi, in the heart of t...

Every year between spring and summer, Macchia di Giarre, nestled on the slopes of Mount Etna, hosts one of the oldest and most beloved festi...

Every weekend in October, Trecastagni celebrates the arrival of autumn with the Chestnut Festival - Autumn Flavors, a food and wine event de...

Chiostri e Cortili is the summer classical music festival organized by the Camerata Polifonica Siciliana, which transforms the historic cloi...

Every December, the Cloister of Palazzo Minoriti on Via Etnea in Catania hosts Christmas at the Minoriti, a historic exhibition dedicated to...

For over a month, from early December through Epiphany, Acireale transforms into one of the capitals of Sicilian Christmas. Against the scen...

For over a month, Caltagirone—the "City of Nativity Scenes and Ceramics" in the heart of the Catania province—dresses up for the holidays wi...

From December 8th to January 6th, Linguaglossa, a town nestled on the northern slopes of Mount Etna in the province of Catania, transforms i...

During the Christmas season, the village of Mineo, in the province of Catania, transforms into a vast open-air nativity scene. The renowned...

Every year, from late November until Epiphany, Nicolosi transforms into a sprawling Christmas village with the "Neve e Lapilli" festival. Fe...