Festivals in L'Aquila

Every year in mid-August, the medieval village of Barrea celebrates the 'orapi', wild spinach that grows spontaneously above 2,000 meters in...

In late July, Villetta Barrea—a village overlooking the lake of the same name in the heart of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park—de...

Orbeat Festival is L'Aquila's premier event dedicated to independent music and sound experimentation. Born in 2025 from the energy of the Or...

Orme-Aperivicolo is an evening food and wine stroll that lights up the alleys of the village of Scontrone in the Alto Sangro region of L'Aqu...

Every August 5th, the small village of Barano di Tornimparte, nestled in the hills of the L'Aquila province, celebrates the Our Lady of the...

Ovidio Running is a running event held every September in the historic center of Sulmona, in the province of L'Aquila. Launched in 2017 by t...

OvindoliAmo — Sounds, Flavours, Scents is a travelling food and wine festival held every August, bringing the alleys, stairways, and squares...

OVIS is the pastoralism festival of Calascio, a village in the Upper Tirino Valley in the heart of the Gran Sasso National Park, overlooked...

Every December, the historic center of Pacentro, in the province of L'Aquila, transforms into a living nativity scene filled with lights, sc...

PaCentro del Mondo is a food, wine, and cultural festival that brings the village of Pacentro, in the province of L'Aquila, to life every su...

Paesaggi Sonori is a music and landscape festival that has been bringing Abruzzo's most evocative locations to life since 2016. In Prata d'A...

Paesaggi Sonori is an Abruzzo-based festival that brings live music to the most evocative and hidden corners of the region, reached on foot...

In Collepietro, a small village in the hinterland of L'Aquila, the Paesaggi Sonori festival kicks off its season every year with a sunset co...

Paese in Arti is the summer cultural festival of the medieval village of Fontecchio, nestled in the Aterno Valley in the province of L'Aquil...

In Paganica, a village in the municipality of L'Aquila, the Bean Festival celebrates a cornerstone of local cuisine: the Paganica bean, a Sl...

Every summer, Collepietro, a small village in the province of L'Aquila, revives an ancient race: the Palio delle Botti. Six neighboring vill...

Every August 13th, the Palombaia sports field in Tornimparte, near L'Aquila, hosts the Partita del Cuore o dei Polmoni: a lighthearted match...

Every summer, Castelvecchio Subequo, a village in the Subequana Valley nestled at the foot of Mount Sirente in the province of L'Aquila, cel...