Festivals in Lecce

Every November 11th, for St. Martin's Day, the historic center of Alliste celebrates the Novello Wine Festival: an evening dedicated to the...

Every July, the Salento village of Specchia, in the province of Lecce, celebrates the Almond Festival: a historical re-enactment dedicated t...

AMelpignano – Meridiano Salento is the summer festival that transforms Piazza Antonio Avantaggiato in Melpignano, in the heart of Grecìa Sal...

Every summer, the Amici del Mare Festival brings life to Marittima, a seaside hamlet of Diso in the heart of the Adriatic Salento. Organized...

Every summer, the Ancient Flavors Festival turns the historic center of San Pietro in Lama—a charming Salento village near Lecce—into a vast...

Every summer, the Ancient Flavors Festival brings the historic center of Cerfignano to life. Located in a small village within Santa Cesarea...

In Vignacastrisi, a hamlet of Ortelle in the heart of lower Salento, the Ancient Flavours Festival revives the tradition of the old "Meat an...

The Andrano Carnival is a celebration of papier-mâché, community spirit, and tradition that enlivens the center of Andrano, in the heart of...

Every year in late March, Squinzano renews its devotion to Maria SS. Annunziata with one of the oldest fairs in Salento, dating back to medi...

The Annunziata Festival and Fair is the devotional event where Lizzanello, in the heart of the Lecce Salento, honors the Virgin Annunziata e...

The Aradeo Carnival is one of the most popular carnival celebrations in the Salento region. Over three days of festivities in Aradeo, in the...

In early May, the historic center of Aradeo, in the heart of Salento, transforms into a vast open-air studio. Dozens of painters from across...

The Aria Consapevole Festival is a summer event in Galatina, in the heart of Salento, celebrating tarantism, pizzica, and Salento's folk tra...

In the heart of Salento, the Armonia Festival – Narratives in Terra d'Otranto brings great contemporary literature to the villages of the Ca...

The Arrivederci Estate Festival marks the grand finale of the summer season hosted by Pro Loco Montegrappa at the Parco del Montegrappa in T...

Every year, on the summer solstice, the Dolmen Li Scusi in Minervino di Lecce becomes the heart of an event that weaves together art, cultur...

ART&XPO is a collective exhibition that brings the 16th-century cloister of Palazzo Andrioli in Lequile (Lecce) to life during the patronal...

Arti e Fiori is the event through which Taviano, the "city of flowers" in lower Salento, celebrates its floral heritage every summer, turnin...