Festivals in Lecce

The Madonna di Costantinopoli Fair and Zuccarrina Potato Festival is the event with which Calimera, in the heart of Grecìa Salentina, bids f...

Every May, the Madonna di Fatima district in Squinzano, in the province of Lecce, celebrates the Virgin Mary who appeared to the three sheph...

The spring festival of the Madonna di Leuca is held on April 13th in Santa Maria di Leuca, a village in the municipality of Castrignano del...

The Madonna di Loreto Festival is the patronal feast of Surbo, in the province of Lecce, celebrated annually on the Tuesday of the Easter oc...

Every first weekend of May, Calimera, a small Griko town in the province of Lecce, pays tribute to the Madonna di Roca, its patron saint. Th...

In Monteroni di Lecce, deep in the heart of Salento, the Madonna di San Fili Festival transforms Easter Monday into two days of faith, tradi...

Every year, on the second Sunday of August, Carmiano pays tribute to its patron saint, the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception,...

The Madonna te li pampasciuni Festival is a traditional event in San Donato di Lecce, in the heart of Salento, blending religious devotion w...

The Maglie Carnival is the grand masquerade festival that brings the streets and squares of Maglie, in the heart of Salento, to life every w...

Maglie Incanta is the major Christmas festival that, from late autumn until Christmas Eve, transforms the historic center of Maglie, in the...

The Magliejazz Season is the signature cultural festival hosted by the Bud Powell Jazz Cultural Association in Maglie, in the heart of Salen...

Manosanta is a series of 'non-workshops' created by the creative studio Pazlab in Castrignano de' Greci, in the heart of the Grecìa Salentin...

In the heart of Salento, Castri di Lecce hosts the annual Marangiane in Festa every July, a festival entirely dedicated to the eggplant—know...

The Marcialonga – Terre del Negroamaro is the annual spring road-walking event that brings Villa Baldassarri, a district of Guagnano in the...

For three days, the Maria Corti Festival turns Otranto into a creative hub dedicated to writing, reading, and the exchange of knowledge. Est...

In Surbo, in the heart of the Salento region near Lecce, the patronal feast of Santa Maria del Popolo is celebrated on two wheels. Maria del...

In Squinzano, in the Lecce area of Salento, the Maria Regina Festival brings the district of the same name to life with four days of faith,...

Every year around Ferragosto, the historic center of Gallipoli celebrates the Feast of the Assumption of Mary with one of the most heartfelt...