Festivals in Lecce

Every year, on the third Sunday of July, Novoli gathers around its patron saint: the Madonna del Pane. This is one of the most heartfelt pat...

Every year, on the last Sunday of July, the small village of Palmariggi, nestled in the heart of Salento in the Province of Lecce, gathers t...

MARU – The Chili Pepper Festival lights up the historic center of Ruffano, in the province of Lecce, with the spiciest celebration of the Sa...

Every summer, the illuminated squares of Minervino di Lecce, in the heart of Salento, host the Massa d'Estate Festival, one of the most belo...

Every year on the first Sunday of November, the small village of Bagnolo del Salento renews one of its most cherished traditions: the histor...

The Matino Carnival is the masquerade festival that brings the streets and squares of Matino, a small town in the province of Lecce in the h...

Every September, Otranto—Italy's easternmost city—becomes the capital of Mediterranean journalism. Set in Largo Porta Alfonsina, beneath the...

The Melissano Chestnut Festival is the autumn fair that brings the small town in the lower Salento area, in the Province of Lecce, to life e...

Every summer, for one week in August, the historic center of Maglie transforms into a vast open-air laboratory of flavors: this is the Merca...

Mercato del Giusto is a market dedicated to organic farming and conscious consumption that brings Piazza San Giorgio in Melpignano, Salento,...

The Messapia Summer Festival is the premier musical event of the summer in Muro Leccese, located in the heart of Grecìa Salentina, in the pr...

Midsummer Night is the grand widespread festival that lights up the historic center of Galatone, in the province of Lecce, every July. For o...

The Monteroni di Lecce Carnival is one of the most cherished folk festivals in Salento: a long-standing tradition that fills the town street...

The Multiplex Teatro Fasano Theatre Season in Taviano is a drama festival that brings the biggest names in Italian theatre to Salento every...

In the heart of Salento, every August, the small village of Cannole (Lecce province) transforms for five nights into the capital of the muni...

Every late summer, the Mur'onJazz Festival brings world-class jazz to Piazza del Popolo in Muro Leccese, in the heart of Salento. Conceived...

Every year, the Muro Leccese Carnival brings the streets of Muro Leccese to life in the heart of Salento, Lecce province. Combining masks, m...

In Alessano, a charming village in the province of Lecce, the Muse Salentine Festival brings international classical music to sites of rare...