Festivals in Lecce

The Swordfish Festival is one of the most anticipated gastronomic events of the summer in Gallipoli, in the Ionian Salento. Every year in mi...

The Tambourine Players Festival is the summer highlight in Diso, a small town in lower Salento in the province of Lecce, dedicated to the ta...

The Taraddota Festival is one of the most anticipated gastronomic events of the Salento summer in Aradeo, in the province of Lecce. For thre...

TaRAnTaNGo is a festival-holiday that blends Argentine tango with Salento's traditional pizzica dance on the shores of Castro Marina, in the...

The Taurisano Carnival is the most colorful and popular winter festival in Salento. Every year, on the last Sunday of Carnival and on Shrove...

Every year, between Christmas and Epiphany, the historic center of Taurisano transforms into a small Salento-style Bethlehem thanks to the L...

Every year on the evening of March 18th, Nociglia renews one of the most cherished traditions of Lower Salento: the Tavole di San Giuseppe....

Every year on March 18th and 19th, Uggiano la Chiesa and its hamlet Casamassella renew one of Salento's most authentic traditions: the Tavol...

Teatini in Musica is the summer festival promoted by the Camerata Musicale Salentina, transforming the evocative Chiostro dei Teatini in Lec...

The Teatro Cavallino Bianco Theater Season brings a vibrant program of drama, comedy, and music to Galatina, in the heart of Salento, featur...

The Teatro Comunale di Novoli Theatrical Season is a drama and dance festival that brings the historic Italian-style theater on Piazza Regin...

In the village of Patù, at the southern tip of Salento, the Terrae International Film Festival transforms the garden of Palazzo Romano into...

TerrAmare is the summer festival hosted by the Municipality of Taviano, in the heart of lower Salento, Lecce province. Throughout the season...

Territorio e Appartenenza is the summer festival in Botrugno, a small village in the Salento region of Lecce province, which transforms the...

The Enchanted Village: Christmas Sounds and Dreams transforms Viale Einstein in Aradeo, Lecce province, into a Christmas village designed fo...

The Fòcara of Novoli is one of the world's largest traditional ritual bonfires: a wooden giant nearly 25 meters tall, built with over 100,00...

The Long Night of the Churches is the Caprarica stop of a national event that, every year at the start of summer, opens the doors of Italian...

On the night before Palm Sunday, Sannicola, a small town in the Salento region of Lecce, revives one of its most ancient and evocative tradi...