Festivals in Lecce

Ci vuole un fiore is a theatre festival for children and families hosted at the Auditorium Zona Santi in Trepuzzi, in the province of Lecce....

Ciboperbacco is the food and wine festival that lights up the historic center of Melissano, in lower Salento near Lecce, every summer. For t...

Cibus Uxenti transforms the ancient village of Ugento, in the heart of the Salento region near Lecce, into a true time machine. For two even...

The Cinema of the Real and the Unreal Festival is an event dedicated to documentary and experimental cinema that has been bringing the Caste...

For six days in July, the Baroque old town of Nardò, in the province of Lecce, transforms into an open-air circus. Circonauta – Internationa...

Città del Libro is the historic national publishing and culture festival that brings Campi Salentina, in the province of Lecce, to life ever...

The City of Nardò Award is the gala evening where the Municipality of Nardò, in the heart of Salento (Province of Lecce, Puglia), celebrates...

The Civetta Carnival is a grand masked celebration that brings color to the streets of downtown Galatina, in the heart of Salento, every Feb...

Classica d'Estate & Wine is the summer festival curated by the Camerata Musicale Salentina, hosted in the charming Sala Giardino in Lecce. E...

ClassicheFORME is the international chamber music festival conceived and directed by Salento-born pianist Beatrice Rana, bringing world-clas...

The Collepasso Carnival is a vibrant masquerade festival that brings the streets of Collepasso, a small town in the province of Lecce, to li...

In the heart of Salento, along the SP361 road between Collepasso and Maglie, the historic 1692 Masseria Quagliasiero transforms into a walk-...

The Collepasso Palio, also known as the Palio dei Rioni, is the major folk and sporting event in Collepasso, a small town in the province of...

The Concerto per Gesù Bambino is an annual event held in early January that brings the Baroque Church of San Vito Martire in Lequile, Lecce...

Confini Fest is the festival that every August transforms the Santa Maura area of Corsano, at the tip of the Salento peninsula, into a cross...

For one night, Controluce Fest transforms the ancient village of Felline, a hamlet of Alliste, into an immersive trail of art, light, and mu...

Conversazioni sul Futuro is a festival of ideas, books, science, and performance that brings the historic center of Lecce, in the heart of S...

The Copertino Carnival brings the streets and squares of Copertino, in northern Salento, to life with a colorful parade of allegorical float...