Festivals in Liguria

In July, Borgomaro, a village in the Maro Valley inland from Imperia, celebrates a seafood dish in the heart of the mountains with the Sarac...

For a weekend in mid-June, the historic center of Sarzana transforms into a large open-air wine shop. Sarzana DOC brings about twenty local...

For twenty-five years, Sarzana Lirica has brought grand opera to the historic center, with productions entirely made in the area and singers...

Every autumn Sarzana returns to the 15th century with Sarzana Senza Tempo, the great historical re-enactment of the War of Serrezzana of 148...

For over fifty years, in September, Pontinvrea celebrates its specialty with the Sausage Festival, recognized among the Authentic Ligurian E...

The Savona Carnival has an unmistakable protagonist: King Cicciolin, the sailor with seven wives, the official mask of the city. Every year...

In July, Savona's Thursday evenings come alive with music: in Piazza Sisto IV, the Savona Downtown Music Festival brings national-level Ital...

The Savona Half Marathon is the half marathon of the provincial capital: 21.097 km that wind along the coast between Savona, Albissola Marin...

La Santissima Fest is the festival created by the Genoese rapper SAYF, which every summer brings together the protagonists of the Italian ur...

On the last weekends of August, the village of Ponzano Superiore, a hillside hamlet of Santo Stefano di Magra, celebrates its most beloved s...

At the end of July, Levanto celebrates Saint James, patron saint of sailors, with its Sea Festival: two days of medieval historical pageants...

The sea seen, heard, and experienced as an environment, a job, and a resource: this is the common thread of the Sea Film Festival, the film...

Sea Stories Festival is the theatre, storytelling, and performance review that transforms the Isola delle Chiatte in the Old Port of Genoa i...

In the seaside village of Marola, overlooking the Gulf of La Spezia, the Seafood Ravioli Festival returns every June. Three weekends dedicat...

The Sestri Levante Wine Festival is the wine exhibition that enlivens the Ex Convento dell'Annunziata every spring, overlooking the Bay of S...

The Sestri Ponente Volunteer Festival is a historic event in the western part of Genoa, dedicated to promoting and celebrating local volunte...

At the end of July, the hamlet of Villa Viani, in Pontedassio, celebrates a tradition dating back to the seventies with the Snail and Skewer...

In May, the hilly hamlet of Montagna, in Quiliano, celebrates a peasant tradition specialty with the SMS Montagna Snail Festival. Featuring...