Festivals in Matera

A Sea of Music brings an evening of Mediterranean music and narratives to Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi, in Matera, directed by Stefano Sale...

From March 20 to November 28, 2026, as part of Matera Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue, a major exhibition investigates the lin...

On August 18, 2026, Alex Britti brings his BrittinTour '26 to Ferrandina, in Piazza Plebiscito. An evening of great Italian singer-songwrite...

Amabili Confini is Matera's literary festival that brings books and authors outside conventional venues, into the city's neighborhoods and p...

The Festa dell'Annunziata di Piccianello is the religious festival of the popular Piccianello district of Matera, in honor of Maria Santissi...

APMAT26 is the national conference promoted by Assoprovider that on June 5, 2026, brings to Matera, in the hypogean spaces of Casa Cava, a d...

Every late June, the hilltop village of Rotondella, overlooking the Ionian Sea in the Metapontino area, celebrates the apricot with its Fest...

Argojazz is the summer jazz festival at Porto degli Argonauti in Marina di Pisticci, on the Lucanian Ionian coast: concerts by renowned arti...

In early May, Colobraro, the Matera village known as "that village," dedicates a weekend to the wild asparagus that grows spontaneously in i...

The Basilicata Novel Festival is a traveling literary festival that crosses six Lucanian municipalities — Pisticci, Potenza, Matera, Venosa,...

Bodies in Light is a contemporary dance performance by the Oltredanza Company of Matera, with choreography by Rossella Iacovone and Marco Ma...

The Capriata Festival of Bernalda celebrates the most iconic dish of Lucanian peasant cuisine: puréed dried fava beans served with wild chic...

The Cava del Sole David Sassoli, an ancient tuff quarry transformed into an open-air arena, hosts the major concerts of the Matera season ev...

The Cinepasseggiate of the Lucania Film Festival take cinema out of the theatre, into the most evocative landscapes of Basilicata. The San G...

The Carnival of Cirigliano, in the province of Matera, is one of the historical and anthropological carnivals of Basilicata. In the last thr...

The Città dei Sassi Opera Festival brings great opera to the unique setting of Matera, promoting young voices from Southern singing schools....

On November 28, 2026, Mediterranean Day, Matera officially closes its year as Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue. The closing cer...

The Crapiata Festival is one of Matera's oldest and most beloved traditions: every August 1st, amidst the alleys of the Sassi, crapiata is p...