Festivals in Matera

On August 8, 2026, Craco Peschiera hosts a concert by Neapolitan singer Franco Ricciardi. A major free musical event in Viale Europa, in the...

On the first Sunday of August, Colobraro celebrates frizzuli, the homemade pasta that is one of the symbols of the peasant cuisine of the Ma...

Gezziamoci is the jazz festival of Basilicata: a review that for almost forty years, organized by the Onyx Jazz Club of Matera, has intertwi...

Giusy Ferreri brings her "Live 2026" tour to Bernalda: an event on August 20, 2026, in Largo San Donato, as part of the celebrations in hono...

In August, Pomarico celebrates one of the most beloved gastronomic traditions of the Matera region with the Golden Skewer Festival: spit-roa...

In Garaguso, a village in the Matera region at the gates of the Lucanian Dolomites, the Pro Loco celebrates a specialty of local dairy tradi...

In Aliano, the village of badlands where Carlo Levi wrote 'Christ Stopped at Eboli', one of the oldest and most mysterious carnivals in Basi...

ICT Fest is the Matera day dedicated to the world of Information and Communication Technology: at Casa Cava, in the heart of the Sassi, oper...

On June 19, 2026, Irsina, one of Italy's Most Beautiful Villages and home to the statue of Sant'Eufemia attributed to Mantegna, will host th...

In Montescaglioso, in the province of Matera, In Vino Veritas brings Lucanian oenological excellences to the unique setting of the Abbey of...

On March 20, 2026, International Day of Happiness, Matera officially opens the year as Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue. A cere...

R.I.M.A. is the great international gathering that every year brings groups and anthropological masks from all over Italy and abroad to Tric...

The International Neighborhood Festival is one of the events in the 'Isolamenti' (Isolations) section of the Matera Mediterranean Capital of...

The Energheia International Writing Course is an international creative writing workshop that brings young authors under 30 from all over Eu...

On August 17th, Gorgoglione celebrates 'U Gliumuriell', its traditional lamb meat and offal roll, with a grand White Night in Piazza Zanarde...

On May 24, 2026, Irsina, in the Matera region, celebrated its first Agriculture Festival in the spaces of the former Agricultural Consortium...

Dedicated to the Renaissance poet Isabella Morra, the Festival transforms Valsinni Castle into a residence for contemporary poetry. Within t...

For over thirty years, in August, the medieval village of Valsinni relives the story of Isabella Morra. Isabella's Summer enlivens alleys an...