Festivals in Matera

Italian Screens is the Mediterranean summit of cinema and audiovisual that, as part of Matera Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue...

Every year, during the Christmas holidays, Pisticci transforms into a large open-air nativity scene. Through the alleys of the historic cent...

In the evocative Rabatana, the ancient Arab quarter of Tursi, over a hundred figures bring the Living Nativity to life among alleys, caves,...

The Living Nativity in the Sassi of Matera is one of the most spectacular Christmas events in Italy: a 1.5 km route in the Sasso Caveoso, wi...

Every December, the Cloister of Purgatory in Ferrandina transforms into the Nativity scene with the living nativity: costumed figures, ancie...

Born in 1999, the Lucania Film Festival is one of the longest-running independent film festivals in Southern Italy. It hosts short films and...

The Luis Bacalov Association Concert Season brings sixteen concerts to Matera, at the Gervasio Auditorium, featuring symphonic, jazz, and cr...

The MA/IN Festival (MAtera INtermedia) is the international review of electroacoustic music, sound art, and digital art that every year cros...

In Accettura, in the heart of the Lucanian Dolomites, one of Italy's most famous arboreal rites takes place: the wedding between a large oak...

Every summer, the Majatica Jazz Festival brings some of the biggest names in Italian and international jazz to Ferrandina, in the heart of t...

The Concert Season of the Matè Association and the Solisti Lucani enlivens Palazzo Viceconte in Matera with ten concerts from May to Decembe...

The Matera Carnival enlivens the historic center and the Sassi with a masked parade that brings together the carnival traditions of Basilica...

The Matera Film Festival is the main cinematic event in the City of Sassi: a week of screenings, competitions, and meetings with directors,...

In 2026 Matera is the Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue, a title shared with the Moroccan city of Tétouan. From March 20 to Nove...

Matera Cielo Stellato is the evocative rite of light in which the public lights of the Sassi are turned off and the ancient districts are re...

Materadio is the festival that Rai Radio 3 dedicates to Matera: three days of live broadcasts from the squares and alleys of the Sassi, with...

MaTiFF is the Matera International Film Festival: an international film festival that brings feature films, short films, documentaries, and...

The Mediterranean Design Festival is one of the events in the Matera Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2026 programme, included...