Festivals in Potenza

The festival of Saint Francis of Paola in Viggianello, in the Pollino National Park, is famous for the arboreal rite of the Pitu and the Roc...

Every late May, Potenza celebrates its patron saint Gerard della Porta with five days of festivities that intertwine religious rites and pop...

Saint Laviero Martyr is the patron saint of Tito, in the province of Potenza. Devotion is expressed in several moments throughout the year:...

Every May 9th, Guardia Perticara, one of the Most Beautiful Villages in Italy, celebrates its patron saint, Saint Nicholas the Great. Betwee...

In Savoia di Lucania, a small village in the Marmo Platano-Melandro area, Saint Roch is the patron saint and is celebrated three times a yea...

Tolve, in the province of Potenza, is one of the main centers of devotion to Saint Roch in Southern Italy. Twice a year, on August 16th and...

On June 15th, Baragiano, in the province of Potenza, celebrates Saint Vito the Martyr with a festival of deep-rooted popular devotion: litur...

The Festa della 'Ndenna of Castelsaraceno is one of the oldest arboreal rites in Europe: the symbolic "wedding" between a large beech tree (...

The Festival of Traditions and Popular Music of Chiaromonte combines Lucanian popular music and a food and wine route through the historic c...

In the first week of August, Ginestra, an Arbëreshë village in the Vulture region, celebrates its traditional Albanian cuisine with the Fest...

The Filiano Carnival, organized by the Pro Loco, involves the main town and the hamlets of Scalera and Dragonetti with several days of maske...

The Filiano Pecorino DOP Festival is the most important dairy product exhibition and market in Basilicata: three days in September with prod...

In May, Guardia Perticara, one of the Most Beautiful Villages in Italy, is adorned with flowers for 'Fiori in Borgo': alleys and corners of...

Between late October and early November, Pietrapertosa hosts Flavors of Autumn, the most anticipated food and wine event in the Lucanian Dol...

The Forenza Carnival enlivens Forenza, a village in the Vulture-Alto Bradano region, with two days of celebration: children's entertainment,...

In summer, lucanica, the famous traditional Lucanian sausage, is the star of the festival organized by the Pro Loco of Forenza. An evening o...

From July 12 to 17, 2026, San Fele, a village in the Vulture-Melfese area of the province of Potenza, hosts 'Francesco – Sulle vie del cuore...

On August 9, 2026, Piazza Vittorio Veneto in Guardia Perticara, one of Italy's Most Beautiful Villages, hosts the Gemelli DiVersi concert. A...