Festivals in Puglia

Every August, Castelluccio Valmaggiore—a charming village in the Monti Dauni area of Foggia—hosts the Handmade Pasta Festival, one of the lo...

Every July, Monte Sant'Angelo celebrates the anniversary of its ancient beech forests in the Foresta Umbra, which were inscribed as a UNESCO...

The Harvest Fair and the U Paninu d'a Zita Festival are the summer highlight in Minervino di Lecce, in the heart of the Grecìa Salentina. Th...

Every June, as the wheat ears ripen and the harvest begins, Molino De Vita opens its fields in Casalvecchio di Puglia for the Harvest Festiv...

The Health Festival is a cultural and civic event held in Tricase, in the heart of Lower Salento, in the province of Lecce. Promoted by the...

Heritage Wine Fest is a traveling food and wine event that brings the great wines of Southern Italy to the villages and castles between Pugl...

Historia Viva is the historical re-enactment of Volturara Appula, a village in the Monti Dauni area of the Foggia province, which every Octo...

The Historic Carnival of Gallipoli is one of the oldest and most beloved masquerade festivals in Puglia. Every year, between February and Ma...

The Historic Carnival of San Nicandro Garganico is one of the most cherished folk festivals in the Gargano region, officially recognized in...

Every year at the end of June, the medieval village of Otranto celebrates its patron saints, Peter and Paul, with the Historic Center Festiv...

The Historical Carnival of Apricena is one of the most anticipated carnival events in the province of Foggia. Originating in 1955 from the '...

Every July, the historic center of Nardò, in the province of Lecce, transforms into an open-air stage: the Historical Cavalcade and Incorona...

Every late August, Bovino, a medieval village in the Monti Dauni area of the Foggia province, celebrates its patron saint, the Madonna di Va...

Every spring, Polignano a Mare relives a foundational moment of its identity: the Historical Pageant that commemorates the arrival by sea of...

In Orsara di Puglia, a village in the Monti Dauni area of the Foggia province, the Historical Pageant of the Knights and Monks of Calatrava...

In Monte Sant'Angelo, in the heart of the Gargano, the Historical Procession of the Apparitions of Saint Michael the Archangel transforms th...

The Historical Re-enactment of the Battle of Civitate brings one of the most decisive medieval conflicts in Southern Italy back to life in t...

The Holy Saturday Procession is one of the most evocative rites of Holy Week in Salento. At the first light of dawn, the statues of the Dead...