Festivals in Sicilia

Every spring, Marsala revives its identity as the "City of the Thousand" with the Garibaldi Celebrations, commemorating Giuseppe Garibaldi's...

Every year in early May, Licata comes to a standstill to celebrate its patron saint, Angelo the Martyr, a Carmelite friar martyred in the ci...

Mazara del Pesce is an international gastronomy festival that brings the historic center of Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani, to...

The Mazara del Vallo Carnival, historically known by the dialect name "Addrabbanna Lu Ponti" (meaning "across the bridge," referring to the...

The Mazara del Vallo Half Marathon is the race that brings hundreds of runners from across Italy and abroad to the seafront of this Trapani...

The Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea Carnival is the signature festive event of Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea, a charming village in the province of Messina, Sic...

The Mazzarrone Carnival is a grand popular festival that brings the historic center of this small town in the Metropolitan City of Catania,...

Every September, the town of Mazzarrone, located in the agricultural heart of the province of Catania, celebrates its signature product with...

Every autumn, the Meatball Festival brings the historic center of Novara di Sicilia to life. Nestled between the Peloritani and Nebrodi moun...

The Mechané Festival is the summer cultural highlight of Belpasso, located in the heart of the Etna region near Catania. It weaves together...

Every August, the small village of Buccheri, perched in the Iblean Mountains in the province of Syracuse, transforms into an open-air mediev...

In Calatabiano, nestled on the slopes overlooking the Alcantara Valley, the old town travels back to the Middle Ages every summer for the Me...

Every summer, in the heart of the Norman village of Motta Sant'Anastasia, in the Province of Catania, the Medieval Festival brings the atmos...

Every June 2nd, the village of San Marco d'Alunzio in the province of Messina travels back a thousand years with the Medieval Historical Day...

Every year, between Christmas and Epiphany, the village of Marineo (Province of Palermo) transforms into a 1223 medieval settlement. Inside...

Every November, the historic centre of Trapani transforms into a medieval village for the 'Manfredi di Trinacria' Historical Re-enactment. R...

Medievalia is the historical re-enactment that brings the village of Castel di Lucio, in the Nebrodi mountains of Messina, back to the era o...

Medievando is a historical re-enactment in Tripi, a charming village in the Nebrodi mountains near Messina, which brings to life the arrival...