Festivals in Sicilia

Avola Openwater is a day of open-water swimming in the crystal-clear waters of the Avola coastline, in the province of Syracuse. Part of the...

The Pink Night is the major summer festival that turns the Lungomare Pantanello in Avola, on the south-eastern coast of Sicily, into a sea o...

The Avola Swordfish Festival is one of the most anticipated events of the summer in Avola. Held around Ferragosto along Via Papa Giovanni Pa...

In the heart of Avola's seaside village, in the shadow of the ancient tuna fishery, the Tuna and Ghiotta Festival celebrates every summer th...

Every year around March 21st—the birthday of Ayrton Senna—the town of Siculiana, in the province of Agrigento, hosts the "Call to the Roots"...

In the heart of Sciacca, the world capital of anchovies and home to Sicily's second-largest fishing fleet, the Azzurro Food Festival celebra...

The Baarìa Film Festival (BAAFF) is the first Italian festival entirely dedicated to "island cinema"—films that explore the narrative horizo...

Baarìa Piano City is a piano and chamber music festival that brings high-quality classical music to the evocative Sala Borremans within Pala...

In the heart of the Belìce Valley, Sambuca di Sicilia dedicates an entire weekend in early November to the babbalucia, the land snail that h...

Baccanales is the Jato Carnival that lights up San Cipirello and the neighboring town of San Giuseppe Jato, in the province of Palermo, ever...

Baccanales is the Jato Carnival that unites the towns of San Giuseppe Jato and San Cipirello, in the province of Palermo, into one grand pop...

Every year during the Christmas season, the small hamlet of Bafia in Castroreale (Messina province) transforms into a charming, life-sized n...

For a few days between February and March, Bagheria and its seaside hamlet of Aspra, in the province of Palermo, transform into a grand open...

Every spring, in the heart of Easter Week, the Santo Sepolcro Parish in Bagheria hosts the traditional Easter Concert, one of the most antic...

Every year in late February, thousands of students, citizens, associations, and institutions walk the Strada dei Valloni connecting Bagheria...

Bagli Narranti – Misiliscemi Reads is a traveling literary festival that breathes life into the historic bagli (fortified farmsteads) of the...

The Baglio Festival is an annual summer showcase of theatre, music, and performing arts held every July at the Teatro del Baglio, nestled wi...

Balata Market is the artisan and creative market that brings the charming Antica Tonnara of Marzamemi—a fishing village in the municipality...