Festivals in Umbria

The Palio Arnense is the historical re-enactment of Ripa, a small hillside hamlet of Perugia just a few kilometers from the provincial capit...

In Casteltodino, a hamlet of Montecastrilli in the province of Terni, the Palio de l'Acuto concludes the Festa di Casteltodino in grand styl...

The Palio dei Colombi is Amelia's grand medieval historical re-enactment, in the province of Terni: for over two weeks, the Umbrian village...

For a week in August, the historic center of Nocera Umbra, in the province of Perugia, goes back in time. The Palio dei Quartieri pits the c...

For two weeks in August, Città della Pieve returns to the time of Pietro Vannucci, il Perugino: the three districts Borgo Dentro, Casalino,...

The Palio del Cupolone is the great community festival of Santa Maria degli Angeli, a district of Assisi, where three districts — Campo, For...

The Palio del Fantasma is the symbolic historical re-enactment of Castel Ritaldi, in the province of Perugia. Inspired by a Renaissance knig...

The Palio del Garzoncello is the children's version of the Palio dei Quartieri of Nocera Umbra, in the province of Perugia. Born in 2019, it...

In Lugnano in Teverina, a medieval village in the province of Terni, the Palio dell'Assunta brings the atmosphere of the 14th century back t...

Among the events preceding the Palio della Balestra of Gubbio, the ancient challenge with the Italian historical crossbow between the cities...

The Palio della Brocca takes Deruta back to the mid-19th century, when the earthquakes of 1832 caused a crisis in the water supply to the hi...

Every August, Pietralunga, a medieval village in the Upper Umbria region near Perugia, re-enacts the miracle of 1334: a pilgrim unjustly con...

For a week, at the end of July, Passignano sul Trasimeno (PG) relives an episode of its history with the Palio delle Barche: the re-enactmen...

In July, Tavernelle, a hamlet of Panicale (PG), divides into two and the Palio dello N'Su Contro lo N'Giù takes place: the historic contest...

Every late August, Assisi returns to the Middle Ages with the Palio di San Rufino: the three historic terzieri — Dive Mariae, San Rufino, an...

For almost two weeks, between the end of August and the first Sunday of September, Valfabbrica returns to the Middle Ages: the three distric...

The Pan Opera Festival brings grand opera and chamber music to the evocative Teatro Cesare Caporali in Panicale (PG), a 18th-century Italian...

Every spring, Lake Piediluco, in the municipality of Terni, becomes the world capital of rowing with the Paolo d'Aloja Memorial, an internat...