🔔 The Italian Almanac

August 18

Stories and curiosities for August 18, from the Italy of a thousand bell towers.

No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.

🎉 Celebrations today in… 16

16 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 18

Patron saint festival In 342 days 📍 Castelmezzano

Feast of Saint Roch

📅 Every year, on 18 and 19 August

On 18 and 19 August Castelmezzano celebrates Saint Roch, in a village of eight hundred people wedged among the spires of the Lucanian Dolomites.

Festival 📍 Cefalù

International Folklore Festival

📅 Every year in mid-August

Folk music and dance groups from several continents perform in Cefalù's old town each summer. The 2026 edition, on 18 August, brings ensembles from Colombia, Ecuador, New Zealand, Slovakia and Hungary.