Days with a story are highlighted; on the others you still find the towns celebrating and the village of the day.
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📅 Every summer, with shows at sunset
Theatre, jazz and songwriters performing as the sun drops over the Stagnone lagoon: born among Marsala's salt pans, the festival reached its ninth edition in 2026 with 21 dates between Villa Genna, the Trapani area and dawn shows on the Egadi islands.
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Matera builds a triumphal papier-mâché float and, at the end of the day, lets the crowd tear it apart. It has done so since 1389, and the following year the float is built again from scratch.
📅 Every year, on 2 July; Saint Fortunato on the second Sunday of May, Saint Prospero on 31 August
On 2 July Camogli recalls the apparition seen in 1518 by Angiola Schiaffino where the sanctuary now stands. But the town has three patrons, each with a date and a story.
📅 Every year, on 9 July
On 9 July Taormina celebrates Saint Pancras, its patron, whose church stands among the places to see in town.
📅 Every year, on 12 July
On 12 July Aquileia celebrates Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus, patrons of a town that was a patriarchal see and today lives around its basilica.
📅 Every year, on 22 July
On 22 July the island celebrates the saint it is named after. It falls in the month when the archipelago is at its busiest, and it stays the islanders' own day.
📅 Every year, on 23 July; the Madonna Greca on the Sunday after Easter
Ravenna has two patrons and two dates: Saint Apollinaris, the city's first bishop, on 23 July; the Madonna Greca on the Sunday after Easter.
📅 Every year, on 23 and 24 July; 8, 9 and 10 January for the arrival of the relics
Sepino celebrates its patron on 23 and 24 July, together with Bolsena, its twin town. But the feast felt most deeply falls in January, and recalls the arrival of the relics in 1099.
📅 Every year, on 25 July
On 25 July Bellagio celebrates Saint James, the patron who gives his name to the Romanesque basilica at the top of the village, above the point where Lake Como splits in two.
📅 Every year, on 27 July
On 27 July Courmayeur celebrates Saint Pantaleon, its patron: the date falls in high alpine summer, between the two seasons that mark the year at the foot of Mont Blanc.
📅 Every year, on 27 July
On 27 July the cathedral of Ravello displays the ampoule holding Saint Pantaleon's blood, which liquefies on that day each year. It is the patron's feast, shared with Saint Barbara.
📅 Every year, between late July and early August
Four days of concerts, markets and installations along the lakefront, closed by the LUMINA pyromusical show.
On 2 July, the year's first race: ninety seconds worth a year of waiting.
📍 Siena →On the third weekend, the boat bridge to the Giudecca and fireworks over the basin.
📍 Venezia →The town's districts compete on horseback in Piazza Garibaldi, amid ladies and flag-wavers.
📍 Sulmona →On 24-25 July the majolica staircase is lit with thousands of oil lamps in patterns.
📍 Caltagirone →Ten days when the Umbrian acropolis becomes a world jazz capital.
📍 Perugia →
