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🔔 The Italian Almanac

June in the almanac

One day at a time: the stories, the month's festivals and the villages that tell them.

The days of June 0

Days with a story are highlighted; on the others you still find the towns celebrating and the village of the day.

🎉 Festivals in June

Festival 📍 Palermo

Una Marina di Libri

📅 Every year, four days in early June

Palermo's independent-publishing festival fills four June days with author talks, readings and publishers' stands. Its 17th edition took place from 4 to 7 June 2026 at the Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa.

Festival 📍 Castelbuono

DiVino Festival

📅 Every year; the 2026 edition, the twentieth, ran 19–21 June

Three days of wine masterclasses, awards and open tastings, with more than 700 labels poured in the cloister of San Francesco. Castelbuono has run its festival of wine and taste since 2007.

Patron saint festival In 218 days 📍 Urbino

Feast of Saint Crescentinus

📅 Every year, on 1 June

On 1 June Urbino celebrates Saint Crescentinus with a procession through the streets of the old town, inside the walled city of Federico da Montefeltro.

Patron saint festival In 218 days 📍 San Giustino

Feast of Saint Justin

📅 Every year, on 1 June

On 1 June San Giustino celebrates the patron who gives the town its name, and the flower carpet is laid out along the old streets of the historic centre.

Patron saint festival In 218 days 📍 Aulla

Saint Caprasius, patron with the Palio della Rosa and the Premio Lunezia

📅 Every year, on 1 June, with the fair in the central streets; the Palio della Rosa enlivens the hamlets

Aulla celebrates Saint Caprasius on 1 June, with a fair filling the central streets of the town all day. The town organizes the Palio della Rosa among the districts formed by its hamlets each year, and the Premio Lunezia, a festival dedicated to singer-songwriters.

Patron saint festival In 218 days 📍 Santeramo in Colle

Saint Erasmus, patron celebrated with a parade of ladies and knights

📅 Every year, from 1 to 3 June, with the solemn mass, procession and balloon release; co-patron Saint Francis Xavier

Santeramo in Colle celebrates Saint Erasmus, bishop and martyr, from 1 to 3 June, with a solemn mass, procession and balloon release, along with a parade in period costume featuring ladies and knights; the town's co-patron is Saint Francis Xavier.

Patron saint festival In 218 days 📍 Falerone

Saint Fortunatus of Todi and the wheat Nzegna

📅 Every year, on 1 June; the Nzegna in the second week of August

Falerone celebrates Saint Fortunatus of Todi on 1 June, with a procession accompanied by the town band. In the second week of August, the districts parade with carts made of wheat for the Nzegna.

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This month in Italy

Festival of the Gigli

Eight 25-metre obelisks dance on the bearers' shoulders: UNESCO-listed.

📍 Nola →

Corpus Domini Infiorate

A night of collective work for petal carpets over which the procession passes.

📍 Spello →

Luminara of San Ranieri

On 16 June the riverbanks glow with tens of thousands of small lamps: Pisa by candlelight.

📍 Pisa →

Oswald von Wolkenstein Ride

An equestrian tournament among the farms of the Alpe di Siusi, with costumes and true tradition.

📍 Castelrotto →