The patronal feast of San Pietro di Caridà is dedicated to Saint Sebastian and takes place on 20 January.
The town's main festivals, in a municipality of 1,265 inhabitants in the province of Reggio Calabria, are tied to religious traditions: Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Grace, celebrated in alternate years on the second Sunday of August, Saint Roch on 16 August and, in the hamlet of San Pierfedele, Saint Placid the Martyr on the second Sunday of October.