Events & festivals · Piana degli Albanesi

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Through the year

Procession

Pasqua Arbëreshe (Pashkët)

📅 Every year during Holy Week (movable date between March and April)

Holy Week in Piana follows the Byzantine rite, ending on Easter Sunday with a pontifical liturgy, a parade of women in gold-embroidered costumes and red eggs handed out in the main square.

Food festival

Cannolo Fest – Cannolo Festival

📅 Every year, one weekend in mid-May

Two days in mid-May built around the local cannolo, filled with sheep's-milk ricotta from village dairies: tastings, cooking shows and pastry makers from across Sicily along Viale 8 Marzo.

Patron saint festival

Feast of Maria Santissima Odigitria

📅 Every year on 2 September, with celebrations from the last days of August

The patron saint's day falls on 2 September, with the eparch's pontifical liturgy in the morning and an evening procession of the Madonna's statue; festivities start in late August.