Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Castelvetrano celebrates the Baptist, its patron. The town's best-known religious tradition, though, is another: the Aurora on Easter morning, unbroken since 1660.
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Patron saint festival 📍 Marsala
Feast of the Madonna della Cava
📅 Every year on 19 January
On 19 January Marsala honours its patron: the small statue of the Madonna della Cava, found in a quarry in 1518 according to tradition, is carried in procession to the cathedral for a solemn mass — and the town takes the day off.
Procession 📍 Marsala
Holy Thursday Sacra Rappresentazione
📅 Every year on Maundy Thursday
Nine costumed groups act out Christ's Passion through Marsala's old town on Holy Thursday — a living procession run by the Sant'Anna confraternity since the seventeenth century.
Patron saint festival 📍 Marsala
Feast of St John the Baptist
📅 Every year on 24 June, with celebrations in the days before
Every 24 June Marsala celebrates its co-patron St John the Baptist with a procession and fireworks over the Lungomare Boeo, after days of concerts, themed talks and seafront market stalls.
Festival 📍 Marsala
'A Scurata - Cunti e canti al calar del sole
📅 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.
Food festival 📍 Marsala
CiancioFest
📅 Every year in late August
Four evenings of food stalls, cabaret and religion in Contrada Ciancio, in Marsala's countryside: pane cunzato dressed to order, ricotta cannoli and grilled sausage, ending with a procession and fireworks. The 2026 edition runs 20-23 August.