• Spoleto (Perugia): Two Worlds Festival

    Unnamed Venue Spoleto, Italy

    The Two Worlds Festival of opera and art in Spoleto hosts quality classical music performances, ballet, theatre, and art exhibits all over the town. The festival's original organizer, Gian Carlo Menotti, intended for the festival to showcase American and Italian worlds coming together through art, dance, and music. Dream of Italy is a membership website and award-winning travel publication publishing 170 issues ...

    €48
  • Amalfi Coast: Ischia Film Festival

    Aragonese Castle Via Pontile Aragonese, Ischia, Italy

    Having served as the shooting location for several movies with its dramatic seaside castle, Ischia, in the Gulf of Naples, hosts an annual film festival to honor films that have celebrated and promoted Italian and foreign location and culture. The festival's feature-length and short films all have a central theme of location: films that emphasize the importance of a particular location, ...

    €15
  • Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival

    Unnamed Venue Amalfi Coast, Italy

    This festival sponsors daily events all along the Amalfi Coast. There's also a music institute associated with the festival, where students from all over the world come to refine their talent with internationally renowned musicians and professors. For guests of the festival, there are all sorts of cultural activities on top of the musical performances, as well as the opportunity ...

  • Rome: Canoeing on the Tiber

    Unnamed Venue Rome, Italy

    Canoeing on the Tiber (Discesa del Tivere) sends participants canoeing from Citta' di Castello to Rome on seven 20-30km stretches of the Tiber River, in groups led by experienced canoeists. Note: dates have not been confirmed; please check the event website for updates. Access 160 Issues of Our Award-Winning Travel Publication. Get Insider Help Planning Your Trip to Italy.

  • Vessalico (Liguria): Garlic Festival

    Unnamed Venue Vessalico, Italy

    The Garlic Festival in Vessalico is a tribute to the town's unique mountain garlic and a mainstay in the town for at least the past two centuries. Artists practice reste, the art of interweaving garlic. Dream of Italy is a membership website and award-winning travel publication publishing 170 issues since 2002. Get a free issue to see what we are all ...

  • Rimini: Pink Night

    Unnamed Venue Rimini, Italy

    The town of Rimini lights up pink on Pink Night (La Notte Rosa), billed as "Summer's New Year's Eve Bash." Pink Night is an all-night party that celebrates nightlife and fun, and includes theatre, music, and other events on the Rimini Riviera. Dream of Italy is a membership website and award-winning travel publication publishing 170 issues since 2002. Get a ...

    Free
  • Pistoia (Tuscany): Blues Festival

    Piazza Duomo Pistoia, Italy

    Started in 1980 when BB King and Muddy Waters inaugurated the event, the Pistoia Blues Festival has grown each year, with myriad world-famous blues bands and solo performers traveling to the main piazza of the beautiful Tuscan village each year. Past artists have included Mumford & Sons, Santana, Counting Crows, Hozier, Passenger, Sting, and Dream Theater. Ticket prices vary by ...

    €25
  • Perugia: Umbria Jazz Festival

    Unnamed Venue Piazza Danti 28, Perugia, Italy

    Jazz lovers from all over the world converge on the city of Perugia, in Umbria, for performances, seminars and workshops at one of Europe's best-known jazz festivals and by renowned musicians. This is an event not to miss for jazz lovers! Ticket prices vary by performance. Dream of Italy is a membership website and award-winning travel publication publishing 170 issues since ...

    €12
  • Venice: Festa del Redentore

    Unnamed Venue Venice, Italy

    The Redentore Feast (Feast of the Redeemer) is a deeply felt celebration in Venice as it combines religion with entertainment, thanks to the Saturday night phantasmagorical fireworks’ display attracting thousands of visitors: a kaleidoscope of shades, from a game of light and colors on the inimitable setting in St. Mark’s Basin, lights up the spires, domes and bell towers of the ...

    Free
  • Sestri Levante (Genoa): La Barcarolata

    Sestri Levante Sestri Levante, Genoa, Italy

    Every last Sunday of July, Baia del Silenzio (or Silence Bay) in Sestri Levante is the  alive thanks to a boat parade under the stars! Tourists and locals can compete in the decorating of their boats with twinkling lights and dress up in carnival costumes in preparation for the parade in the evening! The night wraps up with a gorgeous firework ...

    Free