A Celtic festival of music and games is hardly the sort of thing you’d expect to find in the mountains of central Italy. But the Montelago Celtic Festival, launched in 2003, routinely attracts over 20,000 exuberant and kilted Italians and Europeans for a totally unique weekend experience. Every year in August, the alpine plains of Colfiorito straddling the border of Le ...
Italy is known for its delicious pasta, but perhaps you haven't heard of some of the more obscure kinds like lorighittas, a twisted ring-shaped pasta only made on the island of Sardinia. This type of pasta has been made for hundreds of years and to honor it Sardinians host an annual celebration. At this festa you can enjoy art exhibitions, live music, ...
As if Naples couldn't be any more enchanting, every year during the Perseids meteor shower, it offers fantastic viewing points to observe the falling stars of San Lorenzo. It is said that the stars are the sparks from the fire that burned the martyr, and to this day they can still be seen on this magical night. You may enjoy ...
Lavagna in the coastal town of Genoa, is home to a major annual bachelor party in medieval style celebrating Count Opizzo Fieschi's last night as a single man. The event commemorates the history of the Fieschi family from Levante who reached the peak of their dynasty in the 13th Century. The festivities start on the evening of the 13th with ...
To kick off ferragosto this friendly battle, also called the Palio delle Pupe, amongst 14 neighboring towns in Abruzzo puts on a show for spectators. Pupe are papier-mache lifesized dolls and are covered in fireworks. For over 40 years these dolls have a dance "battle" where representatives from the towns climb up inside the doll and perform a dance to folk ...
Youth orchestras from around the world (including the North Starts Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Music Center of New York) will perform concerts at venues throughout Florence. While the main festival venue is set at Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi (near the Ponte Vecchio), other performances will be held throughout Florence and surrounding areas in Tuscany, including in the charming Terme Tettuccio in Montecatini ...
If you find yourself needing a break from all that sun and fresh air on the Follonica beaches, then head over to the hillsides of Grossetto near Castiglione della Pescaia to a small town called Vetulonia where you will come across a friendly tournament of palla 21. This is a traditional game, also called palla eh! because of the sound that ...
Every year the New Generation Festival brings together all genres, from opera to jazz to pop, highlighting young musicians. This year the festival will open and close with a performance of Le nozze di figaro. In between then, an orchestra performance and a blues a bebop segment that celebrates the spirit of Harlem. Guests also have the option to dine ...
The coastal town of Tarquinia hosts its annual Giostra delle Contrade, reenacting the knighting of three noble men, Cornetani Sante, Alessandro Vitelleschi, and Piergiovanni Paolo Sacchi, in 1452. Tarquinia celebrates the event with equestrian games, banquets, knights and dancing. Knights representing the seven districts of Tarquinia compete against each other and use lances to remove rings suspended from a statue, ...
A night celebrating opera, music and, of course, Andrea Bocelli, this event features choreographed, theatrical opera performances with Bocelli, an orchestra, and a choir. Proceeds will go to charity, supporting the Bocelli Foundation's projects. Celebrity guests will be in attendance, as the concert is part of Celebrity Fight Night, a philanthropic event that raises money for the Bocelli Foundation. Note: ...
