Festivals, Special Events, and Holidays in Italy

Here's a sampling of my favorite festivals in Italy.

Italy has interesting festivals every month of the year. Here is information about popular and unusual festivals in Italy listed by month as well as Italian holidays, annual special events, and music festivals.

Italy has twelve days that are national holidays. Find out which days are public holidays in Italy and how they're celebrated.

Halloween celebrations in Italy. Urban Trekking in Italian cities for Halloween. All Saints Eve in Italy.

Infiorata or flower art festivals are held for Corpus Domini. Here is information about Infiorata events in Noto and elsewhere in Italy.

Epiphany is celebrated January 6. In Italy Epiphany is celebrated with the tradition of La Befana bringing presents to children. Read more about Italian Epiphany celebrations.

Where and how to celebrate Italian New Year's Eve, or La Festa di San Silvestro, and New Year's Day, or Il Capodanno, in Italy.

Learn how to find a sagra or food festival in rural Italy on Wandering Italy's illustrated guide.

Saint Patrick's Day isn't widely celebrated in Italy but several Italian cities hold Irish parties and festivals. Here are the best places to find Irish festivals and parties for Saint Patrick in Italy.

The palio of Siena is one of Italy's most popular and well-known festivals. Siena's palio competition is a historic horse race around Siena's main piazza but there's much more to it.

Find out where to go to a truffle festival in Italy with our guide to top fall truffle festivals and white truffle fairs.

Italy celebrates several holidays with special events and festivals during winter. Here are major Italian winter holidays.

The Venice film festival is Italy's most important film festival but several other international film festivals are held in Italy, too. Here are Italy's major international film festivals.

A festival recreating the man in the iron mask, Maschera di Ferro, takes place in the Piemonte town of Pinerolo the first weekend of October.

The infiorata in Noto, Sicily, is one of the best.

About.com's Catholicism guide explains the history of patron saints and how they're chosen. Patron saints play a big part in Italian festivals and celebrations.

You can make your Valentine's Day an Italian celebration with special Italian Valentine's Day food and Italian language phrases.

Guide to events for the beatification of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. What you need to know about going to the Vatican beatification events and ceremony for former Pope John Paul II, held in Rome and Vatican City.

Information and resources for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.