Campania Festivals 2026: The Complete Calendar of Popular Festivals

A heritage that endures

Campania's festivals aren't just gastronomic events; they represent an intangible cultural heritage passed down from generation to generation. Each event revolves around a typical product, a traditional recipe, or a patron saint's day, and becomes an opportunity to rediscover the connection between community and territory. The Campania Region, through the Regional calendar of festivals and popular celebrations, publishes an updated list every year based on reports from municipalities and local tourist boards. Here's the complete month-by-month guide, with dates and details of all the unmissable events in 2026.

The dates shown are indicative and subject to change. Before traveling, it's always advisable to check schedules and any program changes by consulting the official websites of the municipalities, Pro Loco tourist boards, or local tourism boards.

July

Zizzona Village 2026

• Where: Battipaglia (SA)
• Period: Until 15 July 2026
• details: A widespread event featuring street food, music, and entertainment throughout the summer.

Festivals of Liberi 2026

• Where: Free (CE)
• Period: Until 6 September 2026
• details: A series of summer festivals featuring different gastronomic specialties, rotating over the weekends.

Patronal feast of Santa Maria del Carmine

• Where: Santa Maria la Carità (NA), Petraro area
• Date: July 6-19, 2026
• details: A popular religious festival that has been held continuously for over 70 years, featuring liturgical celebrations and performances. Organized by Don Maurizio Molino.

Arrosticini and Hanged Caciocavallo Festival

• Where: Free (CE)
• Date: July 18-19, 2026
• details: Two evenings dedicated to meat arrosticini and caciocavallo impiccato, with music and entertainment.

Padulese Street Food

• Where: Paduli (BN)
• Date: July 18-19, 2026
• details: Street food with traditional Padulese specialties.

Popular Festival of Tammorra

• Where: Sessa Aurunca (CE)
• Date: July 17-19, 2026
• details: Three days dedicated to tammorra and folk music, with food stands.
• Entrance: Free

Chickpea and Porcini Mushroom Bark Festival

• Where: Montecorvino Rovella (SA)
• Date: July 17-20, 2026
• details: Festival dedicated to cortecce (fresh pasta) seasoned with chickpeas and porcini mushrooms.

Party on the Hague

• Where: Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte (BN)
• Date: July 18-19, 2026, 9:00 a.m.
• details: Traditional farmyard festival with local produce and a rustic atmosphere.

Pizzonta and Arrosticini Festival

• Where: Ups and downs of Teano (CE)
• Date: 18 July 2026
• details: A day dedicated to pizzonta (typical focaccia) and arrosticini.

Feast of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim (Celzi di Forino)

• Where: Forino (AV), via Due Principati
• Date: July 20-26, 2026
• details: Celebrations in honor of Saints Anne and Joachim with liturgical services and entertainment. Organized by the Saint Anne Festival Committee.

Mulignana Festival

• Where: Scafati (SA)
• Date: 24 July 2026
• details: Festival dedicated to aubergines in all their preparations.
• Entrance: Free

The Castle of Taste – 5th Truffle Fair

• Where: Sessa Aurunca (CE)
• Date: July 24-26, 2026
• details: Truffle fair with tastings, food stands, and traditional products.

Sagra al Borgo

• Where: Delay (CE)
• Date: July 24-26, 2026
• details: Festival in the picturesque setting of the ancient village, with local specialties.

First Frog Festival

• Where: Cellole (EC)
• Date: July 24-26, 2026
• details: First edition dedicated to the frog as a gastronomic specialty.

Onion Festival of Vatolla

• Where: Vatolla – Perdifumo (SA)
• Period: From 25 July to 22 August 2026
• details: A widespread event celebrating the Vatolla onion, a typical product of Cilento.
• Entrance: Free

Bavarian Pork Knuckle Festival

• Where: Free (CE)
• Date: July 25-26, 2026
• details: Festival dedicated to pork knuckle prepared Bavarian style.

Buffalo Festival

• Where: Mondragone (CE)
• Date: July 25-26, 2026
• details: Two evenings dedicated to buffalo mozzarella pizza and local dairy products.

Biscuit and Ham Festival

• Where: Salerno, Piegolelle Street
• Period: Last week of July 2026
• details: The 32nd edition is dedicated to Salerno's traditional food pairings. Sponsored by the Pro Loco Colline di Giovi.

Miezzo to the scazza and 'indo to the purtuni

• Where: Sessa Cilento (SA)
• Period: Late July – early August 2026
• details: Third edition to preserve local traditions, featuring products from local farms. Organized by the Laboratorio Montestella Association.

Casereccio Festival

• Where: Old Caianello (CE)
• Date: 31 July - 3 August 2026
• details: Four evenings dedicated to traditional homemade products.

August

14th Hanged Caciocavallo Festival

• Where: Sant'Angelo a Cupolo (BN), hamlet of San Marco ai Monti
• Date: August 1, 2026
• details: The fourteenth edition is dedicated to the hanging caciocavallo, a typical Sannio cheese. Organized by the Parish of San Marco Evangelista.

Mozzarella Festival – White Fest

• Where: Cancello and Arnone (CE)
• Date: 1-2 August 2026
• details: A festival entirely dedicated to Campania's DOP buffalo mozzarella, featuring cooking shows, tastings, and workshops.

Ulysses' Spit Roast Festival

• Where: Free (CE)
• Date: 1-2 August 2026
• details: Tasting of meat skewers, a traditional Caserta specialty.

Fresella Festival

• Where: Carano di Sessa Aurunca (CE)
• Date: 1-2 August 2026
• details: Two evenings dedicated to fresella, a summer dish made with stale bread, tomatoes, and olive oil.

Palluottoli Festival

• Where: Cases of Teano (CE)
• Date: August 1, 2026
• details: Festival dedicated to palluottoli, typical breadcrumb dumplings.

Forino Folk Festival

• Where: Forino (AV), via G. Pascoli
• Period: First days of August 2026
• details: 25th international folk music and dance festival featuring folk groups from around the world, along with tastings of gnocchi, fried pizza, tiella, and sandwiches with sausage or cotechino. Organized by the Lupetti Petruresi 1964 Association.

Sagra del Riavulillo

• Where: Vico Equense (NA), Piazza S. Antonino – Arola area
• Period: First days of August 2026
• details: The 29th edition is dedicated to Riavulillo, a typical local dairy product. Organized by the Friends of Riavulillo.

Open trails

• Where: Bucciano (BN), via Roma
• Period: First week of August 2026
• details: Tenth edition featuring tastings of cazzarielli, water and flour gnocchi. Organized by the N'ata Storia Association.

Let's meet

• Where: Frigento (AV), via Cedolone
• Period: First week of August 2026
• details: Fifth edition dedicated to grass peas and Carmasciano cheese. Organized by the Terra Mater Social Cooperative.

Crepes Festival

• Where: Santa Maria a Valogno of Sessa Aurunca (CE)
• Date: August 7, 2026
• details: An evening dedicated to crepes in different variations.

Caserta Black Pork Steak Festival

• Where: Free (CE)
• Date: 8-9 August 2026
• details: Festival dedicated to the Caserta black pig steak, a native Campanian breed.

Montemale Road Racing

• Where: Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte (BN)
• Date: August 12, 2026, 19:00
• details: Running event with tasting of typical local products.

Chop Festival

• Where: Montecorvino Rovella (SA)
• Date: 13-18 August 2026
• details: Six evenings dedicated to the queen of Campania cuisine: braciola al sugo, accompanied by music and conviviality.

Ciammarruchiello Festival

• Where: Buonalbergo (BN), Garibaldi Square
• Date: 13-14 August 2026
• details: The 53rd edition features native land snails, fresh handmade pasta, and local meat and wine, all locally sourced. Organized by the Pro Loco Buonalbergo Tourist Association.

50th Cecatiello Festival

• Where: Sant'Angelo a Cupolo (BN), hamlet of San Marco ai Monti
• Date: August 14, 2026
• details: Half a century of history for the festival dedicated to artisanal cecatiello, a local pasta shape. Organized by the Proloco di San Marco ai Monti.

Agerola Potato Festival

• Where: Agerola (NA)
• Date: August 14, 2026
• details: Festival dedicated to the Agerola potato, one of the most prized products of the Lattari Mountains.

Texas-Style Pork Rib Festival

• Where: Free (CE)
• Date: 15-16 August 2026
• details: Two evenings dedicated to Texan-style pork ribs.

Foglianise Wheat Festival

• Where: Foglianise (BN)
• Period: First half of August 2026
• details: 34th edition for cultural, historical, religious, sporting, and volunteer purposes. Organized by the Municipality of Foglianise.

Frigento Accordion Festival

• Where: Frigento (AV), locality Piano della Croce
• Period: Mid-August 2026
• details: 33rd edition with accordion performances and local food offerings.

Festival of Fusillo al Ferretto

• Where: Castelpoto (BN), Tenente Mancini Square
• Period: Mid-August 2026
• details: The 36th edition is dedicated to fusillo al ferretto, a typical Sannio pasta. Organized by the Parish of San Nicola.

Paddoccola Festival

• Where: Alfano (SA), Piazza Cav. G. Greco
• Period: Mid-August 2026
• details: The 15th edition features the serving of paddoccola, a Cilento specialty. Organized by Don Aniello Carinci.

Cicategli and Sausicchia Festival

• Where: Campolattaro (BN), Urbano de Agostini Square
• Period: Mid-August 2026
• details: The 27th edition is dedicated to cavatelli and sausage. Organized by Pro Loco Campolattaro.

Festoon of Grottaminarda

• Where: Grottaminarda (AV), Corso Vittorio Emanuele
• Period: Second half of August 2026
• details: The 133rd edition of this historic festival features band performances, illuminations, and fireworks competitions. One of the longest-running events in Campania.

Baked Gnocchi Festival

• Where: Free (CE)
• Date: 22-23 August 2026
• details: Two evenings dedicated to baked gnocchi, with music and entertainment.

Mondragone Pizza Festival

• Where: Mondragone (CE)
• Date: 27-30 August 2026
• details: Four days dedicated to pizza in all its variations, with live pizza chefs, show cooking, and tastings.

Montanare Festival in Festa XL

• Where: Free (CE)
• Date: 29-30 August 2026
• details: Special edition dedicated to montanara, the typical fried pizza from Campania.

Mexican party

• Where: Caturano di Macerata Campania (CE)
• Date: 28-30 August 2026
• details: Three Mexican-themed evenings with food, music, and shows.

Festival of Ancient Sounds

• Where: Novi Velia (SA)
• Period: Late August – early September 2026
• details: The 22nd edition is dedicated to folk songs in honor of the Madonna del Sacro Monte, food and wine, and local crafts. Organized by the Nascette a Novi association.

September

Ischia Gypsy Festival with Hanged Caciocavallo

• Where: Free (CE)
• Date: 5-6 September 2026
• details: Festival dedicated to the Ischian zingara, a typical dish of the Campania coast, paired with caciocavallo impiccato.

Sacred Pomodoro

• Where: Striano (NA), via Risorgimento
• Period: First week of September 2026
• details: 21st edition to showcase traditional products and local artisanal skills. Organized by Pro Loco Striano.

Feast of the Ancient Flavors

• Where: Castellammare di Stabia (NA), Fondo D'Orto Crossroads
• Period: Mid-September 2026
• details: Second edition dedicated to the history of the Persica Bridge, with historical tales, folk songs and dances, comedy shows, and tastings of ricotta cheese, Canary beans, and Schito artichokes. Organized by the Associazione Quartiere Attivo.

Porcini Mushroom Festival

• Where: Castelcivita (SA), historic center
• Period: Last week of September 2026
• details: The 31st edition is dedicated to porcini mushrooms, a typical product of Cilento. Organized by the Castelcivita Pro Loco.

October

Partenio Chestnut Festival

• Where: Arpanise (BN), Russi District
• Period: Mid-October 2026
• details: 28th edition of the Partenio Chestnut Festival. Organized by the Pro Loco Generoso Papa of Arpanise.

53rd Chestnut Festival

• Where: Sicignano degli Alburni (SA)
• Period: Second half of October 2026 (two weekends)
• details: Food tours, reenactments of local traditions, chestnuts, honey, cured meats, and cheeses served, and handcrafted wooden, wicker, and ceramic items for sale. Organized by the Municipality of Sicignano degli Alburni.

Castelcivita Mountain Potato Festival

• Where: Castelcivita (SA), historic center
• Period: Last week of October 2026
• details: 13th edition to promote the "Biancone di Castelcivita," a typical mountain potato. Organized by the La Pagoda Association.

Montella PGI Chestnut Festival

• Where: Montella (AV)
• Date: October 30 - November 8, 2026
• details: A festival dedicated to the Montella PGI chestnut, one of Irpinia's finest products, with tastings, markets, and shows.

November

Festival of Festivals

• Where: Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi (AV)
• Date: November 14-15, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
• details: A grand final event bringing together the best of Irpinia's gastronomic traditions, with stands selling typical products from all the local festivals.

Novello and Chestnuts

• Where: Torrecuso (BN), Fusco Square
• Period: Mid-November 2026
• details: The eighth edition is dedicated to pairing new wine with chestnuts, for cultural, religious, sporting, and volunteer purposes. Organized by the Torrecuso Youth Forum.

Sagra del Fagiolo di Controne

• Where: Controne (SA)
• Period: Late November – early December 2026
• details: 40th edition dedicated to the Controne DOP bean and local extra virgin olive oil. Organized by the Municipality of Controne.

How to best experience Campania's festivals

Attending a festival in Campania requires a little organization. Here are some helpful tips:

• Always check the official dates on the websites of the Municipalities or Pro Loco: the events may be subject to changes due to weather conditions or organisational needs.
• Many festivals take place in villages and hamlets accessible by private transport: check parking availability and consider carpooling.
• Bring cash: Not all food stands accept electronic payments.
• Most events offer free admission and reasonably priced drinks, but for larger festivals, it's best to arrive early to avoid queues.
• Many events offer areas dedicated to children with entertainment and games.
• Behind every festival lies the work of volunteer associations, Pro Loco, and parishes: participating means supporting these organizations that keep tradition alive.

Happy summer festivals to everyone!