Feast And Festivals In Apulia
01 Jun
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1 - 2 June Date to be confirmed
Turi (Bari) - Sagra della ciliegia ferrovia
Not only cherries, also sweets with almond paste, the wines, the "zampine" paws of chopped veal, music and street performers
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1 - 27 June Date to be confirmed
Fasano (Brindisi) - Scamiciata
Historical Parade Reminiscent of the victory over the Turks in 1678, with the participation of people in period costume, theater groups, music, animation, folklore, street performers and twirlers.
28 Jun
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28 - 30 June Date to be confirmed
Galatina (Lecce) - Festa di S.Pietro e Paolo e Morso della Taranta
The traditional patronal feast of Saints Peter and Paul is celebrated in lights, stalls and street performers. Once it represented the time of year when the "tarantàte", victims of the tarantula bite (a spider), asking for the grace to "Santu Paulu de le Tarante". Even today the legend lives on with a performance of "The Meal of the Tarantula", theatrical tasting of typical products of Salento.