Tarantismo, and the chapel at Galatina
The rite of the tarantate has a precise address, and a date: 29 June.
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Pizzica and the Notte della Taranta: Italy’s biggest folk festival
Pizzica is the trance dance of the Salento, and the Notte della Taranta is the festival built around it. What it is, where it comes from, and how to go.
Notte della Taranta 2026: on 22 August Melpignano dances with Ermal Meta
The Concertone returns to Melpignano on Saturday 22 August 2026: Ermal Meta as maestro concertatore for the first time, the Mediterranean as the theme, and the guests announced so far.
Events in Puglia in August 2026: the complete guide, week by week
Seven areas, one calendar. From the Negramaro in Lecce and Bari to the Concertone of the Notte della Taranta and the 20th Mediterranean Games at Taranto, week by week.
Events in the Salento in August 2026: the complete guide, day by day
In August in the Salento you do not plan, you cope. Sagre, luminarie, patron saints’ feasts and the Concertone at Melpignano: the calendar day by day, and the five to pick if time is short.
July in Puglia: the festivals, the luminarie and the sagre
Opera in the masserie of the Valle d’Itria, the light cathedrals of Scorrano, John Legend at Ostuni and the octopus festival at Mola di Bari. What a Puglian July looks like, with the 2026 calendar as the worked example.
