
The calendar of events will be offered from April to October 2011 and will be updated every week. Each following month will be published a few days before the end of the current month.
Wed, 31.08. - Sat, 03.09.
Festa dei Fichi - Fig festival
At the country estate Cooperativa Nuovo Cilento takes place an agriculture festival with the fig -now ready to harvest- as it's main topic. With guided tours through the fig plantations,information about biological agriculture, movies and of course music won't miss.
Venue: Cooperativa Nuovo Cilento at S. Mauro Cilento
Further information...

Fri, 02.09.
Palinuro - Borgo Festival
Concert at Palinuro with a mix out of classical music, soundtrack and jazz. On the "piazzas" in the centre of Palinuro.
Start: 9 p.m.
End: 11.45 p.m
Fri, 02.09. - Sun. 04.09.
Sagra del Pesce a Pioppi - Fish festival at Pioppi
Main protagonist in those three days will be the Alice (
Alici di Menaica, traditional anchovies fishing in the Cilento). The speciality will be served in all different variations; with pasta, on peppermint sauce, amrinated or grilled. On every three evenings there will be served a different menue.
A traditional special treat to pamper your palate!
Venue: Castello Vinciprova at Pioppi, in the evenings
Fr, 02.09. - So. 04.09.
Festival degli antichi suoni - Festival of ancient sounds
The festival of ancient sounds is allways appreciated because of its music and the atmosphere it gives. There will be played and heard those sounds that accompanied the people in the south in the last cebturies and that shouldn't get lost for future generations. Stands will gibe the opportunity to try and buy the traditional music instruments as well as other local traditional handcraft.
In the evenings on the piazzas and in the streets of the historical centre in Novi Velia.
Further information, videos and samples...
Sun, 04.09.
Mercatino dell'Usato (flee market in Policastro - Santa Marina, Piazza del Popolo (Lungomare), all day long)
Sun, 04.09.
Concerto di Gala alla Certosa di Padula - Gala concertin the Carthusian abbey of Padula
The famous monastery of Padula is venue for the third edition of the "Saxophon Masters". Top of the event is the gala concert on Sunday 4th of September with M° J.Y.Fourmeau and its "Hot Saxophone Quartet".
Free entry.
Start: 8 p.m.
Sun, 04.09.
Festa di S. Rosalia (feast of saints in Lentiscosa)
Sun, 04.09. - Sun, 11.09.
Equinozio d’autunno - autumn equinox
Concerts in San Giovanni a Piro und Scario:
04.09, 9 p.m.: MARIO CASTELNUOVO in concerto - SCARIO, Piazza Immacolata
05.09., 9 p.m.: ROUTUMBÈ in concerto - SAN GIOVANNI A PIRO Piazza Giovanni Paolo II
06.09., 7.30 pm: Verköstigung regionaler Produkte sowie Ausstellung von Kunsthandwerk aus dem Cilento; 9 p.m.: GIULIANO GABRIELE E LA JARACANDA in Concerto, SAN GIOVANNI A PIRO Piazza Giovanni Paolo II
07.09, 9 p.m.: ALLA BUA in Concerto - Bosco, Piazza 7 Luglio 1828
08.09., 9 p.m.: BANDABARDO in concerto, SAN GIOVANNI A PIRO Píazza Giovanni Paolo II
09.09., 7 p.m.: Gran Concerto Lirico Sinfonico, BOSCO Piazza 7 Luglio 1828
10.09., 9 p.m.: MIMMO LOCASCIULLI in concerto, SCARIO Piazzale del Porto
11.09., 9 p.m.: Edoardo Bennato in concerto, SCARIO Piazzale del Porto

Tue, 06.09. - Wed, 07.09.
L'antica Sagra del Pesce - traditional fish festival
Again the traditional fish festival in Maratea takes place. On the piazza Europafrish caught fish can be tasted and bought. Fish fans should not miss this occasion!

Mi, 07.09.
Il maestro Uto Ughi in concerto - Masters concert with Uto Ughi
Free entry for great music on this evening in the archeologicál zone of Paestum. Master and violonist Uto Ughi will conduct the philharmonical orchestra of Rome.; topic "recount of the stones". The programm contents owrks of Johann Sebastian Bach, Pugnani, Kresler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Paganini.
Beginn: 21:00 Uhr

Wed 07.09. - Sun, 11.09.
La Frecagnola a Cannalonga - Goat festival at Cannalonga
During those five days Cannalonga transforms to a meeting of folcloric groups, music events, expositions and spectacles about history, customs and traditions, and of course of regional gastronomic specialities i.a. from products of the "frecagnola" (special kind of goat).
The spectacle starts every evening about 8 p.m.
Venue: Cannalonga (interior of the Cilento, north of Pisciotta)
Further information...
Thu 08.09.
Festa della Madonna della Sala (feast of saints in S. Mauro Cilento)
Festa di Maria SS. do Portosalvo (feast of saints in Marina di Psciotta)

Sat, 10.09.
Festa del Pescatore - Fishermen feast
Highlight of the fishermens feast will be without doubt the concert of the Cilento pop-folk-songster Piera Lombardi; hr music let's your feeds dance.
10:20 pm., port of Marina di Camerota
But not only music accompanies the feast. What would be a fishermens feast without delicacies of fresh fish. Take a glass of regional wine to perfect the pleasure.
To the music of Piera Lombardi...

Sun, 11.09.
Degustazione del Vino Grottino di Roccanova - wine tasting: Vino Grottino di Roccanova
With the end of the summer season a last time Maratea offers a tasting of regional specialities: This time it's wine tasting of the Grottino di Roccanova. Its grapes grow in the Agri valley with Roccanova as its wine city. It's a perfect addition for the famous "dieta mediterrana".
Venue: Piazza Buraglia, Maratea
Start: 8 p.m.
Fri, 16.09. - Sat, 18.09.
Maracucciata
Those two days are dedicated to produce and taste the Maracucciata. Main ingredient is flour of Maracuccio, a traditional kind of cereal, similar looking to pies. in ancient times it was a common corn for the farmers, now it almost disapeared only to slowly come back again with the new food movement like slow food.
Venue: Marina di Camerota
Wed, 21.09.
Festa di Si. Matteo (feast of saints in Casal Velino)
Festa di Padre Pio (feast of saints in Marina di Camerota)
Thu, 22.09.
Festa di Padre Pio (feast of saints in Marina di Camerota)
Fri, 23.09.
Festa di Padre Pio (feast of saints in Marina di Camerota)
Fr, 23.09.
liberati le tartarughe - turtles free
Crudelia, Silvio, Ron, Alluvione, Vivara, FU, Giuseppina, Tina, Alone, Faraway, Scaricata, Nick, Eugenio, Pontina, Ulisse2 - these are the names of the big see turtles that will, equipped with a signal, will be let free again. Crudelia and her friends had been found injured and not able to live any more on their own (most of them ate plastic) and pampered in the rehab centre l'Acquario "Anton Dohrn" at Naples. Now they shall live ans swim on their own again. With the help of the signal their route can be traced daily on the website seaturtle.org.
Start: 12.00 a.m. at Pisciotta, località Gabella
Fri, 23.09. - Sun, 25.09.
Marina si fa bella! - Marina gets pretty!
On September 16th representants of the community, assoociations as well as citizens met together with the italian environmental association Legambiente to work out a project that's called "Clean up the World".
With the topic "Marina gets pretty" all volunteers are invited from September 23rd - 25th to participate in the cleaning campaign for a cleaner Marina di Camerota.
Meeting point: Friday, 9 a.m., port of Marina di Camerota.
Fr, 23.09. - So, 25.09.
Botteghe e mestieri - work shop and handcraft
A meeting in honour to traditional handcraft and enogastronomy. With workshops for traditional cilentanian handcraft, Pizza Cilentana and wine production as well as programme in the evening from 7 p.m. on.
Venue: Giungano
Sat, 24.09.
in concerto: Manuela Villa
This Saturay the songster Manuela Villa will present her rich repertoire of music and fascinate the public.
Venue: Piazza Virgilio at Palinuro
Start: 10 p.m.
To the music of Manuela Villa...
Sun, 25.09.
Festa di S. Antonio (feast of saints in Palinuro mit Kerzenprozession auf dem Meer)
Festa di S. Pantaleone (feast of saints in Camerota)

Sun, 25.09.
la finale di miss Italia Sud - Final of the elections of Miss Southern Italy
Finale of the elections at Roccadaspide.
Venue: Piazza XX Settembre, Roccadaspide
Time: 9 p.m. - 11.45
Free entry

Fri, 30.09. - Sun, 09.10.
Raduno Internazionale delle Mongolfiere - International hot-air-baloon meeting
For the third time this meeting takes place in Paestum. Daily different balloons will be prepaired and further Fridays and the weekends there is a programme with music and the possibility to balloon by night!
Further information...
Market days
Monday: Acciaroli (at the harbour), Palinuro (Corso Carlo Pisacane; only every 2nd Mo.), Stella Cilento, Scário (Piazza Marinai close to the harbour)
Tuesday: San Giovanni a Piro (Piazza Vittoria), Villammare (close to the post office)
Wednesday: Novi Velia, Acquavella, Agnone, Ascea, Pisciotta (Piazza Raffaele Pinto; in summer time sometimes at the harbour of Marina di Pisciotta), Camerota (Piazza San Vito)
Thursday: Agropoli (Piazza Mercato), Capaccio-Paestum (at the church of San Vito), Marina di Ascea (At the Lungomare), Omignano, Palinuro (Corso Carlo Pisacane; only every 2nd Thursday.)
Friday: Marina di Camerota (at the harbour; only every 2nd Fr.), Marina di Casalvelino (Piazzale del Porto)
Saturday: Maratea (Piazza Europa, every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month), Santa Maria di Castellabate (Piazza Matarazzo)
Sunday: Vallo della Lucania
The markets normally take place in the morning between 07:00 and 13:00.
From mid June to end of August in Camerota every Wednesday evening a market with products typical for the region takes place (groceries and crafts).
All information without guarantee.