Sicily has a rich calender of events and festivals throughout the year. Browse through the highlights below.

	Sicily Sicily is has so many interesting events throughout the year from the Couscous festival in Trapani, well-know Film Festival in Taormina, the traditional religious celebrations in the villages and towns ...			Palermo Santa Rosalia Pilgrimage – 4 September. The statue is kept in the Sanctuary of Monte Pellegrino. On the 4th September, the saint’s birthday, the people, for thanks received or for devotion, go on foot from Palermo up to the Sanctuary on the mountain. ...
	Cefalù May, second half: TROFEO FLORIO - The Historical Rally known as the “Trofeo Florio” is part of the European Historic Sporting Rally Championship and the Italian Rally Trophy. ...			Castelbuono Castelbuono’s main festival is in honour of their patron Sant'Anna, which culminates in a huge procession of her reliquary on the 27th of July. ...
	Pollina Every July (on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the second week of the month), Pollina celebrates the Festa di San Giuliano through a rather unusual and suggestive secular rite. ...			San Mauro Castelverde Through a complex series of pulleys, ropes and winches the statue of the Madonna is made to rise symbolically into the heavens. ...
	Geraci Siculo Every seven years (the next is in 2011), on the third Sunday of July, the 'a Carvaccata di Vistiamara takes place, an event dating back to 1643 which is the third largest in the Madonie. It is an original form of thanksgiving and eternal recognition for the predilection God showed towards shepherds. ...			Isnello The Sagra della Frittella (frittedda in dialect; “Feast of the Fritter”) was born to celebrate the harvest of the first beans and artichokes cooked together with peas and wild fennel. From these ingredients the frittedda was born. ...
	Gratteri The town is best known for its embroidery and for various eagerly anticipated events such as the Feast of Saint Joseph (Festa di San Giuseppe) on the 19th of March, the Feast of the Patron Saint (Festa del Santo Patrono) on the 8th of September, and on the 9th the beautiful procession made in honour of St John the Apostle (San Giacomo Apostolo). ...			Collesano From the 7th to the 15th of August the Cheese Festival is held, with a variety of typical local produce on display. The cheese accompanied by the many delicious Sicilian wine and Italian wine. ...
	Petralia Soprana La Sagra del Salgemma is held in summer in the area of Raffo and is dedicated to the salt mines which are in this area. During the month of August there is the Matrimonio Baronale (the Baronial Wedding) with horses, cavaliers and noble ladies in period costume recalling the aristocratic weddings of the 17th century who parade through the streets towards the town square ...			Petralia Sottana Ballo della Cordella – Sicilian equivalent to the maypole dance. A thanksgiving dance for a good harvest – 3rd Sunday in August ...
	Polizzi Generosa What is without doubt one of the most beautiful and suggestive events of the summer in Polizzi takes place on the third Sunday of July: the Festa della Neve (“Festival of Snow”). ...			Gangi A local tradition known as i Cumpari consists of a lunch or supper organised by a group of friends on the Thursdays that precede the giovedì grasso (literally, “fat Thursday”) of Carnival: more precisely, there is the Thursday di l’amici (of friends), di cumpari, and di cummari. ...
	Enna The residents of Enna are divided into confraternities, each having its “spiritual contrada or quarter. Every confraternity has is own hierarchy of officers, church and traditional costume. ...			Sant'Ambrogio The distance of the Marathon consist of 10 laps around the one-way system of Sant’Ambrogio total of approximately 10kms ... not really a marathon!!! ...