Naples Events

Maggio dei monumenti (May of the monuments), May, a period of cultural events during which private collections and monuments that are normally closed to the public are made accessible for everyone
Open-air Film Festival, Jun-Sep, the best of European and international cinema is screened in the Parco del Poggio near the Capodimonte Area (website: www.accordiedisaccordi.com)
Napoli Film Festival, Jun, international film festival at Cinema Filangieri with European, Mediterranean and Neapolitan film (website: www.napolifilmfestival.com)
Neapolis Festival, Jul, music festival with Italian and international pop and rock stars performing at Arena Flegrea (website: www.neapolis.it)
Giovanisuoni, Jun, music festival for up and coming Naples bands held at the Leonardo Space within the City of Science (website: www.giovanisuoni.it)
Intenational Horse Racing Show, Jun, a spectacle that takes place on the Piazza del Plebiscito in the city centre and attracts many international horse riders to Naples each year (website: www.csipiazzadelplebiscito.it)
Festa della Santa Maria del Carmine, Jul, this religious festival starts the night before the saint's day itself, with the Incendio del Campanile, which literally means ‘the burning of the church tower'. It does actually looks as if the belltower itself, the highest point of the city, is on fire. On the day of the saint, Holy Mass is celebrated every hour of the day from seven o'clock in the morning until seven o'clock at night
Napoli Jazz Festival, Sep, festival attracting big Italian and international jazz stars to perform at various venues in the city (website: www.napolijazzfestival.it)
Pizzafest, Sep, a 10-day pizza festival with the city's best pizza makers competing to make the best pizza (website: www.pizzafest.info/home.htm)
San Gennaro Festival, 19 Sep, the dried blood from the beheaded San Gennaro liquefies (or so it is claimed) in the Duomo, something that inspires awe in believers and is celebrated throughout the city
Pasta Show, Oct, a festival celebrating pasta throughout the city
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