Romelocation-guides.com - location guide to Rome featuring Rome Festivals information, annual festival listing for Rome, Italy - Last updated 31/12/2008.
Rome, one of Italy's most cosmopolitan cities, features a superb calendar of annual events, with many of the city's most noteworthy festivals reflecting the Roman Catholic faith. Popular festivals in Rome include the following events.
Annual Rome Festivals
January: Epiphany, notable religious holiday known in Rome as Befana, centred around St. Peter's Basilica, with further events at the Piazza Navona
March: Rome Marathon, taking place at the end of the month, with large number of athletes run around the main roads in central Rome, passing many of the city's most prominent sights along the way
April: Easter, with large numbers of religious festivities throughout the city, including the Procession of the Cross on Good Friday, lead by the Pope, together with a mass in St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday
May: Concerts, taking place throughout the month at Rome's renowned Teatro Olimpico
June: Pesaro Film Festival / International Exhibition of New Cinema, with various screening in central venues
July: Noianti Festival, featuring a mixture of live folk music, dancing and a spectacular fireworks display, honouring the Virgin Carmine
July: Operas and Ballets, with a range of performance taking place throughout the month at the Teatro dell'Opera, on the Piazza Beniamino Gigli
August: Festa della Madonna della Neve, notable religious festival attracting large crowds
August: Feast of Our Lady of the Snow, taking place at the beginning on the month, with services at Santa Maria Maggiore
December: Feast of the Immaculate Conception, attended by the Pope, centered around the Piazza di Spagnathis
Rome, one of Italy's most cosmopolitan cities, features a superb calendar of annual events, with many of the city's most noteworthy festivals reflecting the Roman Catholic faith. Popular festivals in Rome include the following events.