brindisi events calendar

There is always something great to do in Brindisi city. Check out our events calendar below. Mingle with the local Brindisini and enjoy these great experiences.

JANUARY 2025

new year's concert by young talent

January 1 2025 - 6:30 PM
Join this lovely hour of music to welcome 2025. This traditional  Brindisi "Concert for the New Year" is  scheduled for Wednesday, January 1 at the Nuovo Teatro Verdi. The performance will be by the Orchestra Sistema Musica, a team made up of children and young people from 6 to 15 years old, led by Maestro Antonio Martino.

With famous Italian pianist Mirko Signorile
The concert will feature the extraordinary participation of Mirko Signorile, one of the most talented pianists on the Italian scene. Journalist Antonio Celeste will present the evening. Tickets  – single seat, 3 euros – are available exclusively at the theatre box office, open Monday to Friday from 11 am to 1 pm and from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm. Sales start on 24 December. 

Promise of hope
The choice to give young musicians the task of ringing in the year is not accidental. At a time when the challenges of the present world are viewed with concern, the energy and freshness of children represent a promise of hope and social recovery.

december 2024

christmas program

From 6 December 2024 to 6 January 2025
Several Brindisi organizations present a rich and qualified calendar of Christmas initiatives in the historic centre of the city, at the ex-monastry Scuole Pie. 

The program is called "L'inverno errante - walking between taste and art"


Location: Scuole Pie -Via Giovanni Tarantini 35.
Attention: 2 events will depart from piazza Vittoria.

Friday 6 December, at 5:30 and 7:00 pm musical-theatrical show “Il Canto di Natale" (a Christmas Carol), opera by Charles Dickens in Jazz style with live accordion and piano music with singing voice. By Tony Bottazzo and Francesco Sciascia, AttoTerzo Theatre Company. Free admission.

On several days:  For the little ones there will be a meeting with Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and the helper Elf on 7-12-13-21 December, always from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  And a meeting with the Befana-witch, in the morning from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on 6 January. Free admission.

Saturday 7 December, 7:30 pm: “Secca d'acqua concert", a concert by Vincenzo Maggiore and Giancarlo Pagliara, voice and piano, bringing to light a new work of unreleased songs and musical quotes inspired by the maritime tradition. Free admission.

Sunday 8 December, 6 PM, Workshop "Dolce come il miele" (sweet like honey). Preparation, tasting and market of local food products.

Saturday, December 14 , 5 PM, Workshop Christmas cookies specially for kids. Free admission.
- 6-8 PM, Workshop tipical local pastry "Ncartiddati e Purcidduduzzi"
- 8:45 PM, Concert "Notte di Pace - Sui Passi della Fede",  RUAHart Artistic Worship

Sunday 15 December, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm “Peregrinando a suon di Zampogne”, a musical walk in the historic centre. Free admission.

Friday 20 December, 5:30 pm: Community Tombola, an opportunity for fun and conviviality.

Saturday 21 December, 7:00 pm: traditional songs and dances, with the group “Addu Sciamu Sciamu” Casa di Quartiere San Bao.

Sunday 22 December
- 10:00 am: watch the Christmas bike ride, starting from Piazza Vittoria. Everyone on bikes wearing Christmas clothes, hats and Santa Claus clothes, themed sweaters.
- 7:30 pm: concert “Intra allu core te la terra stae”, this musical show is an initiative in collaboration with guitarist Enrico Caiffa and singer Eugenia Marzano. Free admission.


Monday 6 January, at 10:15 am:  By bike we reach the Befana witch (sweet for children), starting from Piazza Vittoria. Everyone on a bike wearing something fun to reach the Befana at the Cloister of the former Convent of the Scuole Pie.