Food festivals in Palermo worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Palermo worth planning a trip around, by month.
The Festino di Santa Rosalia on 14 to 15 July in Palermo is the city's 400-year-old patron-saint festival, with street food stalls, babbaluci snails, watermelon, and a triumphal cart parade.
Focus: Sicilian street food, babbaluci (snails), watermelon
Sfincione Fest in mid-November in Bagheria 15km east of Palermo fills Corso Umberto I with sfincione vendors from 30-plus bakeries, the canonical Bagherese white sfincione carte with cooking shows and music.
Focus: Sfincione (Sicilian focaccia pizza)
Cous Cous Fest at San Vito Lo Capo north-west of Palermo in late September is the Mediterranean's largest couscous festival, with chefs from 10-plus countries and live music nightly.
Focus: Couscous trapanese, Mediterranean and North African couscous
The Festa dei Morti on 1 to 2 November in Palermo is the city's All Souls market festival, with stalls of frutta martorana, biscotti dei morti and pupi di zucchero across all three markets.
Focus: Frutta martorana, biscotti dei morti, Sicilian sweets
Festa di San Giuseppe on 19 March in Palermo brings sfincia di San Giuseppe (ricotta cream pastry) to every pasticceria, the city's St Joseph's Day annual sweet that runs all March.
Focus: Sfincia di San Giuseppe, frittelle di riso, pasta con le sarde