Festa dei Morti ★ 4.5
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.
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.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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.
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.
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.
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.