Festivities
Naples and its holidays
Una Provincia in Jazz
Naples and sourroundings. 3 June – 14 September.
Summertime to the rhythms of the Ischia Jazz Festival (3-8 June), the Marechiaro Jazz Festival (24-27 June), the Pomigliano Jazz Festival (9-13 July), the Vico Jazz Festival (17-20 July), the Naples Jazz Festival (6-16 August), Sorrento Jazz e Dintorni (23-31 August), the Divino Jazz Festival in Torre del Greco (4-7 September) and the Nick La Rocca European Jazz Festival of San Giorgio a Cremano (11-14 September).
www.turismoregionecampania.it
www.festapiedigrotta.it
La Festa di Piedigrotta
Naples, 4 – 14 September. Piedigrotta.
Originally dedicated to the pleasures of life, this popular festival – proposed for the second straight year – is one of the symbols of what Naples is about, an occasion to soak up the spirit, gaiety, traditions and soul of the city. Eleven days dedicated to concerts, allegorical wagons, shows, craftsmanship and pyrotechnic shows.
Area Flegrea
Flegreinarte 2008
Through 19 October, Anfiteatro Flavio e Terme del Foro di Cuma
Music of every description, from pop to opera, performed by international artists and emerging Campanian talents, plus archaeological itineraries and tastings.
The Feast of San Gennaro
The Feast of San Gennaro (St Januarius), the protector and patron saint of Naples, is celebrated on 19 September. For the occasion the faithful and the saint’s devotees throng the cathedral and await the miracle of the liquefaction of the saint’s blood. Collected after his beheading and preserved in two phials, the martyr’s dried blood turns to liquid when it is exhibited to the worshippers and the event is greeted with applause and prayers of thanks. Punctual liquefaction is viewed by believers as a good sign for the city and its inhabitants, while failure or delay of the miracle is interpreted negatively.