Corsica Events Calendar

Rural Festivals

Celebrating local produce, Corsica’s rural festivals offer a fantastic insight into the Corsican people and their love for the island.

A Fiera di U Casgiu - 4th and 5th May 2019
This is a rural cheese and local produce fair in Venaco. For 20 years, this festival has promoted pastoralism. Exhibitions and sales of farm cheeses and other Corsican artisanal products are on the program. This fair aims to promote, support and enhance the farm economy.

Fiera di U Vinu - 6th and 7th July 2019 
For those who love wine. The  in the heart of the village of Luri, invites you to taste wines from across Corsica. This festival is also a major gathering for the island’s wine producers.

Fiera di l’Alivu - 20th and 21st July 2019 
At Montegrosso around 10,000 visitors per year honour the olive. With exhibitions demonstrating olive production over the years and artisans selling refreshments and local produce, olive and olive oil lovers will be delighted by the products on offer at this local festival.

Music festivals

Jazz Festival - 24th to 19th June June 2019
Ajaccio hosts a jazz festival every year at this time showcasing some of the most exciting international and French artists on the jazz scene today.

Fete de la Musique - 21st June 
Numerous free live music events are held each year across the island with the main events taken place in Bastia.

Calvi on the Rocks -  5th to 10th July 2019
Calvi On The Rocks is an electronic music festival in Corsica. Effortlessly cool and musically diverse, the lineup comprises the freshest DJs from the worlds of house, techno, soul, and disco.  Read more here!

Nuits de la Guitare - 20th to 27th July 2019
The amphitheater in the village of Patrimonio is the setting for the Nuits de la Guitare, this popular festival that takes place every July and draws stars from the world of guitar, be it jazz, flamenco, blues or rock. Recent guest performers include Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, George Benson, and Simple Minds. 

Porto Latino in St Florent - 3rd to 6th August 2019
A hot Latin festival with nightly open-air concerts held at St Florent's Citadel. For more details please visit their website here!

Historical events

Bastille Day - 14th July 2018
A nationwide celebration to commemorate the French Revolution and the end of the 'Ancien Regime' with various parades, night time animations and firework displays.

A Notte di a Memoria - the Relève du Gouverneur - 21st July 2019
This is a re-enactment of the arrival of the French governor. The Old Port of Bastia goes back in time and becomes a scene from more than 500 years ago. The historical spectacle traces the handover of power between the governors of Bastia, appointed by Genoa and the new governor. Accompanied by a procession of 150 extras, the new governor crosses the streets of the old town and Port to the Place du Dungeon. Demonstrations of flag throwers, drumming and other activities take place at the start and finish of the procession. The dancers, musicians, actors, archers, fencers, troubadours, flag throwers, and illuminations of the citadel are all unmissable.