Rome Events

Annual Events

Address: Via Crucis, Rome Dates: April 10, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The city's Good Friday Procession is part of the Easter celebration in the city, honoring the Catholic Holy Week. The torch-lit procession begins at the Via Crucis at the Colosseum and moves toward the Monte Palatino.

Address: San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome Category: Performance - Concert / Music - Pop / Top 40 Dates: May 1, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Held on the first of May to welcome spring, this popular music event is free of charge and draws crowds to rock to the music played by popular Italian bands along with a smattering of international well-knowns. The festival is located in front of San Giovanni in Laterano. Food and souvenir vendors are scattered...

Address: Tiberina Island, Rome Category: Fair / Festival - Film / Video Dates: June 1 - August 31, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Located on Tiberina Island along the lovely Tevere River, this free film festival offers an exciting roster of screenings. The event also includes a wealth of other activities, including musical performances, dance and fashion shows, and food and wine tastings.

Address: 1245, Via Appia Nuova, Rome 00181 Category: Fair / Festival - Cultural Dates: June 18 - August 16, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The sounds of Latin music undulate through the area near the Capanelle Hippodrome from late June until early August. Food and drink vendors are readily available at the festival, adding to the ever present party vibe.

Address: San Giovanni, Rome Category: Fair / Festival - Other Dates: June 24, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The Festa di San Giovanni, or the Feast of St. John the Baptist, comes during late June on the Roman calendar. A number of celebrations are held throughout the city, including a procession to the basilica of San Giovanni and lively activities that center around tasty eats in the neighborhood of San Giovanni. In fact,...

Address: Trastevere, Rome Category: Fair / Festival - Food / Drink Dates: July 18, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Festa di Noantri is a combination religious, food and musical event that's held in the Trastevere neighborhood of the city. Live music sets the backdrop as this area of the city becomes an open-air restaurant, with tables outside lining the streets and waiters scurrying from table to table busily taking orders....

Address: various locations, Rome Category: Fair / Festival - Holiday / Seasonal Dates: August 15, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

August 15th marks a holiday in Italy called Ferragosto. Many businesses are closed and a variety of celebrations are held throughout the city in honor of the Feast of the Assumption, the time that Roman Catholics believe to be the day when the Virgin Mary was taken bodily to Heaven. Prior to the advent of the Roman...

Address: Via Flaminia, Rome Category: Fair / Festival - Film / Video Dates: October 15 - October 23, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

This October event draws film lovers from all over, including big-name Hollywood stars like Richard Gere, Harrison Ford, and Nicole Kidman. High quality films are part of the series and hail from all over the world, with over 600 screenings. The festival spawns myriad side events too, from restaurants offering foods...

Address: Piazza del Popolo, Rome Category: Holiday / Seasonal Event - New Year's Eve / Day Dates: December 31, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

There's plenty of family fun and excitement to be had on New Year's Eve at Piazza del Popolo. Traditional Italian food and wine, live music concerts, merchandise vendors and more fill the square, ready to ring in the New Year.

Address: Piazza del Popolo, Rome Category: Fair / Festival - Holiday / Seasonal Dates: January 1, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

New Year's Day is a time for celebration and high hopes for the year to come. Each New Year's an annual block party at the Piazza del Popolo welcomes the New Year with gusto. Clowns, super heroes, acrobats and more entertain children of all ages. The city's New Year's Parade is also widely attended as it wends its way...