Puglia 2023 What’s On. A calendar of Puglia’s LGBTQIA+ cultural and other selected events.
January
7 January | Makumba, Bari
Gay nightclub. Continuing their 2023 winter season.
More | Makumba Tribe Village on Facebook
21 January | Pazzeska, Bari
Gay friendly nightclub. Work in progress | Info Giannelli 3463758593 | 📍Garage Sound via Mauro Amoruso Manzari 62/7 B Bari.
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More | Pazzeska on Facebook
28 January | Makumba, Bari
Gay nightclub. With special guest La Diamond, winner of Drag Race Italia, S2. Last night of their winter season | 📍The New Circle Disco, Strada Statale 16 – USCITA 14A c/o Palaghiaccio – BARI CITTA’.
More | Makumba Tribe Village on Facebook
February
4, 12, 19 & 21 February | Carnevale di Putignano
Puglia’s most famous carnival, one of the oldest in Italy, returns for its 629th edition. Tens of thousands line the street to watch the famous parade with colourful floats boasting oversized papier-mâché satirical caricatures. Parades on Saturday 4, Sunday 12, Sunday 19 and Tuesday 21 February, from 18.30.
Concerts, events and shows take place from 2 – 25 February. 📍Putignano (BA).
More | Carnevale di Putignano website (in Italian)
March
April
May
June
10 June | Puglia Pride, Foggia
After an 8-year gap, Puglia Pride returns to Foggia. Prontə!
More | Puglia Pride on Facebook
29 June | Sherocco, Ostuni
Italian language LGBTQIA+ cultural festival in the Valle d’Itria. Blowing the SHE/HER wind of change through the Ostuni countryside. Continues until 2nd July.
More | Sherocco on Facebook
July
1 July | Salento Pride, Lecce
Salento Pride returns to Lecce in 2023. No further details known yet.
More | Salento Pride on Facebook
Continuing to 2 July | Sherocco, Ostuni
Italian language LGBTQIA+ cultural festival in the Valle d’Itria. Blowing the SHE/HER wind of change through the Ostuni countryside.
More | Sherocco on Facebook
August
September
October
November
December
June
Salento Pride is scheduled to take place in Lecce on 1st July 2023.
In 2022 there were five Pride parades in Puglia. Matera Pride took place in Basilicata, the neighboring region. Other LGBTQ+ cultural events take place in Puglia throughout the year, including the Bari International Gender film festival, Sherocco Italian language festival in the Valle d’Itria and Masseria Wave, a 6-week+ long queer summer festival, in Salento.