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 346 375 8593 | 📍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. 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)
18 February | Makumba, Bari
Gay nightclub. ★☆ C A R N E V A L I S S I M A ☆★ | 📍The New Circle Disco, Strada Statale 16 – USCITA 14A c/o Palaghiaccio – BARI CITTA’.
More | Makumba Tribe Village on Facebook
21 February | Pazzeska, Bari
For the first time one crazy night, bringing together: 
Adoro & Pazzeska 
start ore 21.30 LA MOJITERIA
Viale Einaudi n 53 Bari
Gay friendly nightclub. Free entry | Info Giannelli 346 375 8593
More | Pazzeska on Facebook
25 February | Hotparty Disco&Cruising Italy
start ore 22.30 Margot Club Prive, Fasano
Viale Einaudi n 53 Bari
Sex club | Info 340 824 4204
More | Hotparty on Telegram
March
25 March | Hotparty Disco&Cruising Italy
start ore 22.30 Margot Club Prive, Fasano
Viale Einaudi n 53 Bari
Sex club | Info 340 824 4204
More | Hotparty on Telegram
April
8 April | Makumba, Bari
Gay nightclub. ★☆LA GRANDE NOTTE DI PASQUA☆★ | 📍The New Circle Disco, Strada Statale 16 – USCITA 14A c/o Palaghiaccio – BARI CITTA’.
More | Makumba Tribe Village on Facebook
9 April | Pazzeska, Bari
Gay friendly nightclub. 
Pazzeska Culture | Info Giannelli 346 375 8593 | 📍Villa Rotondo
Corso Alcide De Gasperi – strada Vicinale Carducci 431 Bari.
More | Pazzeska on Facebook
May
29 June | Sherocco, Ostuni
Local 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
1 and 2 July | Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Polignano a Mare
Two days of spectacular cliff diving as the World Series returns to Polignano, a regular stop-off for the competition.
Continuing to 2 July | Sherocco, Ostuni
Local 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
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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.