Festivals in Ragusa

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What to expect

• The Festa di San Giovanni Battista in late August features a silver reliquary carried through Ragusa Ibla's streets, followed by brass bands and fireworks at midnight.
• The Ibla Buskers Festival in October transforms the old town's piazzas with street performers, acrobats, and live music acts performing from 11am to 11pm over four days.
• During the Easter Week processions, hooded confraternity members carry wooden statues of Christ and the Madonna through candlelit alleys, with the Venerdì Santo procession lasting over three hours.
• The Ragusa Wine Festival in September offers tastings of local Nero d'Avola and Cerasuolo di Vittoria wines at stalls set along Via Roma, with entry tickets including a glass and tasting card.
• The Festa di San Giorgio in April features a horse race, the Corsa dei Cavalli, where riders gallop bareback down the main avenue of Ragusa Ibla, followed by a blessing of the animals.
• The Christmas market in Ragusa Superiore's Piazza San Giovanni runs from 8 December to 6 January, with wooden stalls selling nativity figurines, local honey, and almond pastries.

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