Calendar of events and fairs
June
June 2
CalviSaint Erasme Festival
Mid-June
CorteJune 24
L'Ile RousseFire of Saint John
June 23-24
Ponte Novu
July
July 6-7
RestonicaTrail of Restonica
July 5-10
CalviJuly 6-7
LuriWine Fair - Luri Wine Fair
July 10-13
PignaEstivoce Festival - Cultural Center Voce
July 14
Calvi - L'Ile RousseFestivities for July 14 : Fireworks displays in Calvi and Ile-Rousse - Balagne-Corsica.com
July 21
SpeloncatoA Girandulata, Sporting event - Squash Ile Rousse
July 21-22
MontemaggioreOlive Fair - Visit-Corsica.com
July 22
CalviA Tribbiera at Clos Culombu - traditional wheat slaughter
July 20-27
PatrimonioGuitar Festival in Patrimonio : Guitar Festival
July 28 - Aug. 3
LamaFilm Festival in Lama
End of July
CalviWinegrowers' Festival
August
Aug. 5-6
AregnuAlmond Festival, Fiera di l'Amandulu
Aug. 4-7
Saint FlorentAug. 11-12
LumioBread Fair in Lumio
Aug. 15
CalviSound and Lights show, with fireworks - Balagne Corsica.com
Aug. 17-22
CalenzanaClassical and contemporary Music Festival Calenzana - Musical Calenzana
September
Sept. 11-15
CalviPolyphonic singing meetings - L'Invitu
Sept. 15-16
L'Ile RoussePetanque Challenge Pascal Paoli - SPIRB Ile-Rousse
Sept. 21-23
L'Ile RousseL'Ile Rousse Fair
October
Oct. 6
L'Ile RousseA Paolina, Marathon from L'Ile Rousse to Morosaglia - Course A Paolina
Oct. 19-21
Bastia
Corsica and music
- We invite you to discover the website L'Invitu. This site was put together by someone with a love and passion for Corsica. He shares this passion through music, polyphonic singing, artists...
- Some Corsican bands : Isulatine, A Filetta, Alba, I Muvrini, Canta u Populu Corsu, Alte Voce, Meridianu, Zamballarana, U Fiatu Muntese
- Some Corsican singers : Battista Acquaviva, Francine Massiani, Jean Menconi
- Speloncato, La Montagne des Orgues
- Cultural Center Voce in Pigna.
Religious celebrations
Easter : The Granitula is a procession which is practiced throughout Corsica on Good Friday. It traces the long ordeal of Christ carrying his cross.
A procession "Granitula di Calvi", took place on Good Friday evening with the presence of two hooded penitents carrying the cross in turn. The procession goes from the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in the Citadel to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in town. They are accompanied by members of the brotherhoods of Saint Erasmus and Saint Antoine. On the forecourt of the church, singing sacred complaints, they form "A Granitula" symbolic penitential procession, which consists of a spiral that winds in a snail shape.
L'ile-Rousse celebrate Saint Erasmus, Patron Saint of fishermen. Pilgrimage and procession. The statue of Saint Erasmus embarked aboard a fishing boat.
Date of the event : June 2, 2019
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary is the protective mother of all Corsicans, venerated and adored all over the island. The Corsican anthem is the "Dio vi salvi Regina", a song of love and prayer dedicated to the Saint of Saints. A relatively unknown fact, is that before Pascal Paoli gave the island its emblem of the Moor's head, it was the Blessed Virgin who took its place; and although she has now disappeared from the flag, she remains in the hearts of the islanders. Assumption Day is celebrated on August 15, and also her birthday on September 8, when thousands of pilgrims pay their respects.