[June] Sagra delle fave (Broad Bean Festival): this is the time to test the cooking of broad beans. After being harvested at the end of May and left to dry under the sun, broad beans are cleaned one by one to remove their outer film using two stones, then they are stewed in big saucepans on the fire. To while away the time, the country people sing, play and dance folklore music. When the broad beans are ready, they are consumed accompanied by homemade bread and wine.

[July] Museum opening: a local museum will be opened in a recently restored noble house to display finds of high artistic, historical and cultural value. The pieces displayed will enchant visitors with the taste of a journey in the past among Sicans, Greeks, Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs and Hebrews.

[July] Beginning of the Octave of the Feast of the Crucifix and Saint Mary of the Miracles: during the afternoon of the Sunday before the real feast, the sacred image of the Crucifix is carried – amidst sacred bells ringing, fireworks, band music and the bearers’ shouts – from the present altar to the altar in the Cathedral with the monumental “vara”.

[July] Feast of the Crucifix and Saint Mary of the Miracles: the bang of the alborata opens celebrations for the patron saints. The music bands parading the streets, Masses celebrated at the altar, the joyful yelling of the children, are all prelude to the great Sunday event: the meeting between the two sacred images on the Lauria plane and the picturesque procession along the steep and winding little streets up the mountain. Then, after the fireworks show, everything becomes silent again, tiredness wins over the country people and prepares the soul to go back to the daily routine life.

[August] The Quindicina (the Fortnight): from August 1 to 15, the Holy Mass is celebrated every morning at 6 o’clock in the beautiful Cathedral to pay tribute to Mary of the Assumption. The fresh morning air in the hottest period of the year attracts many believers, especially the elderly and children.

[August] Feast of non-residents: this event has been established by the local public administration to celebrate all those who reluctantly had to leave their home to work elsewhere, but still love their original village and are homesick, though distinguished for their industriousness, talent and skills.

[August] Feast of the Holy Crucifix and Saint Anne: this suggestive and unique event takes place on the second Sunday of the month of August and is a very important celebration in the local tradition. It consists in the procession of the “Father Rectors”, starting from the parish church of San Pellegrino and ending at the church of Montevergine on Sunday morning. In the afternoon, with another procession, the Crucifix is carried on the shoulders by the faithful, while many other devotees from Caltabellotta and from all the nearby villages follow.

[August] Feast of San Pellegrino: religion, culture, tradition and folklore merge again in the celebrations devoted to the patron saint of the village, particularly on the morning of the 18th, when the local cattle breeders take their herds in the Calvario area for the annual feast called of “San Pellegrino”. On the evening of the 18th, the sacred image of the saint is brought in procession from the hermitage up to the gateway to the village and then, later in the night, people come back in the middle of crackers and fireworks.

[August - September] Peace of Caltabellotta: the pride of Caltabellotta is the recall of the most widely known historical event of the country, which established peace after the bloody “Vespri” war. The celebrations here acquire a Medieval taste that make participants feel as if they are in a gone-by time and mainly highlight the much-sought for peace that all the people on earth desire. Historical parades, conferences, food festivals, tasting tours and much more strengthen the re-evocation event in all its splendour.

Many other cultural, music and entertainment events will take place during the summer months.