Fanoja Festival, Vieste’s great Saint Joseph bonfire
Saint Joseph bonfires, folk music and food stalls, around 19 March.
📅 Every year around 19 March, Saint Joseph’s day (2026: 20 and 21 March) — exact dates to be confirmed
📍 Borgo Ottocentesco and Piazza Marina Piccola
🧭 Vieste
🕒 Fanoja lit around 7-7:30 pm (2026 edition)
À PROPOS DE Fanoja Festival, Vieste’s great Saint Joseph bonfire
The Fanoja Festival celebrates the fanoja, the great bonfire lit in honour of Saint Joseph as a symbol of the passage from winter to spring. In 2026 (14th edition) it took place on 20 and 21 March: a bonfire in the 19th-century quarter on Friday at 7 pm, then a fire parade and the fanoja in Piazza Marina Piccola on Saturday at 7:30 pm, with folk groups and concerts.
