Frazzanò Folk Fest

Nothing enhances a land like spreading and enhancing its culture, this is the case of Frazzanò Folk Fest - Ethno World Music: popular ethnic music from Sicily and southern Italy, songs and dances that spread through the streets of this small hilltop village in the province of Messina.

How the Frazzanò Folk Fest takes place

The artists will alternate on the stage positioned in the main square with the suggestive Fragala monastery to act as a frame.
Frazzanò Folk Fest is music, but not only. It is an all-round event that also involves craftsmen e local artists, who can sell their products and artefacts inside the Mercanzie: an area of ​​the square set up with display benches.

Between music and craftsmanship, food will provide greater conviviality to the event. Also inside the Mercanzie there are stalls full of food products venues ready to be enjoyed in company and in the splendid context of the festival.

The origins of the festival and its tradition

Since its first edition in 2014, the Frazzanò Folk Fest has had the objective of valorising a land as splendid as it is little-known: that of Nebrodi Park. Where nature is still the undisputed queen and rolling uncontaminated hills alternate giving life to a suggestive landscape full of life.

We live in a world that moves fast, oriented towards progress and which makes the past and tradition its worst enemy. In this game of advancement, it is often the small municipal entities that pay the price, which over time forget their popular festivals and their ancient traditions.
However, this is not the case of the splendid Nebroid land, inhabited by people who have been able to preserve its culture and respect its traditions. As? Giving life to this characteristic festival which has now become an absolute point of reference and tourist attraction.

Where the Frazzanò Folk Fest will take place

Once again acting as a beacon ready to illuminate the entire Nebroid territory will be the municipality of Frazzano: nestled on a ridge, this small town offers a breathtaking view of the Nebrodi and extends to the sea with the Aeolian Islands peeking out in the background.

In addition to the panorama, this municipality has a lot to offer, because its population has been able to preserve its history, giving life to a reality capable of uniting different traditions and cultures in a single context.

When will the event take place and what to do

Il 5 and 6 August Frazzanò is ready to become a theater town to welcome you and give life to a one-of-a-kind show. Your task will be to let yourself be carried away by popular music, learn traditional dances, and be enchanted by observing the skilled hands of local artists and artisans intent on working stone and leather.
Finally, the last task, but not least, will be to immerse yourself in a culinary journey and enjoy every flavor that this magnificent land is able to offer.

How to reach Frazzanò for the Frazzanò Folk Fest

If you are in Sicily to spend your holidays summer holidays and the Frazzanò Folk Fest has attracted your attention, know that you will only need a car to easily reach the location.

The town of Frazzanò is about an hour's driveauto from Messina and you can reach it via the convenient and free E-90 motorway, which runs along the north-eastern Sicilian sea for a long stretch, before moving only in the last stretches towards the hinterland.
Once off the motorway you simply have to take the SP157, after passing the municipalities of Capri Leone, Mirto and Sant'Ippolito you will finally have reached your destination.
To enjoy a well-rounded experience, we recommend staying overnight in one of the local accommodations suggested by the official event website.