COMICON Napoli: Dates, Tickets and the Mostra d'Oltremare
Italy's biggest comics festival runs four days across late April at the Mostra d'Oltremare — 480+ guests, 650+ events. How to plan and where to stay.
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Campania's calendar splits between Naples, where the San Gennaro liquefaction and a month of municipal monument openings dominate, and the Amalfi Coast, where the Ravello Festival stages cliffside concerts through the summer. These guides cover both, with the recurrence rule behind every date.
Italy's biggest comics festival runs four days across late April at the Mostra d'Oltremare — 480+ guests, 650+ events. How to plan and where to stay.
Naples visits the sepolcri on Holy Thursday; Procida carries 40-60 tableaux through the streets at dawn on Good Friday. How Campania does Easter.
The festival that gave the world 'O sole mio still runs around Mergellina each September. What survives of it, what does not, and how to check before you go.
Naples waits three times a year for San Gennaro's blood to liquefy. The dates, what happens in the Duomo, and how to attend the 19 September ceremony.
Naples opens palaces, cloisters and churches for a month each May with 200+ mostly free events. How the programme works and why booking matters.
A practical guide to the Naples Christmas markets: San Gregorio Armeno's nativity workshops, the Pietrarsa railway market, and how Naples compares to Alpine Italy.
Naples' festival year: the San Gennaro blood miracle three times over, the May monument openings, summer theatre, and the presepe workshops at Christmas.
Naples' international theatre festival runs across June and July in venues from the Teatro San Carlo to disused industrial spaces. How to plan around it.
Plan around the Ravello Festival with logistics-first advice on Villa Rufolo's Belvedere stage, the SITA bus schedule, dawn concerts, and where to stay.