Local festivals - is there a list somewhere?

Do a Google search and you'll see plenty...

Here's a few I've used and entered the data on my outlook calendar for prompts...

http://www.festivalsinitaly.com/

http://goitaly.about.com/od/festivalsandevents/Festivals_Special_Events_and_Holidays_in_Italy.htm

And there's always Rick's list:

http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/italy/italfest.htm

Ciao,
Ron

I would do a google search for the towns you will be visiting. Not to "dis" Steve, but his event/ festival list is on the poor side. He obviously can't list everything, but as a small example, only the Christmas market gets listed for Frankfurt. It would be nice if one of the premier festivals in Germany, the Museum Riverbanks Fest at the end of Aug. would be listed. We had over 3 million people for a 3 day event last year. That seems significant enough to be on the website. There are literally fests on almost every weekend in a multitude of towns and cities in Germany and I am sure in every other country in Europe too. Many cities have Museum Nights, Night of the Churches, wine festivals, dragon boat races, etc. So check out the local website. Every town and city has a web page these days.

You can also try www.initaly.com

Here is list of events in Tuscany