Bacchus for Bacchus
Time of year
Autumn that smells of new wine
Bacco per Bacco is born when the light softens and the air fills with the scent of freshly harvested grapes. Autumn calls for celebration: the time of the grape harvest, of roasted chestnuts, of hands warming around a glass of wine. A time of transition, when the earth yields the fruit of a year's labor and invites us to slow down, share, and toast.
What is it?
Bacco per Bacco is a food and wine festival that enlivens the historic center of Turi, celebrating wine, local flavors, and conviviality. The event combines local wine tastings, traditional cuisine, music, and social gatherings, transforming the village streets into a vibrant gathering place for celebration, enjoyed and shared by the entire community.
The event is designed as a collective experience that highlights local produce and gastronomic heritage, focusing on the relationship between territory, tradition, and quality. Residents and visitors are invited to rediscover the village through its flavors, rhythms, and atmospheres, in a journey that combines wine culture and conviviality. This event strengthens the bond between community, local identity, and shared memory, renewing itself annually as a moment of encounter and participation.
Meaning for the community
A collective ritual , not just a celebration. For Turi, Bacco per Bacco is much more than an event: it's a moment of identity. It involves families, producers, associations, and volunteers. It's the story of a community that recognizes itself in its flavors, that opens its streets and its tables, transforming the historic center into a shared space of encounter and belonging.
The atmosphere is festive
Warm lights, laughter, scents in the air
In the evening, the historic center comes alive: soft lights, music accompanying your steps, voices mingling with the clinking of glasses. The atmosphere is informal, authentic, and lively. You walk slowly, stop, taste, and chat with the cook, the pourer, and the musician.
Rites and symbolic monuments
The fire, the wine, the meeting
Crackling roasted chestnuts, the first sip of Primitivo wine, sharing food in the street: small gestures that become rituals. Bacco per Bacco is made up of simple yet powerful symbols, recalling the ancient bond between man, the land, and the seasons.
Flavours and Culinary Traditions
Food as a living memory
Panzerotti, trònere, caciocavallo impiccato, grilled meats, roasted chestnuts, and local specialties. Every bite tells a story , every aroma harks back to a cuisine built on time-honored traditions, recognizable flavors, and unadulterated authenticity.
Who is it for?
For those who love experiencing places, not just visiting them
The festival is designed for everyone: families, groups of friends, curious travelers, wine and traditional cuisine lovers. It's ideal for those seeking authentic experiences, for those who want to experience a village come to life, not just observe it.
Why experience it in Turi
Because here it is true
In Turi, Bacco per Bacco isn't a show. It's a grassroots celebration, born from the land, from the people. Experiencing the event here means coming into direct contact with a community that welcomes, shares its stories, and shares its most authentic essence.
The celebration today
Tradition that evolves
Over the years, Bacco per Bacco has grown, while maintaining its original spirit intact.
Today it combines tradition and modernity, enhancing the historic center as a cultural and social space, and strengthening the link between event, territory and local identity .
Turi in this time of the year
The village in its most intimate moment
During autumn, Turi shows its most intimate and sincere side. The streets fill with warm colors, and life flows at a more human pace. Bacco per Bacco fits perfectly into this scenario, becoming the ideal opportunity to discover the village at its best .
Voices from a town in celebration
