Notte della Taranta
Night of Tarantula (La Notte della Taranta) is a music festival from Salento, Apulia, (Italy).
The Night of Tarantula, the music fest of Pizzica which takes place in various municipalities in the province of Lecce and the Grecìa Salentina, especially in Melpignano and has its highlights in August.
This sort of music tour, is going for the countries of the Salento, culminating in the great final concert of Melpignano, which lasts until late at night, attended by an average of 120'000 spectators. This music festival, started in 1998, an initiative of several municipalities of the Salento, which sponsored this event.
This music festival, as well as giving greater importance to the folk music tradition of 'Taranta' and 'Pizzica', is a great resource for tourism in Apulia.