Obviously also Italy is going to be full of Irish festivals and Saint Patrick celebrations, but if you do not want to dress green and drink one beer after another, here are some alternatives.
In Salerno you can visit the fourth edition of the Chocolate days, a chocolate festival with the participation of Italy’s best master chocolatiers along the seaside.
If you are in Turin, you will have the possibility to visit one of the cities best kept treasures, the first ever Italian house of parliament, theater of the first plenary sessions. It is in the building of the National Museum of Risorgimento and normally can only be observed through a glass wall, but this weekend its doors will open.
If you like wine and you will love the Enotica 2018 venue at the Forte Prenestino in Rome. This festival unites erotism with good wine, such a winning couple! Besides the wine tasting, you can listen to concerts, watch movies and find exhibitions related to Eros and wine!
Palazzo Ducale in Genova is hosting the photo exhibitions of one of the greatest photographers of the world, André Kertész. The exhibition can be visited until 16th June and tickets can be purched also online.
Trieste is waiting for you with Street Food Parade Truck Edition. For three days the city is going to be the Italian capital of Street food, come with empty stomach. The location is Piazzale Straulino by the sea, next to Italian slow-food heaven Eataly.