Ostuni Country Festival
Ostuni Country Festival features on the Gingerguide audio walk through Ostuni. Give it roughly ~180 min: enough to look, hear a two to three minute story on the spot, and ask the AI guide whatever the story leaves open.
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- Suggested visit ~180 min
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About Ostuni Country Festival
One of the most unexpected events in Italy, a major country music festival held annually in the White City, drawing artists and audiences from across Europe and North America to the historic squares of Ostuni.
The Ostuni Country Festival is one of the most surprising cultural events in southern Italy, a major international country music festival held annually (typically in August) in the historic centre of the White City, drawing American, Canadian, and European country music artists to perform in the extraordinary setting of Ostuni's ancient squares and streets. The festival began in the late 1980s and has grown into one of the most important country music events in Europe outside the United States, with headlining acts that have included major American artists. The combination of the gleaming white baroque and medieval streets of Ostuni with the sounds of American country music is genuinely surreal, but in the way that only the best travel experiences can be, it somehow makes perfect sense.
Did you know? The Ostuni Country Festival is one of the largest country music events in Europe outside the United States, drawing acts that have performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and audiences from as far as Australia and Japan who combine the festival with a Puglia holiday.
How long is a visit to Ostuni Country Festival?
Set aside roughly ~180 min for Ostuni Country Festival. That covers a good look and the narrated story, and because you set the pace you can always stay on.
Is Ostuni Country Festival worth your time?
Ostuni Country Festival is among the 12 narrated highlights the Gingerguide team chose for Ostuni, so it is worth a look. Hear the story for the context, then ask the AI guide for anything more.
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