SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA is a performing arts festival in Charleston, South Carolina, that takes place every May. The festival features music, dance, and theater performances by emerging and internationally renowned artists.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti founded Spoleto Festival USA in 1977. He was inspired to create the festival as an American counterpart to the annual Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, which he founded in 1958.
