The star of the evening is the fish. The festival lets the tourists and visitors to taste some typical dishes of the local cuisine, such as pasta with seafood, pittule with fish, fried fish of various kinds, as well as a small selection of Salentine traditional dishes and Salentine sweets. The event takes place in Leuca, near Punta Ristola, extreme southern edge of Salento, and is organized by the Associazione Nazionale Marinai d'Italia di Castrignano del Capo-Leuca.