Dua Lipa and Callum Turner stage lavish second wedding in Sicily

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner turned Sicily into a high-gloss stage for their second wedding celebration, pulling hundreds of guests into Palermo and Bagheria for a weekend that mixed fashion, music, tourism and local tension. The climax came at Villa Valguarnera, where fireworks lit the city and the private party spilled well beyond the walls of the 18th-century palace.

The couple had already legally married at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London on May 31, but the Sicily gathering was a far larger public production. The celebration ran from June 5 to June 7, after the pair arrived in Palermo on June 4, and it spread across multiple locations, including the Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Croce dei Vespri, Piazza Sant’Anna and Villa Valguarnera.

The logistics alone showed how celebrity weddings now operate like temporary luxury enterprises. Palermo imposed traffic restrictions on June 4 and 5, while Bagheria tightened controls around Villa Valguarnera from June 3 to 8. Guests arrived in blacked-out vans, access to Piazza Sant’Anna and Piazza Croce dei Vespri was blocked, and attendees were asked to hand over phones under camera-blocking security measures. Local signs and graffiti, including “Gli spazi pubblici appartengono a tutti” and “Palermo is not for rent,” captured the friction between private spectacle and public space.

Inside the celebration, the details were designed for maximum visual impact. The gardens of Villa Valguarnera were dressed with satin bows, Sicilian almonds and hand-embroidered fans, while guests received gold bracelets with microchips that granted access to different venues. Elton John performed “Your Song” after the vows, and later the party moved to dinners prepared by Michelin chefs and sets from Carl Cox, Martin Garrix, David Guetta and Peggy Gou, who were allowed to play beyond the villa’s usual midnight curfew. Charli XCX and Donatella Versace were among the names linked to the guest list, while other reported attendees included George Daniel, Joe Alwyn, Chris Stapleton, Troye Sivan, Mark Ronson, Grace Gummer, Kevin Parker and Sophie Parker.

The setting carried its own economic and cultural history. Villa Valguarnera dates to around 1712 and is tied to Tommaso Maria Napoli and the Alliata di Villafranca family; it has also been restored for cultural use and has hosted productions including The Leopard and The Art of Joy. The newlyweds and some guests stayed at Villa Igiea, and the couple rented Palermo’s Galleria d’Arte Moderna for part of the festivities, helping turn the city’s heritage spaces into a wedding circuit. With an estimated $1.7 million price tag and about 200 guests, the event showed how one celebrity marriage can briefly rebrand an entire city as a luxury destination.