Locals in Sicily, Italy, are protesting Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s three-day wedding that has shut down the city.
Photos obtained by the Daily Mail show heavy police presence outside of Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi in Palermo, where the couple — who tied the knot in a small London ceremony last weekend — is expected to host a lavish cocktail reception on Friday.
Authorities have reportedly thrown up rings of steel around multiple town squares, including Piazza Sant’Anna and Piazza Croce dei Vespri, that are closed to the public for the full wedding weekend.
Locals in Sicily, Italy, are protesting Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s three-day wedding by plastering posters and tagging graffiti all over the town squares (the couple pictured above in Palermo ahead of their nuptials). ALBIT / SplashNews.com
“Palermo is not for rent” and “Our square is not your living room,” some of the signs read, protesting the wedding of Lipa and Turner (seen above). PINO/COBRA TEAM / BACKGRID
In addition, roads have been shut down, no-drone fly zones have been enforced and residents have been made to sign non-disclosure agreements, according to The Sun.
In response, the angry locals have plastered dozens of posters, written in both English and Italian, all over the town squares to protest the couple’s nuptials.
“Palermo is not for rent,” some of the posters read.
Others say, “Our square is not your living room,” and “Palermo is not for the rich.”
Police in Palermo have reportedly thrown up rings of steel around town squares, which are closed off to the public for the wedding weekend (Lipa and Turner seen above at their hotel in Palermo). COBRA TEAM / BACKGRID
The couple (pictured above at the airport in London on Wednesday) are expected to have a lavish cocktail reception Friday and their full wedding ceremony Saturday in Sicily. Click News and Media / BACKGRID
After wedding organizers reportedly ripped the banners down, protestors hit back Friday morning by writing the same phrases with graffiti on the walls.
Local Concetta Chillemi, who owns a shop in Palermo, told the Guardian that the city feels like “a theme park” because of the wedding festivities.
Another woman named Clarissa, who owns a bar near Chillemi’s shop, said the nuptials have “brought a lot of problems” to the city’s residents.
“For example, for three days we’ve been forced to park miles away and walk to work,” Clarissa told the outlet. “It’s not right to block the city – I could understand if it was for the pope, but not for a singer.”
The three-day wedding reportedly costs $1.73 million (£1.3 million), per the Sun.
Locals told the Guardian that the city feels like “a theme park” because of the extravagant wedding (Turner and Lipa are seen above at their London wedding ceremony last weekend). Shutterstock / BACKGRID
The “Levitating” singer and the “Eternity” actor tied the knot at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London on May 31. Shutterstock / BACKGRID
Page Six has reached out to reps for Lipa and Turner for comment.
As Page Six previously reported, Lipa, 30, and Turner, 36, are having their main wedding ceremony at Villa Valguarnera at Bagheria, Sicily, near Palermo, on Saturday.
“It’s going to be a huge, ultra-luxurious affair,” an insider told us. “They booked out a hotel so all their guests can stay together, celebrate privately and just enjoy the weekend.”
We were also told Elton John’s name has been discussed as a possible performer.
The pair (seen above) said “I do” in front of close family and friends ahead of their larger Italy wedding. dualipa/Instagram
An insider told Page Six the wedding in Sicily will be “a huge, ultra-luxurious affair.” dualipa/Instagram
Lipa and Turner were seen out and about in Palermo on Thursday ahead of their wedding weekend.
The “Levitating” singer wore a white button-down shirt, striped cloth tied around her waist and a backwards baseball cap, while the “Eternity” actor walked by her side in a brown collared shirt and white shorts.
The couple officially became husband and wife in an intimate ceremony held last Sunday afternoon at the Old Marylebone Town Hall in London.
Lipa wore custom Schiaparelli haute couture, while Turner looked dapper in a navy Ferragamo suit. The two were surrounded by loved ones, who threw confetti as the newlyweds walked out of the venue.
Turner and Lipa (pictured above) went public with their romance in January 2024. dualipa/Instagram
Lipa confirmed her engagement to Turner (both pictured above at the 2025 Met Gala) in June 2025. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
Lipa and Turner sparked romance rumors in early 2024 and went public at an Apple TV+ after-party that January.
The Grammy Award winner confirmed her engagement to Turner in June 2025 during a cover interview with British Vogue after months of speculation.
“Yeah, we’re engaged,” she told the magazine. “It’s very exciting.”