From the upper north to the deep south, hundreds of italian celebrations are repeated year after year. Food, wine, historic reenactments, religious festivals, patron saints, animal races, you name it – this country suffers no lack of imagination when it comes to bringing together the masses for one particular theme. My goal is to experience as many as possible from all corners of the boot.
99 down and 1 more to go…
2024
Bagna cauda feast in Monale
2022
Bagna Cauda Day
2020*
*The majority of sagre and feste were cancelled due to the pandemic, with exception to:
Fasulin de l’Oc cun le Cudeghe (drive-thru!)
2019
Festa del Salame and Fasulin de l’Oc
2017
Sagra dei Pesci (Castiglione della Pescaia, Tuscany)
2016
4th Festival della Cazoeùla (Cantù, Como) – *Festival update*: And the winner is…
2015
Sagra del Macagn (Crocemosso, Piemonte)
Festa dei Pizzoccheri
Sagra del Misultin (Dervio, Lake Como)
Stelle in Stalla (Fassone beef sagra in Tigliole, Piemonte)
Festa di Sant’Antonio Abate
2014
18th edition Keschtnigl in Velturno (chestnut festival in Valle Isarco, Alto Adige)
Fiera del Plaisentif (cheese fair in Perosa Argentina)
Sagra del Galletto americano (Cornish game hen in Cosio Valtellino)
45th Sagra delle Crisciolette (Cascio in the Garfagnana)
Sagra delle Ciliegie (cherry sagra in Garbagna, Piemonte)
Sagra della Ciliegia (cherry sagra in Revigliasco d’Asti, Piemonte)
Sagra degli Asparagi (Mezzago, Lombardy)
La Lachera (Carnevale in Rocca Grimalda, Piemonte)
The Tripe of San Bassiano
2013
46th annual white truffle fair in Murisengo
Sagra del Cardo (cardoon and bagna caoda festival)
Sagra del Ciapinabò (topinambour festival in Carignano)
Festa della Bagna Caöda (the traditional “hot bath” meal in Faule)
Sagra della Pera (pear-themed dinner in Vigarano Pieve)
Sagra della Capra e della Fersulla (goat and fried bread festival)
Sagra del Sedano (celery festival)
Festa della Peirbuieira
Sagra del Capù
Sagra della Anguilla in Breme
Sagra della Cipolla Rossa in Breme
Pugliese food sagra in Senago
Sagra del pane meliga
Falò della Gibiana
2012
Pégher Fest 2012 in Bratto
Sagra della Patata di Oreno
Sagra del Mais
Sagra della Lumaca
Sagra del Riso in Valle Lomellina
2011
Sagra dello Strachitunt in Pizzino
Sagra della Patata in Lazzate
Festa delle Corti in Garlate
30th International Assembly of the Chimney Sweep
Festa Alpina in Sogno
XII Edition of Messer Tulipano 2011
The Egetmann Parade in Termeno
Maiale in Pentola
Sagra dei Biligòcc
Carnavals de Montagne 2011
2010
Castagnata Coimese (chestnut roast in Coimo)
Sagra del Corzetto (celebration of traditional ligurian pasta)
Sagra del Pollo alla Marengo
Festa degli Scarpinocc di Parre
Sagra delle fettuccine al tartufo
La Pagliara
Carnevale dei Matoci
Danza degli Spadonari in Giaglione
Festa del Broccoletto di Custoza
2009
The Krampus
Festa delle Castagne at Castell’Arquato
La Festa Alpina
Batailles De Reines (fighting alpine cows)
Fëta di Teteun
Sagra del Cinghiale
Sagra del Pisello 2009
La Bigolada 2009
Carnevale of Schignano: i Bei e Brut
2008
Notte di Note in Bolbeno
The Siege of Canelli
Missoltino Days
Sagra del Pane at Nivione
Festa dei Serpari
Sagra degli Asparagi di bosco
Chiamata di Marzo 2008
9th Fiera delle Capre
Carnevale di Bagolino
The Giubiana of Canzo (Italian Roots blog)
Rogo della Giubiana
Festa di San Bassiano 2008
Mercatino di Natale in Trento
2007
Festa delle Castagne in Monte di Malo
Sagra della Zucca Bertagnina
Festa delle Giuggiole
2007 Cheese Fair in Bra
Fiera del cacio: Il cacio al fuso (cheese rolling competition)
Ballo della cordella sull’Aia
Sagra de lù scartocciu
Sagra del Bostrengo
Sagra del Mirtillo
Sagra del Jambon de Bosses
Sagra dell’Asparago
Palio della Rana 2007
La disfida della Polenta
Polentonissimo at Monastero Bormida
2006
Fasulin de l’òc cun le cudeghe
Sagra della Castagna
Sagra della Zucca
La Maialata (italian pig roast)
Festa del prosciutto di Sauris
Rubber Slippers In Italy 
Oh my gosh! This post is an ode to one of the best experiences of Italy! Amazing!
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So good, I can’t tell you how depressing it is to see so many that have been cancelled for this year alone. I just hope we don’t go through a second wave of the pandemic in the fall months.
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Ohh my, oh my. I’ve been living in Tuscany for almost six years and have done 4 autumn sagre. (All in one day too.) 😀 Well done for accomplishing so much already. To many happy moments to come!
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Did you post about them? I will have to go through your blog. I so wish we could do more sagre in central and southern Italy, but it always involves holidays that can’t be approved.
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Oh, I did post some doors from there (since I post doors regularly on Thursdays) but I’m not as organised about it. Let me find the post. Here at least the names of the towns are mentioned (the first 4 were the towns with a sagra + Vetulonia where we went to the museum): https://manjameximovie.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/thursday-doors-october-13/
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What a project! 😀
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It’s getting harder to find these events (that are within reasonable driving distance) since we’ve been to a lot of them. Just one for 2016…so embarrassing!
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