Candele a Candelara
For the Advent weekends this small hilltop village near Pesaro switches off all electric light for half an hour each afternoon so that thousands of candle flames illuminate the streets, market stalls and medieval tower in a uniquely atmospheric annual custom.
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"In the medieval hill-village of San Ginesio, perched above the Sibillini mountains, Ferragosto brings the Palio della Pacca, a ring-joust on horseback in which the four rioni compete for the drappo in one of the most intimate and authentic giostre in the Marche."
Palio della Pacca - San Ginesio
"The tiny walled town of Servigliano, laid out on an Enlightenment grid inside its intact bastioned walls, stages a medieval knightly tournament each August in which the contrade revive the martial customs of Castel Clementino with lance-work and pageantry."
Torneo Cavalleresco di Castel Clementino
"The oldest white-truffle show in Le Marche, held across the UNESCO-recognised truffle-hunting town of Sant'Angelo in Vado, combining a piazza truffle market, guided truffle hunts with dogs, cooking shows, an international motorbike rally and medieval cellar tastings over seven autumn days."
Mostra Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco di Sant'Angelo in Vado
"On the slopes of the Monti Sibillini near the legendary Monte Sibilla, this 47th-edition market-sagra brings together local chestnut growers, honey producers, woodworkers and folk musicians in a mountain village that feels genuinely suspended between forest and sky in late October."
Sagra Mercato della Castagna di Montemonaco
"Running since 1966 in a small Apennine town that processes around two-thirds of Italy's truffle trade, this multi-weekend fair draws truffle hunters, Michelin chefs and gastronomes to the dramatic Furlo Gorge countryside of the Marche."
Fiera Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco di Acqualagna
"Italy's foremost inland truffle fair, held since 1966 in a small town that handles two-thirds of the national truffle trade, filling its piazza with Tuber magnatum pico hunters, cooking shows and a competitive truffle market across five autumn weekends."
61ª Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco di Acqualagna
"A rare public festivity on the lagoon island of Torcello, one of the most ancient and sparsely inhabited islands of the Venetian lagoon, celebrating the Assumption with home-cooked Venetian island dishes and communal tables."
Festa dell'Assunta
"The Valbisagno valley village of Bargagli celebrates its patroness Nostra Signora Assunta over three festive August days with a patronal mass, procession and community sagra, recognised in the official 2026 Authentic Ligurian Events calendar."
Festa Patronale di Nostra Signora Assunta
"Tiny Premilcuore, one of Romagna's most unspoilt medieval villages on the edge of the Casentino forests, holds its centuries-old Ferragosto fair with local produce, crafts and mountain foods on Italy's great mid-August holiday."
Fiera di Ferragosto
"Camogli's fishermen's borough gathers on the historic beach for its beloved San Rocco night, with confraternity procession, bancarelle, live music and a great bonfire blazing on the shingle in honour of the plague saint."
Festa di San Rocco
"A ten-day patronal sagra in the Bassa Friulana that has grown over four decades into one of the region's most anticipated late-summer community festivals."
44^ Sagra di Sant'Agostino
"Omegna's historic eleven-day patron-saint festival, now in its 123rd edition, fills the town at the tip of Lake Orta with processions, shows, music and local food across the full run of summer evenings."
Festa di San Vito