Festa della Trebbiatura e Sagra dell'Oca

"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

"One of Europe's oldest surviving livestock fairs, tracing back over a thousand years to the transumanza routes, Impruneta's week-long Fiera brings cattle shows, artisan markets, the famous cotto terracotta craft, and closing fireworks to its medieval piazza."

Millenaria Fiera di San Luca

"In one of Romagna's most perfectly preserved medieval villages, the Pro Loco stages an autumn forest-produce sagra pairing wild berries and fungi with a mycological exhibition, local ceramics, wrought iron and wicker basketry."

Sagra dei Frutti del Sottobosco e dell'Artigianato Artistico

"One of Italy's oldest poultry fairs, held each December in the small Cuneese village of Morozzo, where prize-winning capon breeds are displayed and sold alongside artisan food and wine."

Fiera Nazionale del Cappone

"Dating back centuries, Carrù's renowned fat-ox fair is one of Piedmont's most authentic rural traditions, drawing prize livestock, butchers, local trattorie and food enthusiasts to this small Cuneese town each December."

Fiera Nazionale del Bue Grasso

"Serramazzoni's annual Apennine fair showcases local handmade terracotta, botanical and herbal crafts, forest produce, wicker and a rich variety of traditional Modenese mountain artisanship in a single lively summer day."

Fiera Annuale di Serramazzoni

"In the ancient hilltop hamlet of Velva, grain growers thresh wheat by hand in the village piazzale in a living agricultural demonstration that revives the rhythms of pre-mechanised Ligurian rural life."

Festa della Trebbiatura