Foom Fest
Pontoglio's annual summer village festival on the Oglio river in the Brescia plain draws locals and visitors alike with food, music and the convivial atmosphere of a traditional Lombard country festa.
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"Born in the 1980s in this Valsassina valley village near Lake Como, this three-day festival brings together over 30 local producers, historic dairies and culinary artisans celebrating the breadth of Lombard and valley food traditions with music and open-air tastings."
Sagra delle Sagre
"A five-day celebration anchored in the Stelvio National Park, bringing together mountain guides, naturalists, local producers and community storytelling in the historic alpine town of Bormio at the foot of the famous pass."
Parco in Festa
"The Marone branch of the National Alpine Association hosts three evenings of traditional food, live mountain music and community conviviality at the lakeside Villa Vismara on Lake Iseo."
Festa Alpina
"Founded in 1965, this unique Valchiavenna festival opens the ancient stone crotti, natural rock-cooled cellars carved into the boulders above the town, for the Andèm a Cròt tasting trail through Chiavenna's alleys, featuring bresaola, gnocchetti, torta fioretto and local wine."
Sagra dei Crotti
"The tiny hillside village of Brezzo di Bedero above Lake Maggiore stages its living nativity on Christmas Eve at 21.30 and again on Epiphany afternoon, framing the Nativity against one of Lombardy's most scenic lake panoramas."
Presepe Vivente di Brezzo di Bedero
"Since 2001, the medieval walled village of Zavattarello in Oltrepo Pavese has staged its living nativity inside the genuine 13th-century lanes of the Su di Dentro quarter, with functional ancient tools from the village museum and interactive participation invited from all visitors."
Presepe Vivente nel Borgo Antico di Zavattarello
"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