If you're planning to travel to Italy in September, don't miss the local food fairs. Here are some of the best ones:festivals' next month.
One of the best things about visiting Italy during the autumn months is the opportunity to take part in a festival, a type of harvest festival or fair focused on a specific food or drink, typical of the city that hosts it.
One of the festival has a very broad definition: it can last several weeks or just one day and can consist of lively celebrations with music and dancing or more relaxed tasting experiences, amidst wine stands food and wooden benches. They are generally held in a field or square (piazza), and entry is free.
What all festivals (in the plural) have in common is their focus on eating and drinking fresh, local produce, ensuring you won't leave unsatisfied.
Although October is the month with the highest number of festivals, in September there is already a good amount taking place across the country, which is worth checking out if you are in the region.
Here are just some of the sagre that will take place in Italy in September 2024.
Calabria
Chili Pepper Festival (pepper festival), from September 11th to 15th in Diamante, Cosenza.
campania
Festival of the Frog (frog festival), from September 5th to 8th in Marcianise, Caserta.
Wild Boar Festival (boar festival), every weekend until October 27th in Dugenta, Benevento.
Fagiolo Festival (bean festival), from September 13th to 15th in Volturara Irpina, Avellino.
Emilia-Romagna
Sagra del pinzino and dell'arrosticino (pinzino and meat skewer festival), from August 28th to September 8th in Ferrara.
Truffle Festival (truffle festival), from August 30th to September 11th in Sant'Agostino, Ferrara.
57th Sagra dell'Uva e del Lambrusco Grasparossa (grape and lambrusco wine festival), 14-15 and 21-22 September in Castelvetro di Modena, Modena.
Sagra Provinciale dell'Uva (grape and wine festival), September 7-8 in Riolo Terme, Ravenna.
Salamina da Sugo al Cucchiaio festival (festival of salami in sauce), from 20-22 and 27-29 September in Vigarano Mainarda, Ferrara.
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Mushroom Festival (mushroom festival), September 7-8 in Forni di Sopra, Udine.
Lazio
Sagra della porchetta di Ariccia (porchetta festival), from August 30th to September 1st in Ariccia, province of Rome.
Feast of the Porcine Fungus (porcine fungus festival), from September 5th to 22nd in Lariano, province of Rome.
Gnocchi Festival (gnocchi festival), from September 13th to 15th in Castelnuovo di Porto, province of Rome.
Lombardia
Festival of the Frog (frog festival), from August 30th to September 1st in Sartirana Lomellina, Pavia.
Sagra dei Crotti (festival of natural caves), 7-8 and 14-15 September in Chiavenna, Sondrio.
Fungolandia (mushroom festival), from August 31st to September 8th in Olmo al Brembo, Bergamo.
Marche
Fiesta del Ciauscolo (ciauscolo festival), September 7-8 in Sarnano, Macerata.
Piemonte
Taste of Meliga (sorghum festival), September 15th in Chiusa di San Michele, Turin.
Sacred Pomodoro (tomato festival), September 2nd in Cambiano, Turin.
National Pepper Fair (national pepper fair), from August 30th to September 8th in Carmagnola.
Puglia
Pork Festival (pig festival), from September 6th to 7th in Villa Baldassarri, Lecce.
Sagra della Zampina del Bocconcino and Buon Vino (festival of zampina, bocconcino and good wine), from September 27th to 29th in Sammichele di Bari, Bari.
Sicilia
Festival of the Arancino (arancino festival), from September 5th to 8th in Ficarazzi, Catania.
Cous Cous Fest, from September 20th to 29th in San Vito Lo Capo, Trapani.
Toscana
Sagra of the bistecca (bisteca festival), from August 29th to September 1st in Badia al Pino, Arezzo.
Festa della mora (blackberry festival), from August 30th to September 1st in Vaglia, Florence.
Expo of the Chianti Classico (Exhibition of Classic Chianti), from September 5th to 8th in Greve in Chianti, Florence.
Settimana del Miele (honey week', from 6 to 8 September in Montalcino, Siena.
Wild Boar Festival (boar festival), from September 4th to 8th in Capalbio, Grosseto.
Umbria
First in Italy (national first course festival), from September 26th to 29th in Foligno.
Veneto
Feast of Sardea (sardine festival), September 1st, 6-8, 13-15 in Salzano, Venice.
Feast of the Cod (cod festival), from the 19th to the 22nd and from the 26th to the 30th of September in Sandrigo, Vicenza.
Polenta Festival (polenta festival), from September 6th to 22nd in Castelminio di Resana, Treviso.
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