93 festivals in 14 cities, soonest first.
93 food festivals with a guide across 14 cities in Italy, in date order from today. Each opens the festival page with dates, what to eat and what to book around it. How these cities compare with the rest: the city food festival index.
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The Festa della Cortesia in Frascati, held the last week of October, recalls winemakers thanking workers for the harvest, with concerts and fireworks.
TipThe programme includes an exhibition of agricultural machinery and traditional tools. No organiser page with 2026 dates was found; ask Frascati's town hall.
The Alba White Truffle Fair runs weekends from Oct 10 to Dec 6, 2026, an hour south of Turin. World Truffle Market in Cortile della Maddalena, Alba.
Tartòfla is the 43rd international white truffle festival at Savigno, under 40 km from Bologna, on weekends from 24 October to 15 November 2026.
TipEntry to the festival centre is free and it opens 9:00 to 18:00 on festival days; groups are advised to book at Ristorante Tartófla. The programme includes guided truffle-hunting walks and tastings.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Chocoland is a craft-chocolate fair in Naples; NapoliToday lists it in Piazza Municipio from 29 October to 1 November, but no organiser page confirms the 2026 dates.
Modena's chocolate festival, now in its eighth edition: artisan chocolatiers and pastry chefs fill the historic centre with stalls, a chocolate factory demonstration space, show cooking and tastings.
TipEntry is free; go on the Thursday or Friday afternoon, the weekend crowds around Piazza Grande make the tasting queues long.
Tours, tastings and classes that match this page, bookable on GetYourGuide.
On 2 November Palermo marks the Festa dei Morti: pastry shops sell frutta martorana, children find gifts in the cannistru and the day starts with muffuletta.
Torrone dei morti is the Neapolitan sweet for All Souls on 2 November: a soft nougat of chocolate and nuts in a coffin-shaped block, nothing like hard torrone.
TipIt is sold by weight and can cost well over €30 a kilo; Neapolitans eat it at any time of day.
Fieracavalli, the 128th edition at Veronafiere, runs 5 to 8 November 2026: horse sport and shows, plus a food area called Food Traditions among the halls.
TipA full-day ticket is €26 online (plus an 8% service fee) or €29 at the box office; an evening ticket after 19:30 is €12. Each ticket allows one entry.
November Porc rolls a relay of pork feasts through Parma's Bassa each November, four river towns taking turns around culatello, mariola and spalla.
TipEach weekend belongs to a different town along the Po, Sissa first, Roccabianca last; check the Strada del Culatello programme for the Sunday markets.
On 11 November Venetian bakers sell the San Martino biscuit, a shortcrust knight on horseback under icing and sweets, and children walk the streets with pots.
TipThe biscuit is made by Venetian bakers and pastry shops and also at home; Campo San Martin in Castello has the church and a bas-relief of the saint on his horse.
Fierucola di Santo Spirito is an organic farmers' and crafts market on Piazza Santo Spirito, held on the third Sunday of the month, not August, 9:00 to 19:00.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Florence's Christmas market fills Piazza Santa Croce with over 50 chalets selling mulled wine, brezel and strudel; in 2025 it ran 15 November to 21 December.
TipThe market is open every day from 10:00 to 23:00.
The Fiera dei Presepi on Via San Gregorio Armeno, Naples' street of nativity-figure workshops, opens on 1 November 2026; its full programme is still being set.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sfincione Fest is a late-November festival in Bagheria, 13 km east of Palermo, where Sicilian bakeries serve white and red sfincione with show cooking.
Bagna Cauda Day, run by the Astigiani association of Asti, serves Piedmont's anchovy and garlic dip at osterias in Asti, Turin and across the region over two weekends: 20 to 22 and 27 to 29 November 2026.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Verona's Christmas market, run with Nuremberg's Christkindlmarkt, fills Piazza Bra, Piazza dei Signori and Piazza Sacco e Vanzetti; the 2025 edition ran 21 November to 28 December.
TipThe organisers had not announced 2026 dates when checked. In 2025 hours were 10:00 to 21:00 Sunday to Thursday and 10:00 to 23:00 Friday and Saturday, with shorter days on 9, 24 and 28 December.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Oh Bej Oh Bej is the St. Ambrose fair by Castello Sforzesco in Milan, five centuries old and held around 7 December, with crafts, sweets and chestnuts.
Castelnuovo Rangone, 12 km south of Modena, cooks the world's largest zampone: a three-metre, 400-kilo pig's trotter sausage simmered for days in a steel vat and sliced for the crowd in the town centre.
TipFree; the cooking takes three days and the giant zampone is sliced on the Sunday. Check the programme link on the Terre di Castelli page for times.
The Fierucola dell'Immacolata fills Piazza della Santissima Annunziata on 8 December, 9:00 to 19:00, with crafts, volunteer groups and small organic farms.
TipOpen 9:00 to 19:00; earlier editions had small organic farms selling oil, wine, ancient-grain flours, honey, jams and cheeses.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
On Epiphany afternoon Malamocco burns the panevin, a wooden pyre seven metres high, and passes vin brule, bagigi and sweets round it while the Befana hands candy to the children.
TipThe pyre is lit in the afternoon of 6 January; dress for the lagoon wind and get there before dusk for a place near it.
Carnevale di Venezia runs from 23 January to 9 February 2027; its organisers name frittelle, castagnole and galani as the season's sweets in the bakeries.
TipBakeries and pastry shops across Venice start making fritters and galani as soon as the Carnival season begins, so look for them from late January.
Birraio dell'Anno returns 23 and 24 January 2027 at Teatro Cartiere Carrara: the 20 nominated brewers pour in three Beer Pass sessions, with four food stands.
TipThe all-inclusive Beer Pass has a limited number of places. Sessions are Saturday 12:00 to 17:00 and 19:00 to 24:00, Sunday 12:00 to 18:00, with the awards from 16:00.
Two days at Vivido in Manifattura Tabacchi where more than 70 growers from Italy and abroad pour their own bottles at Vini Migranti, a growers' wine fair.
TipSunday runs 11:00 to 19:00 and Monday 10:00 to 18:00; the organiser says more details are coming for the 7th edition.
The Venerdi Gnocolar is Verona's Carnival Friday, with a parade to Piazza San Zeno and gnocchi stands; tradition links it to a famine relief of 1531.
TipIn 2026 the parade ran from Ponte della Vittoria to Piazza San Zeno from 14:15 and the gnocchi stands opened at 10:00; entry was free and the gnocchi sales went to charity.
Pitti Taste is Pitti Immagine's fine-food trade fair at the Fortezza da Basso, with the 2027 edition on 6 to 8 February under the Speak Food theme.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
CioccolaTo is Turin's chocolate festival on Piazza Vittorio Veneto: 60 exhibitors, 15 Maestri del Gusto selected with Slow Food. The 2026 edition ran Feb.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Salone del Vermouth runs Feb 21-22, 2026 at the Museo del Risorgimento in Turin, the 3rd edition celebrating 240 years since vermouth's 1786 invention.
SANA Food is BolognaFiere's B2B fair for out-of-home dining and specialised food, 21 to 23 February 2027, with 300 exhibitors in the 2026 edition.
TipEntry is for trade visitors; Sunday 21 February is open to non-professional Food Lovers (42 euros). Operator tickets are 20 euros for one day, 30 for two and 40 for three; adults only.
Slow Wine Fair, organised by BolognaFiere and inspired by Slow Food, celebrates wines that reflect the values of good, clean and fair, on 21 to 23 February 2027.
TipTastings are included in the ticket, which also gives access to SANA Food; entry is restricted to adults of 18 and over.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
CiokoFlo is a four-day chocolate festival in Piazza Santa Croce, with cremini, truffles, macarons and croccante; its second edition ran 12 to 15 March 2026.
TipOpen 9:00 to 20:00 on each of the four days; entry is free.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Samassi, 40 km north of Cagliari, gives its violet artichoke four days in March: guided tastings, an agricultural fair, artichoke street food through the old centre and cooking demonstrations from Sardinian chefs.
TipEntry to the festival ground is free; the Zampettata del Carciofo dog walk needs registering in advance and charges a small fee.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
On 19 March, San Giuseppe and Father's Day, Palermo bakes sfincia di San Giuseppe, a fried pastry with sweet ricotta cream, and cooks a spring frittedda.
Florence counted 25 March as its new year until 1750; the day still brings a historic procession to the SS. Annunziata basilica and a fair of local products.
TipThe fair in Piazza SS. Annunziata is open from 8:00 to 19:30; the historic procession runs from Piazzetta di Parte Guelfa to the basilica.
On Easter Sunday the Brindellone cart, drawn by oxen to the Duomo, is lit at 11:00 by the colombina, a dove-shaped rocket sent down a wire from the altar.
TipThe colombina flies at 11:00, at the singing of the Gloria; the Comune publishes the route and the road closures a few days ahead.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
A day of lampredotto in the Orto San Frediano, an Oltrarno garden opened for it: the classic panino, lampredotto in zimino or with artichokes, penne al ragu.
TipFree entry. The garden is open from 10:00 to 23:00, with an aperitivo and music from 18:00.
Vinitaly and the City is the Vinitaly programme for the general public, with events, tastings and wine talks in Verona's squares and palaces, 9 to 11 April 2027.
TipIn 2026 the event ran 10 to 12 April: tasting passes cost €18 online until the day before and €22 at the ticket counters in Piazza dei Signori. 2027 prices are not announced.
Vinitaly, the wine fair at Veronafiere in Verona, returns for its 59th edition on 11 to 14 April 2027; Vinitaly and the City runs in the old town from 9 to 11 April.
TipVinitaly and the City is the part of the week aimed at the general public, with events, tastings and wine talks in the historic centre.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Firenze Gelato Week is ConGelato's six-day trail of tastings at four gelaterie, each with a limited edition flavour; the 2026 edition ran 14 to 19 April.
TipTwo ticket types cover the four shops, Edoardo il gelato biologico, Passera, Barroccino and Badiani: a cup (2 tastes) or a cone or cup (3 tastes). The organiser's page ended the 2026 week with 'see you in 2027' and gives no 2027 dates yet.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Roma Gelato Week is ConGelato's gelato trail: in 2026 (14 to 19 April) one ticket gave six gelati along one of three routes through Rome's gelaterie.
TipChoose one of three routes (Monteverde-Portuense, Trastevere-Gianicolense or Prati-San Lorenzo) and a cone or cup; the organiser says the next edition is in 2027.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Florence Cocktail Week is the city's April mixology week; its tenth edition ran 16 to 22 April 2026 with masterclasses, guest bartenders and bar events.
Venice keeps 25 April for its patron with a solemn mass in the basilica at 10.30, a rosebud given to a sweetheart, and risi e bisi, the rice and pea soup once served to the doge.
TipRisi e bisi is the dish of the feast, and fritoe, sugar-covered pancakes with sultanas, are eaten while walking around the centre; the main mass is at 10:30 in the basilica.
Cagliari's great procession leaves Stampace on 1 May and walks the statue of Sant'Efisio to Nora and back over four days, honouring a plague vow made in 1652, with tracas ox carts, costume and feasting along the route.
TipThe 1 May departure fills Via Roma from early morning; the return on the evening of 4 May is quieter and easier to watch.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Taste of Roma is a Rome food festival whose tenth edition ran 6 to 10 May 2026 at the Gazometro in Ostiense; no later edition has been announced.
TipThe 2026 edition opened 18:00 to midnight on weekdays and added 12:00 to 16:00 sessions on Saturday and Sunday; check the organiser site for the next dates.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The strawberry sagra at Sa Segada in the Alghero countryside runs one weekend in May, with food stands, a charity strawberry cake, music and children's races.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Consorzio Violetto di Sant'Erasmo holds its festa at Torre Massimiliana in May, with tastings, culinary advice, guided visits and sales of local produce.
TipLine 13 from Fondamente Nove serves Sant'Erasmo. In 2026 the festa ran on 10 May from 10:00, with a salted artichoke panettone tasting among the highlights.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Heir to the old Festa del Grillo, this Ascension Sunday fair lines viale Lincoln and piazzale Kennedy in the Cascine with over 200 stalls, incl. brigidini.
TipThe stalls run for almost 1.5 km along viale Lincoln and piazzale Kennedy.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Festa della Sensa recalls the year 1000, when Doge Pietro II Orseolo's voyage made Venice master of the Adriatic, with a mayoral boat procession to the Lido.
TipThe procession from St Mark's Basin ends at San Nicolò del Lido, best reached by vaporetto; the day also has traditional food and a market of local produce.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Festa Medievale e del Vino Soave, run by the Pro Loco, fills the old town on the third weekend of May with a parade, a medieval banquet and wine and food stands.
TipIn 2026 the Pro Loco food stands opened at 19:00: the Isola del Gusto in Piazza Foro Boario served meat dishes and risottos, the Piazzetta del Soave in Piazza Mercato dei Grani fish.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Vogalonga, first rowed in 1975 against powerboat wakes, is a non-competitive regatta of about 30 km on the lagoon; its 50th edition set off on 24 May 2026.
TipBoats gather in the Giudecca Canal from 8:30 and the 9:00 start is marked by the traditional cannon shot.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Girotonno turns the Genoese-founded island town of Carloforte into a tuna festival for eleven days from late May, with an international chefs' competition, live cooking and a Tuna Village on the quay.
TipCarloforte is on Isola di San Pietro, a trip from Cagliari. The Tuna Village on Banchina Mamma Mahon served 12:00 to 15:00 and 19:00 to 22:00 in 2026.
Recco, 25 minutes by train from Genoa, has celebrated its cheese focaccia since 1955: the consortium's bakers hand out thousands of hot slices in the town centre all day, with a one-kilo eating challenge.
TipFree; trains from Genova Brignole are packed after 11am, so go early. The 2027 edition is Sunday 23 May.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Cantine Aperte is the Movimento Turismo del Vino weekend when member wineries open their cellars; the 2026 edition was Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Parma Street Food Festival fills Parco Ducale with more than thirty food trucks each spring; the 2026 edition ran 29 May to 2 June, entry free.
TipEvenings add live music and DJ sets to the food-truck rows; entry is free and the park itself stays the point.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Identita Golose is a gastronomy congress at Allianz MiCo in Milan: the 2026 edition ran 7 to 9 June with more than 155 speakers and 80 masterclasses.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
A June week in Campo San Francesco della Vigna, run by the quarter's traders association, cooking bigoi in salsa, lasagne and fried fish with polenta under nightly live music.
TipDinner is served in the campo every evening; the procession of the saint through Castello falls on 13 June.
Alguer Wine Week fills Alghero's old town and Fertilia with Sardinian wine tastings, masterclasses, live music and winery bus tours over one week each summer.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Nine days in the park behind the Sant'Antonio church on Pellestrina, where the gastronomic stand serves the island's own fish dishes, with takeaway, alongside live music and a lottery.
TipThe stand opens at 19.30 and only on five of the nine nights, so check the programme before crossing the lagoon.
The Porto Antico's bazaar of cultures: a covered souk on Piazza delle Feste with ten cooks serving Senegalese, Syrian-Lebanese, Indian, Mexican, Tunisian and other dishes, plus theatre, music and talks.
TipThe souk and food stalls are free; theatre shows cost 10 to 12 euros. Evenings are when the kitchens, stage and bazaar are all running.
Festa di San Giovanni on 24 June honours Florence's patron saint with a historical parade, the Calcio Storico final in Piazza Santa Croce and fireworks.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Birralguer takes over the Alghero port for four nights in late June, with Sardinian craft breweries, guided tastings, street food, concerts and DJ sets on Banchina Millelire.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Five days in Campo San Pietro in Castello, 25 to 29 June in 2026, with a gastronomic stand of Venetian dishes, a solidarity market, concerts and a lottery.
TipThe stand and the solidarity market run for all five days, organised by a volunteer association founded 40 years ago, and the lottery is drawn on the last day.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
From 28 June to 5 July 2026 San Pietro in Volta, on Pellestrina, held its patron saint's sagra, with a fish stand, a lottery, dialect comedy and dancing.
TipThe stand serves dinner from the Thursday and both lunch and dinner over the closing weekend; the 11 bus runs down from the Lido.
Isola Birra takes over the pine grove on the Su Siccu waterfront in Cagliari for three July evenings, pouring more than 60 beers from fifteen breweries alongside street food, tasting workshops and DJ sets.
TipStalls open at 17:00, the guided tasting workshops start at 19:45 and need booking; live music and DJ sets run from 21:00.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Malamocco's July week, held since 1801, fills Piazza Maggiore with food stands and dancing around a night boat procession from Poveglia and the old rite of dressing the Madonna.
TipStands open at 19.30 each evening; plan the trip around the Wednesday night boat procession from Poveglia.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Napoli Pizza Village ran 7 to 12 July 2026 at Lungomare Pertini in Pozzuoli, every evening from 18:00 to 01:00, with live shows, pizzerias and free masterclasses.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Palermo's Festino di Santa Rosalia honours the patron saint in July, with a procession on the night of 14 July and foods such as babbaluci and watermelon.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Festa del Redentore marks the end of the 1576 plague with Saturday-night fireworks and a Sunday mass reached over a floating bridge to the Giudecca.
TipFamilies picnic on decorated boats in St Mark's Basin before the Saturday fireworks; the Sunday mass at Il Redentore is reached by a floating bridge across the Giudecca Canal.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Pellestrina's late July week on Piazzale Zendrini runs a kitchen of typical island dishes beside orchestras and dancing, the Regata di Pellestrina, a lottery and closing fireworks.
TipConcerts run nightly on Piazzale Zendrini, and the Regata di Pellestrina is the fixture that anchors the whole week.
On 10 August Piazza San Lorenzo hosts a free feast from 21:00: pasta al ragu cooked by Tuscan chefs and two tonnes of watermelon from the Mercato Centrale.
TipEntry is free and the evening starts at 21:00 in Piazza San Lorenzo.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Alberoni at the southern tip of the Lido spends late August on the mussel, serving pastasciutta coi peoci and saltada de peoci beside a regatta, a market and a cross country race.
TipTake the 11 bus from Santa Maria Elisabetta; the regatta and the closing concert both fall on the final weekend.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Sagra della Porchetta di Ariccia, held in the Castelli Romani town on the first weekend of September since 1950, celebrates the town's porchetta.
TipStands compete for the best porchetta stand award, and the weekend adds a flag-throwers' parade and sack races in the village. Check the dates before you travel.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Festival del Prosciutto di Parma ran its 29th edition from 4 to 6 September 2026 in Langhirano and Parma, continuing as Prosciutto di Parma in festa on 10 to 13 September, with Finestre Aperte opening curing houses.
TipBook Finestre Aperte producer visits early; the free street programme in Langhirano needs no ticket, some tastings do.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Castelfranco Emilia, 13 km from Modena and the town that claims the tortellino's birth, runs its 45th sagra: hand-rolled tortellini in capon broth from stands in Piazza Bergamini nightly, plus a historic parade.
TipStands open at 7:30pm and for Sunday lunch, closed Monday. Castelfranco is one regional-train stop from Modena; go on the final Sunday for the parade.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Sagra del Tortellino Tradizionale fills ten days of September in Castelfranco Emilia, with Piazza Bergamini stands serving tortellini in capon broth.
TipThe food stands open from 19:30 every evening and on Sundays also at lunch; the 45th edition ran 4 to 13 September 2026 and was closed on Monday 7 September. No later edition is announced.
Regata Storica is held on the first Sunday of September: historical boats in period dress parade down the Grand Canal, then rowing races end at Ca' Foscari.
TipIn 2026 the historical water parade left at 15:10 along the Grand Canal and the races ran from 16:00, all ending at Ca' Foscari; the next edition is Sunday 5 September 2027.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Vinòforum is Rome's wine and food fair; its 23rd edition ran 7 to 13 September 2026 at Piazza di Siena in Villa Borghese with 3,200 labels and chef dinners.
TipOpens at 19:00 and closes at midnight (01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays); standard entry includes a glass and ten wine tastings. 2027 dates are not announced.
Festa della Rificolona is Florence's paper-lantern festival on 7 September, the eve of the Nativity of Mary, with a procession to Piazza SS. Annunziata.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Festa di Piedigrotta is Naples' feast of the Nativity of Mary on 8 September at the Basilica di Santa Maria di Piedigrotta, with festivities until 13 September.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Italy's first official Oktoberfest, running since 2005, pitches its tent on Piazza della Vittoria: Hofbräu beer, canederli, pretzels, schnitzel, pork knuckle and spätzle, with bands nightly and family weekends.
TipWeeknights open at 6pm and weekends at noon, both until 2am; weekday early evenings are the only time you can sit without a wait.
Modena's philosophy festival fills the piazzas with free lectures, and its cucina filosofica programme has restaurants in Modena, Carpi and Sassuolo serving eight themed menus of hand-made pasta and local dishes.
TipAll lectures are free; book the philosophical menus directly with the restaurants listed on the cucina filosofica page, as tables go quickly.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Tocati in Verona is a free street-games festival in the squares of Veronetta; the 24th edition ran 18 to 20 September 2026 with Irish live cooking sessions.
TipIn 2026 the festival opened 17:30 to 20:00 on Friday and 10:00 to 22:00 on Saturday and Sunday, free to enter; six Irish live cooking sessions ran over the weekend.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Cous Cous Fest in San Vito Lo Capo, on the Trapani coast, is an international couscous festival with a chefs' world championship, cooking shows and tastings.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Terra Madre Salone del Gusto returns to Turin 24 to 28 September 2026, marking the 16th edition and Slow Food Italy's 40th anniversary. Piazza San Carlo.
The two balsamic vinegar consortia open more than 40 acetaie across Modena province for a weekend of loft visits, tastings and side events, with the main open day on Sunday and activities in the historic centre.
TipCheck the participating acetaie list on the event site and plan two or three near each other; they are spread across the whole province.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
A weekend devoted to focaccia genovese on Piazza delle Feste at the Porto Antico: bakers from Genoa and Liguria bake live, with tastings, show cooking, workshops and talks on the art of white bread.
TipFree entry from 10am; the live bakes and tastings run in slots, so check the schedule board when you arrive and taste early.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Carro Matto, part of Bacco Artigiano in Rufina, brings about 1,500 straw-covered flasks of Chianti Rufina to Florence on an ox cart for a blessing.
TipFrom about 14:30 the cart meets the historic Florentine parade at Piazza San Giovanni, the wine is blessed on the Duomo steps and then offered in Piazza della Signoria.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Sant'Erasmo celebrates mosto, unfermented grape must, on the first Sunday of October, with a mass, blessed farm carts, pressing demonstrations and tastings.
TipLine 13 from Fondamente Nove reaches Sant'Erasmo; the day opens with a mass and the blessing of the farm carts, and regattas mark the programme.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Zola Predosa, near Bologna, fills its piazza each October with mortadella tastings, shows and free factory visits; the 18th edition ran 9 to 11 October 2026.
TipIn 2026 the stands opened Friday 18:00 to 24:00, Saturday 11:00 to 24:00 and Sunday 9:00 to 22:00. The free Sunday factory visits (9:00 to 12:00) need no booking; a free shuttle runs to the plants.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
EurHop Roma Beer Festival's 12th edition ran 9 to 11 October 2026 on Via Ciro il Grande with over 800 beers from 100 breweries; no later edition is set.
TipThe 2026 edition opened Friday from 17:00, Saturday from 12:00 and Sunday from 12:00 to midnight; tickets were sold online. See eurhop.com for the next dates.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
C'è Più Gusto is a two-day food festival at Palazzo Re Enzo in Bologna with chef talks, tastings and masterclasses; the 2026 edition ran 10 to 11 October.
TipEntry was free with registration on the festival site and places were limited; the Saturday sessions of 2026 were sold out. Sunday ran 10:00 to 13:30 and 13:30 to 19:30.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
On 21 November Venice crosses a yearly bridge over the Grand Canal to the Salute basilica, and castradina, a smoked mutton and cabbage soup, marks the feast.
TipCastradina is traditionally eaten on the eve of the feast and is still made in Venetian homes and restaurants, so ask when you book; stalls of sweets surround the basilica on the day.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Piazza Grande becomes a three-day showcase of Modena province's small producers: Parmigiano Reggiano, balsamic, cured meats, pastry and wines to taste and buy, with stands cooking lunches and dinners until midnight.
TipFree entry from noon; the Chamber of Commerce stand runs guided Tradizione e Sapori tastings, ask for the day's slots when you arrive.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Milano Wine Week runs 17 to 25 October 2026 across Milan, with over 100 events on wine hospitality, sommellerie, training and new ways of talking about wine.
TipPublic meeting point: Enoteca MWW at the Dazi dell'Arco della Pace; professional events are at the Milan Marriott Hotel. Check each event on milanowineweek.com.
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