Travel the Local Gastronomic Festivals and Italian Holidays!

Local Seasonal Festivals located in northern Le Marche

July

July 3-6 La Tavola Marche Palio Medieval Horse Race Festivities & Food Package!
Early Music Festival in Urbino
Mare Magnum (Discovering the Adriatic cuisine)—Second weekend in July in Pesaro
Sagra dell tagliatella ( Tagliatella Festival)—Second Sunday in July in Mercatello sul Metauro
Sagra del Tartufo nero ( Black Truffle Festival)—Third Sunday in July in Montegrimano
Sagra dell pesche (Peach Festival)—Last weekend of July in Montelabbate
Festa del vino (Wine Festival)—Last weekend of July in Pergola
Sagra delle ciliegie (Cherry Festival)—Last weekend of July in San Leo

Trionfo del Tartufo ner (The triumph of the black truffle)—First weekend in August in Frontino
Sagra del polentone all carbonara (Polenta Festival)—First Sunday in August in Cagli
Petricara in fiorentina (Festival of meats from the Marchigiana breed)—August 13th in Novafeltria Perticara
Sagra gastronomica (Food and wine Festival)—August 13th and 14th in San Costanzo Cerasa
15th Assumption of Mary—Assunzione di Maria Vergine
Sagre del bostrengo (local sweet) August 15th in Apecchio and Monte Cerignone
Sagre della panzanella (Festival of soaked bread with salt and olive oil) on August 15th in Borgo Pace
Sagra del coniglio in porchetta (Roast rabbit festival)—First Sunday after the 15th of August in Frontone
Sagra del ravioli (Ravioli Festival)—First Sunday after the 15th of August in Mercatino Conca
Sagra del Cinghiale (Wild boar Festival)—August 17th in Sassoferrato
Festa del Duca—a jamboree in honor of Duke Federico on the third Sunday in Urbino.
Palio dell’Oca—medieval games to win a golden goose in Cagli.
Wild Boar Hunt—a jolly medieval chase in the town square of Mondavio.
Sagra del Tarutufo dell Valle del Balbano (Truffle Festival)—Second Sunday in August in Cantiano
Mostra mercato della pera angelica (Festival of the Angelica pear)—Last Sunday of August in Serrungarina

Festa del Bianchello (White wine Festival) in Montemaggiore
Sagra del polentone alla carbonara (Polenta Festival)—First Sunday in September in Pobbico, third Sunday in Tavoleto
Sagra del fagiolo (Bean festival)—First Sunday in September in Frontino
Giornata di vino (Wine day)—First Monday after September 15th
19th San Gennerao
22-23th Natural Wool Dyeing 2-Day Course at La Tavola Marche
Mostra mercato del fungo e prodotti tipici ( Mushroom and local product Festival)—Last weekend of September in Frontone
Fiera della polenta e fruitti del sottobosco (Polenta Festival and woodland produce)—Last three Sundays of September and first Sunday of October in Novafeltria Perticara
Festa del Fungo ( Mushroom Festival)—Last Sunday of September and the first Sunday of October in Pesaro and Piandimeleto

Mostra mercato del Tartufo e prodotti del bosco (Exhibition and market of the Truffle and products form the woods)—First weekend in October in Apecchio
I giorni del Baccanale (The days of Bacchanalia-sausage festival)—First and Second Sunday in October in Auditore
Mostra mercato del miele e prodotti autunnali (Exhibition and market of honey and autumnal products)—Second Sunday in October in Belforte All’Isauro
Fiera nazionale del tartufo—Truffle fair in Acqualagna (near Cagli) the “truffle capital.” Last weekend in October to first two weeks in November
Mostra del tartufo bianco—White truffle festival in Sant’ Angelo in Vado (near Urbino)
Festa della castagna (Chestnut Festival)—Second Sunday in October in Talamello, Third Sunday in Lunano
Evento enogastronomico (food and wine event)—Last weekend of October or first weekend of November in Mercatello sul Metauro
Fiera nazionale del Tartufo bianco (National White Truffle Fair)—Last four Sundays of October in S. Agata Feltria and S. Angelo in Vado
October 23-27 Truffles, Mushrooms & More at La Tavola Marche
October 30-November 3 Truffles, Mushrooms & More at La Tavola Marche

1st All Saints Day—Ognissanti
Fiera nazionale del tartufo—Truffle fair continues (see above).
Mostra mercato dell’oliva e dell’olio (Exhibition and market of olives and olive oil)—First two Sundays in November in Cartoceto
Fiera del Formaggio di Fossa (Cave cheese Festival)—Second and third Sunday of November in Talamello (near San Leo).
Sapori e aromi d’autunno (Tastes and flavors of Autumn)—End of November in Fano
Mostra mercato dei vini novella e aperture delle fosse ( Exhibition and market of new wines from central Italy and opening of the “fossa”)—Last weekend in November in Monteciccardo

Mostra mercato del Tartufo Bianchetto (Exhibition and market of white Truffle)—First weekend in March in Fossombrone
21st Good Friday
23rd Easter Day Pasqua
24th Easter Monday Lunedi dell’Angelo
Sagra della crescia di Pasqua e del vino (Wine and Easter Festival)—Easter Monday in Colbordolo Talacchio

2nd Feast of St. Mark
Palio della Rana—a frog race in wheelbarrows in fermignano on the first Sunday after Easter.
Anniversario della Liberazione
Sagra dei garagoi (Sea snails Festival)—Last Sunday in April in Marotta di Mondolfo

1st Labor Day Festa del Lavoro
Sagra del formaggio e della faca (Cheese with fava bean festival)—Third Sunday in May in Auditore
Sagra del fungo prugnolo (Prugnolo mushrooms Festival)—Last Sunday in May in Pennabilli
Sagra dell Lumaca (Festival of snails)—Last Sunday in May or first Sunday in June in S. Ippolito Sorbologno

2nd Founding of the Republic—Festa della repubblica
24th Feast of St. John
Festa dell’Agricoltura (Agricultural Fair)—Third weekend in June in Pesaro Villa Ceccolini
Sagra della Lumaca (Festival of snails)—Third Sunday in June in Pianello (near Cagli)
Sagra della rana (Culinary festival of the frog)—Last weekend in June in Barchi
Festa del pane (Bread Festival)—Last weekend of June in Maiolo
29th Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul