Sagra dei Maccheroncini di Campofilone IGP, Campofilone

The GuardianJul 26

‘It’s like bringing the kitchen into the piazza’: seven of the best Italian village food festivals

Sagre – the historic local events that pop up in villages across the country in summer – are the perfect way to get a taste of regional cuisine and culture I cannot remember a summer when at least one evening hasn’t been spent following signs to a local sagra . Not quite a food market and not quite a village fete, a sagra is like a village moving its kitchen outdoors for a few nights. When I th…

August 7-10, features thin local pasta

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Sagra dei Maccheroncini di Campofilone IGPFestivalAugust 7-10, features thin local pasta
Elsewhere
Sagra tu FureseFestivalTaviano, Italyfarmer’s festival in mid-August, dates to be finalized
Festa della MuniceddhaFestivalCannole, ItalyAugust 10-14, dedicated to the small snail
Sagra del Fusillo FelitteseFestivalFelitto, ItalyAugust 13-23, features hand-rolled pasta
Locanda CoronaRestaurantCastelfranco Emilia, Italylegendary innkeeper glimpsed Venus’s navel, inspiring tortellino
Sagra del Tortellino TradizionaleFestivalCastelfranco Emilia, ItalySeptember 4-14, features traditional tortellino
Sagra dei CanederliFestivalVipiteno, ItalySeptember 13, features bread dumplings
Sagra della Cipolla GiarratanaFestivalGiarratana, ItalyAugust 12-14, features sweet local onions

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‘It’s like bringing the kitchen into the piazza’: seven of the best Italian village food festivals