Agosto - August, the end of summer yet the festivities continue & so does our series! Watch for lots of festivals & feasts on the 15th of August as this is ferragosto & the culmination of summer!
August 2008
Pesaro
Rossini Opera Festival - All month
Pesaro dulcis in centro - Wednesday to Friday
Evening shopping, concerts, exhibitions, entertainment for kids, creative workshops, food tastings, guided tours, culture walks, lectures & more.
Cinema sotto le stelle - Cinema under the stars
Starting at 9pm
Acqualanga
Fiera regionale del tartufo d'estate - 1st weekend
Regional summer truffle festival, gastronomic specialties a
ll day in Piazza Mattei
Frontino
Il trionfo del tartufo nero - 1st Sunday
The triumph of the black truffle, convention, truffle market, gastronomic stands, arts & crafts, wine tastings, music, dancing & live entertainment in the old center
Gabicce Mare
Mercatino di prodotti naturali - Thursday & Sunday at 8:30pm
Natural products market at Gabicce Monte, Piazza Valbruna
Macerata Feltria
Mostra mercato di preziosi d'epoca - 1st weekend, Thursday - Sunday
Antiques market, jewellery, ornaments, lamps, lace, carpets, artists, muscians, gastronomic specialties, fashion show, vintage cars & motorcycles and more! Starts at 6:00pm
Montefelcino
Meractino del feudatario - 1st & 2nd Tuesday
Feudal market, evening time market of almost antiques, curiosities, collector's items, gastronomy, Renaissance costume procession, musical attractions and artistic exhibitions. Starting at 6pm in the old center.
Acqualagna
Fagiolata in Piazza
Bean soup in the town's main square at 8pm
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Barchi
I sapori del castello - 1st weekend
Dishes from the past, cellars, crafts, choral & instrumental concerts, live entertainment & fireworks display. Starting at 6pm
Fano
Festa del mare - 1st weekend
Sea festival in the harbor area
Cantiano
Sagra del polentone alla carbonara - 1st Sunday
Polenta festival - over the grill - taste of local food & products starting at 4pm
Cantiano
Sagra del Tartufo - 2nd Saturday
Truffle festival at 4pm
Cagli
Giuoco dell'oca - 2nd Sunday
Historic revival with procession in costume and battles between the local districts - starting at 4pm
Apecchio
Casteldelci
Palio dei Comuni - 2nd Sunday
Inter-district feud and ancient games
Cagli
Festa dei 4 cantoni - 13th
Local district festival, tastes from the past in Pianello di Cagli
Sagra del bostregno - 14th & 15th
Bostregno festival - a local specialty in the afternoon in the old center
Belforte All'Isauro
Tombolone e ballo in piazza - 14th & 15th
Open air bingo & dancing in the town's main square
Borgo Pace
Sagra della Panzanella - 14th & 15th
Festival of panzanella - local bread
Orciano di Pesaro
Mercato antico di San Rocco - 17th & 23rd
The antique market of San Rocco, XIX century market with inns, merchants, minstrels, music, gastronomy & more - staring at 4pm in the old center
Cantiano
Sagra del cinghiale - 17th
Festival of the wild boar starting in the afternoon in San Crescentino
Cantiano
Torneo della balestra "Le Rocche" - 3rd Sunday
Le Rocche crossbow tournament, gastronomic stands starting in the afternoon in the old center.
(San Leo)
San Leo
AlchimiaAlchimie - All day on the 26th
This event is a tribute to Giuseppe Balsamo, better known as Count Cagliostro a famous figure in the Masonic circles of the 18th century, who was imprisoned into the fortress of San Leo and died there on the 26th of August 1795. Live entertainment in the old center with lectures, dinner and a spectacular fireworks display from the fortress.
Borgo Pace
Festa della patata rossa - last weekend
Red potato festival in Piazza del Pino
Of course there are tons more festivities, these are specifically for the Pesaro-Urbino area - all within an hour of our Agriturismo/farmhouse making for the perfect day trip into the Le Marche hill towns!
WHAT a great list!! oh we need to BE THERE...
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