Le Marche festivals and fairs

During the Summer every town and village in Le Marche is animated with festivals and fairs. Food, music, ancient and more recent traditions, religious events: any human activity is worth a celebration that usually includes food, handicrafts and a lot of fun.

It’s impossible to detail this huge variety of events here. So we will just list some of the most important to give you an idea of the array of Le Marche festivals that you will be able to enjoy when you visit us.  You will find more information on current events at Valle Nuova, in our Facebook page and in our blog.

Festa del duca Urbino foto paolo mini
Early music group reenactment Festa del Duca Urbino Marche
Palio della Rana Frog race Fermignano Le Marche Italy
Urbino festival reenactment Renaissance Marche Italy
Urbino festa del duca August Marche festivals
Urbino Marche Festa del Duca
Festa del duca Urbino Ducal palace Marche festivals
Old dress reenactments palios Ducal Palace Urbino Marche
Frog
Folklore Marche festivals reenactment palio
Marche festivals Renaissance reenactments
Painting old techniques Marche festivals Urbino
Old crafts reenactments Marche festivals
Palio della rana frog race wheelbarrow palio competition Marche Italy
Palios reenactments festivals Marche Italy
Reenactments Le Marche Urbino Festa del Duca

Reenactments and palios

Palios and reenactments are very popular everywhere in Italy. Near Valle Nuova, during the Summer, you will be able to participate in interesting events where the organizers take great pride in having everything as authentic as possible, with artisans, reproductions of period outfits and traditions. Some of the most interesting events are the Festa del Duca in Urbino (August), Palio dell’Oca in Cagli (August) and Gradara Assedio al Castello (July).

Autumn fruits Marche food festival
Food Marche festivals Acqualagna truffle festival
International brodetto festival fish stew Fano Summer food festival
Autumn food festival Marche Italy
Cartoceto olive groves dop evo extra virgin olive oil festival
Curing Olives Cartoceto dop Marche festivals Italy
Sorbolongo snail festival food Marche Italy
Autumn Marche festivals foraged food berries sorbus service tree sorb
White truffle festival Acqualagna Sant_angelo Autumn Le Marche

Food festivals

Pretty much every food and drink has its own festival including frogs and snails! DOP olive oil in Cartoceto in October and November, brodetto (fish stew) in Fano in September, organic food in Urbino in October, artisan beer in Apecchio, truffles in Acqualagna, Pergola and Sant’Angelo in Vado (mostly in October but also during Summer), cheeses, salamis, chestnuts, wine, polenta and much more.

Marchigiani take great pride in their culinary traditions and will enthusiastically draw you into their celebrations.

Farming fair old tractor
fire jugglers urbino Marche Italy festival fair
Infiorata Corpus Domini Le Marche religious festivals Italy
Urbania ceramics fair pottery majolica Marche Italy
Old photo penny farthing race biciclo Fermignano Marche Italy
Old Landini tractor farming fair
Fire juggling stilts festivals fairs Urbino Marche Italy
Local farming products fair Marche festivals
Urbino kite festival september Marche festa dell aquilone
Palio del biciclo ottocentesco penny farthing high weel Marche Italy

Other festivals

There are plenty of events in the area during the Summer and early Autumn ranging from a kite festival in Urbino to religious festivities like the Corpus Domini in all the villages and towns, ceramics events in Urbania, healthy living happenings, farming fairs (of course also music festivals).