One of the best things about visiting Italy in the autumn months is having the opportunity to attend a sagra, a type of harvest festival or fair centred around one particular food or drink item local to the town hosting it.
The community comes together to smell, sip and savour all varieties of their product and maybe even dance or put on a parade. It’s one of the best ways to immerse yourself in the culture and community of Italy’s diverse towns and villages.
While October is the month with the most sagre in Italy, these festivals continue well into November.
From a radish festival in Treviso to a bruschetta fair in Perugia, these are some of the food festivals happening this month.
Abruzzo
Festa dell'Olio Nuovo (new olive oil festival), November 7th–9th in Frisa, Chieti.
Novello e Castagne (chestnut festival), November 7th–9th in Miglianico, Chieti.
Calabria
Sagra della Castagna (chestnut festival), November 5th–9th in Sant'Agata di Esaro, Cosenza.
Festa d'Autunno (autumn festival), November 7th–9th in San Donato di Ninea, Cosenza.
Campania
Sagra della Castagna e dei Prodotti del Sottobosco (chestnut and forest produce festival), November 8th–9th in Acerno, Salerno.
La Sagra delle Sagre (local produce and culture festival), November 14th–16th in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Avellino.
Sagra del Cicatiello (Cicatielli pasta festival), November 8th, 9th, and 11th in San Martino Valle Caudina, Avellino.
Emilia Romagna
Novemberfest (grilled meat and beer festival), November 7th–8th and 14th–15th in Bevilacqua, Ferrara.
Cioccolandia (chocolate festival), November 8th–9th in Piacenza.
Fiera dell'Oliva e dei Prodotti Autunnali (olives and autumn produce festival), November 22nd–23rd in Coriano, Rimini.
Fiera del Formaggio di Fossa (Fossa cheese festival), November 23rd and 30th, and December 7th in Sogliano al Rubicone, Forlì-Cesena.
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Estate di San Martino (local produce fair), November 14th–16th in Pordenone.
Sagra dell'Oca e del Vin Novello (goose and wine festival), November 8th–9th in Lavariano, Udine.
Lazio
Festa dell'Olio e del Vino Novello (olive oil and wine festival), November 7th–9th and 14th–16th in Vignanello, Viterbo.
Sagra della Polenta (polenta festival), November 8th–9th in Nerola, Rome.
Il Giorno di Bacco (wine festival), November 16th in Palombara Sabina, Rome.
Lombardy
Sagra del bollito misto (boiled meat festival), November 7th–9th in Monasterolo del Castello, Bergamo.
Festa del Torrone (nougat festival), November 8th–16th in Cremona.
Formaggi in Piazza (cheese festival), November 18th–19th in Sondrio.
Marche
Festa della Cicerchia (grass pea fair), November 27th–30th in Serra de' Conti, Ancona.
Piedmont
Fiera del Porro (leek fair), November 9th–23rd in Cervere, Cuneo.
Fiera Internazionale Tartufo Bianco d'Alba (international white truffle fair), all month in Alba, Cuneo.
Acqui e Sapori (truffle market), November 22nd–23rd in Acqui Terme, Alessandria.
Puglia
Sagra del Cardoncello (Cardoncello mushroom festival), November 1st–2nd in Spinazzola, Barletta; 8th–9th in Ruvo di Puglia, Bari; 15th–16th in Gravina, Bari; and November 22nd–23rd in Cassano delle Murge, Bari.
Novello sotto il Castello (new wine festival), November 14th–16th, Conversano, Bari.
Sardinia
Sagra delle Olive (olive festival), November 14th–16th, Gonnosfanàdiga, South Sardinia.
Sicily
Sagra dell'Ulivo (olive oil festival), November 8th–9th in Pollina, Palermo.
Sagra della Cassatella (sweet fried pastry fair), November 14th–16th in Agira, Enna.
Un Giorno di Pecora (lamb and mutton fair), November 22nd–23rd in Santa Ninfa, Trapani.
Trentino Alto Adige
Merano wine festival, November 7th–11th in Merano, South Tyrol.
Festa della Noce (walnut festival), November 9th–9th in Cavrasto, Trento.
Tuscany
Sagra del Porcino (porcini mushroom festival), November 2nd, 7th–9th, and 14th–16th in Lucignano, Arezzo.
Sagra del Cinghiale (wild boar festival), November 6th–9th and 13th–16th in Chianni, Pisa.
Autumnia (autumn fare festival), November 7th–9th in Figline Valdarno, Florence.
Sagra del tartufo bianco, nero e tortello (truffle festival), November 1st–2nd and 8th–9th in Scarperia e San Piero, Florence.
Umbria
Festa dell'Olivo e Sagra della Bruschetta (olive oil and bruschetta festival), November 15th–16th in Spello, Perugia.
Veneto
Sagra del Frico ('Frico' pie festival), November 8th–9th, 15th–16th, 2th–30th in Lorenzaga, Treviso.
Festa del Radicchio (radicchio festival), November 28th–30th in Spresiano, Treviso.
Did we miss your favourite November sagra? Leave a comment below to let us know.
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