SUMMER EVENTS

May San Venanzo "Sagra de li Vincigrassi"- late May a food and music festival based on a lasagne dish June Pianello (near Cagli) - Sagra della Lumaca (snails) - mid-June Apiro (near Cingoli) - Sagra del formaggio pecorino (pecorino cheese) July Sefro (near Camerino) - Festa della Pizza - early July Matelica - Sagra della Rana (frogs) Ostra Vetere (near Corinaldo) - Festa della trota (trout) - earlyJuly Montemarciano (near Senigallia) - Sagra del pesce (fish) Corinaldo - polenta festival on third Sunday in July to commemorate the time when the town's people successfully resisted a siege thanks to copious supplies of the stuff. Sefro (near Camerino) - Festa del Tortellino alla boscaiola (pasta) - late July Castelplanio (near Jesi) - Sagra della crescia sul panaro (stuffed flat bread) - last Sunday of July Ostra Vetere (near Corinaldo) - Sapori ed Aromi di Casa Nostra - late July - local food, music and a procession of old farm machines August Monte Vidon Combatte (near Fermo) - Sagra delle quaglie (quails) - 1st Sunday Sassoferrato - Sagra del Cinghiale (wild boar) Cingoli - Sagra di prosciutto e melone San Severino Marche - Sagra della ceca (chick peas) Staffolo (near Cingoli) - Festa del Verdicchio (verdicchio wine festival) Fermo - Sagra delle vongole (shell fish) Serra San Quirico (near Fabriano) - Sagra del coniglio in porchetta (roast rabbit with fennel) Monteprandone (near San Benedetto del Tronto)- Sagra delle olive fritte (fried stuffed olives) Pedaso - Sagra Nazionale delle cozze (mussels) Massignano (near Ascoli Piceno) - Sagra delle frittelle (omelettes) Vererotta (near Ascoli Piceno) - Sagra della vitella allo spiedo (spit-roast veal) Loro Piceno - Sagra del Vin Cotto (a sweet "cooked" wine)



September Apiro (near Cingoli) - Sagra della polenta Montecassiano - Sagra del pesce (fish) Cupramontana - grape festival in the heart of Verdicchio wine country Piandimileto (near Urbino) - Mushroom fair Lapedona (near Fermo) - Sagra del Vino Cotto (the Marche version of Vin Santo) Fermo - Sagra della Polenta Arcevia - Sagra dell'uva (grape festival)

AUTUMN EVENTS

October Acqualagna (near Cagli) - Fiera nazionale del tartufo (truffle fair) - last weekend in October and first two weekends in November. Acquasanta Terme (near Ascoli Piceno) - Festa d'autunno (autumn produce) Montemonaco (near Ascoli Piceno) - Sagra della Castagna (chestnut) Castelsantengelo sul Nera (near Visso) - Sagra del Marrone Castellano (chestnut) Sant'Agata Feltria - White Truffle fair Sant'Angelo in Vado (near Urbino) - Mostra del tartufo bianco (white truffle) November Monte San Martino Vino Nuova Novello (New wine and chestnut) Talamello (near San Leo) - Formaggio di Fossa cheese fair Acqualagna (near Cagli) - truffle fair - last weekend in October and first three weekends in November.

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