EVENTS SCHEDULE OF MARCHE REGION FOR THE
YEAR 2014
FEBRUARY, the month of Carnival
Title: Fano Carnival
City: Fano
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Description: It's the oldest Carnival in Italy where parades of
floats are interspersed with original masquerades. The music is
combined with tons of sweets, thus creating a unique spectacle.
Date: 16th to 23rd February and 2nd March, 2014
Website: www.carnevaledifano.com
Title: Historical Carnival of Offida
City: Offida
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: The most exciting moments of the Carnival are "lu bov fint" and "v'lurd", in
addition to children's parties and numerous balls.
Organized on the day after jeudi gras, Friday fat, hunting "Lu bov fint" consists in running
through the streets of the town a silhouette of ox, led by two men covered with a white cloth
with red stripes, the colors of the town. On the evening of Shrove Tuesday, the procession of
lights "V'lurd", it is long bundles of reeds filled with straw burning that are carried along the
streets of the town and thrown into the streets for the final bonfire, around which masks run
in a circle waiting for the fire to go out and is sealed so the end of Carnival and the beginning
of Lent.
Dates: January17th- March 4th, 2014
Website: www.inoffida.it/carnevale_offidano_003.html
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MARCH
MAIN HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS
Title: The Scacciamarzo
City: Monsano
Province: Ancona
Description: The Scacciamarzo, noisy and very old ritual chant of child begging, originates
from the ritual "caccià marzu", carried out until the early years of the last century. This magicheathen song has an unmistakable exorcising function: to drive out the "evil" (the winter) and
greet and propitiate the "good" (the new season, the sun, the resurgent spring).
Date: March 2014
TASTE OF THE MARCHE REGION
Title: Tipicità - Festival of the typical products of
The Marche
City: Fermo
Description: For the greediest is back "Tipicità Made in Marche Festival", a showcase of
excellences in the region, including agriculture, tourism, culture and uniqueness of the
territory in a great celebration of taste.
dates: March 15th -16th -17th, 2014
Website: www.tipicita.it
CULTURE
Title: FAI Spring Day
City: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
Description: The Baviera Palace will be open to the public on Saturday 22nd and Sunday,
March 23rd, 2014.
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It will be possible to enter the halls of the stucco with the stories depicted on the vaults of the
noble environments of the building. The FAI will ensure the promotion of the initiative and
the training of guides who will accompany the visitor, will provide printed material and will
put it in the online communication tools. Afterwards, it will present the publication about
Federico Barocci, curated by the Superintendent for the Historical, Artistic and Ethnoanthropological Heritage of the Marche Region, Maria Rosaria Valazzi. The leading thread will
be the works performed by the great artist from Urbino in the territory. The editorial work
will be presented in Senigallia on the occasion of the event sponsored by the circuit of culture
and tourism of the “Terra del Duca”, scheduled for April 5th and 6th, 2014. The Municipality
will allow to enter the rooms decorated by the sculptor from Urbino Federico Brandani.
Date: March 22nd -23rd , 2014
Website: www.comune.senigallia.an.it
E-mail: [email protected]
APRIL
THEATRE FOR KIDS
Title: National Review of School Theatre
City: Serra San Quirico
Province: Ancona
Description: The National Review of the School Theatre is one of those rare experiences in the
school theatre across the country. It is an opportunity to admire the most significant shows
produced by schools of all levels coming from all the regions of Italy.
Dates: April - May 2014
Website: www.teatrogiovani.eu
E-mail: [email protected]
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MAIN HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS
Title: La turba (The crowd)
City: Cantiano
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Description: The representation, that takes place every year in the beautiful country of
Cantiano, has its origins as far back as the thirteenth century between the lands of Umbria and
Marche, when the population in the street called for the holy intercession of God and Our Lady
to put an end to a life of misery, continual wars and famines: a "crowd" of people prayed the
grace of better living conditions, imploring forgiveness, invoking peace and brotherhood.
Date: April 2014
Website: www.laturba.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: International Review of Passion
City: Polverigi
Province: Ancona
Description: The event is the presentation of ritual songs of begging propagated in Central
Italy, which are closely linked to the cycle of nature that is born, dies and rises synthesizing
the human life cycle. Among the popular songs, there is the song of the "Passiò", the Passion of
Jesus, which is carried by an organ and accordion grinder and two "singers" performing a
verse each, accompanying themselves on the cymbal and kettledrums.
Date: April 2014
Event info: www.macina.net
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CULTURE
Culture: opening of the itinerary-exhibition dedicated
to the works of the Della Robbia in the Marche
Title: Itineraries of the "Della Robbia" Family
City: Arcevia and neighboring towns
Description: The itineraries offer the chance to discover the
traces of the masterpieces left by the family of the masters
of glazed pottery.
Date: April 2014
Website: http://en.turismo.marche.it/;
www.musei.marche.it
Title: Majolica plastics in the Marche Region of the fifteenth
century
Exhibition Venues: Arcevia and Senigallia
Description: The exhibition focuses for the first time on an artistic
heritage that is unique in the panorama of Italian ceramics. They
are the rare majolica plastics in the Marche region, dating back to a
production of Faenza or Pesaro in the end of the fifteenth
century.Date: From April 12th to August 31st, 2014
Website: www.comune.senigallia.an.it
E-mail: [email protected]
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Title: Federico Barocci: The Painter of the Terra del Duca
Exhibition Venues: Urbino, Gubbio, Pesaro and Senigallia
Description: The great painter Federico Barocci from Urbino
to whom the National Gallery in London has recently devoted
a major exhibition that achieved a great success with
audiences and critics, he was maybe the artist who, more
than any other, managed to represent the ducal territory in a
unified sense, namely that environment of extraordinary
beauty included among the cities of Urbino, Gubbio, Pesaro and Senigallia.
Date: Spring Summer 2014 - April 5th and 6th, 2014. The programme includes, in the
territory of the ancient Duchy of Urbino, a weekend entirely dedicated to Federico
Barocci with guided tours, exhibitions and hiking.
Website: www.comune.senigallia.an.it; www.comune.urbino.ps.it
E-mail: [email protected]
TASTE
Title: Fritto Misto (Mixed Fried Food)
City: Ascoli Piceno
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: Fritto Misto is the annual appointment with the
Italian and international gastronomic tradition and dedicated
to fried food and its various forms in different Italian regions
and foreign countries. Ascoli Piceno and its quaint old town,
with its picturesque Piazza Arringo, one of the oldest in the
city, can only be considered the capital of fried food, able to surprise with its architecture and
meet the broad audience of curious and fans by cooking for them. It is well known indeed that
the city of Ascoli gave birth to the delicious "Oliva Ascolana del Piceno" that, in 2005, was
awarded the P.D.O. (Protected Designation of Origin) recognition.
Date: From April 25th to May 4th , 2014
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Municipality e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Oil Festival
City: Ripatransone
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: Oil Fest is an event centred on Marche’s oil ; its quality and
typicality depends on both the environment and human and cultural
factors.
Date: April 11th – 13th, 2014; November 14th -16th, 2014
Information: Art for Job-Tel.: +39 0735 657 562
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Title: Scent of Anise
City: Castignano
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: Castignano is a small village in the Piceno area where green anise has special
organoleptic features and an amount of anethole greater than the one produced in other
areas.
Date: April 11th to 13th, 2014
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SPORTS – ACTIVE TOURISM
Title: The Nine Castles Marathon in the Marche Region
City: Arcevia
Province: Ancona
Description: The Nine Castles Marathon is an international sports event to be held in Arcevia
from April 4th to 6th, 2014.
Date: from April 4th to 6th, 2014
Event info: http://www.wizardsportsevents.com/marathon.html
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MAY
THEATRE FOR KIDS
Title: 32nd National Review of School Theatre
City: Serra San Quirico
Province: Ancona
Description: The National Review of the School Theatre is one of those rare experiences in the
school theatre across the country. It is an opportunity to admire the most significant shows
produced by schools of all levels coming from all the regions of Italy.
Dates: from May 3rd to 24th , 2014
Event info: Associazione Teatro Giovani (Youth Theatre Association), tel: +39 0731 86634
Website: www.teatrogiovani.eu
E-mail: [email protected]
FOOD AND WINE EVENTS
Title: Open Cellars
Marche Region - provinces of Ancona, Pesaro Urbino, Macerata, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno
Description: The wine cellars members of the Italian "Wine Tourism Movement" have been
opening their doors to the public for 17 years (last Sunday of May), offering the opportunity to
taste their wines, buy them directly from the company and discover the secrets of wine
production and refining.
Date: May 25th, 2014
Website: www.movimentoturismovino.it
E-mail: [email protected]
CULTURE
Title: Project " Idee per un Percorso Urbano di Scultura Musa "
City: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
Description: The project aims to rediscover the sense of the history and development of the
city that can not be separated from a correct reading of its territory. It is meant to give special
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attention to important artists who were born in Senigallia during the twentieth century:
sculptors such as Alfio Castelli, Silvio Ceccarelli and Enrico Mazzolani who left a deep mark in
the history of Italian sculpture of the last century. It should be reminded that the Museum of
Modern Art in Senigallia collects and preserves many important artistic expressions in the city
as they occurred during the twentieth century, together with the important collections
related to Mario Giacomelli, Giuseppe Cavalli and many other photographers. It is important
to enhance the urban signs of Senigallia through the works of art and symbols of the twentieth
century in order to leave a tangible, accessible and clear sign of major artistic presence. In
particular, the sites concerned will be the Catalans Gardens and Piazza Saffi and buildings
such as the Palazzo della Nuova Gioventù (Palace of New Youth).
Dates : From May to December 2014
Website: www.comune.senigallia.an.it
E-mail: [email protected]
JUNE
FILM FESTIVALS
Title: 50th International Festival of the New Cinema
City: Pesaro
Description: This is one of the most important film festivals in
Italy. In accordance with tradition, it presents rich
retrospectives and monographs on Italian authors with a
section of competing movies in programme.
Date: June 23rd-29th, 2014
Website: www.pesarofilmfest.it
e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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“AUTHOR” MUSIC
Title: 25th Festival of Popular “Author” Song - Musicultura
City: Macerata (Arena Sferisterio)
Description: The event is an international window of quality music among Italy’s most
established and prestigious music festivals, especially for popular and ”author” songs.
date: June 2014
Website: www.musicultura.it
TASTE
Title: Veregra Street Food
City: Montegranaro
Province: Fermo
Description: The Veregra Street Food focuses on "Italian and international street food" as
'Fritto Misto' (Mixed Fried Food) in Ascoli Piceno does; there are workshops for children and
adults, meetings and you can taste many specialties.
Date: From June 23rd to 29th, 2014
Information: Art for Job-Tel.: +39 0735 657 562
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Tuber Communications +39 0735 702 394
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Title: Anghiò Fish Festival
City: San Benedetto del Tronto
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: Anghiò is the Festival of local Adriatic fish:
anchovies, sardines, mackerels, amber fish and tunas. The Fish
Festival aims at enhancing and promoting the longstanding
fishing tradition of the Marche Region and in particular of the San Benedetto area: the port is
second in Italy for the amount of caught fish and the number of the fishing boats.
Date: From June 14th to 22nd, 2014
Information: Art for Job-Tel.: +39 0735 657 562
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Tuber Communications Tel: +39 0735 702 394
E-mail Municipality: [email protected]
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Title: Second To None
City: Acquaviva Picena
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: "Second to None" is an event promoting the best traditional main courses of rural
cuisine in Ascoli Piceno area.
Date: From June 27th to 29th, 2014
Information: Art for Job-Tel.: +39 0735 657 562
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CULTURE
Title: "Gold, pearls, enamels, sapphires and rubies: Pope Sixtus
V's Shrine after the restoration at the Opificio delle Pietre
Dure in Florence"
Exhibition venue: Museo Sistino di Montalto Marche (Musei Sistini
del Piceno) - Ascoli Piceno - Piazza Sisto V
Description: The so-called Reliquiario di Montalto (Montalto’s
Shrine), is a work made of different materials, 66.5 x 43 x 23 cm. in
size. It is one of the rarest and highest examples of late medieval
French goldsmith’s, unique for its age, size, artistic level and value
of the materials. The exhibition of the shrine restoration will be in
Florence at the museum of precious stones, at Christmas time. The
precious reliquary of Montalto Marche will be back to the town by
the beginning of Summer and could attract visitors from all over
the world. The display of the precious relic and the photographic panels of the various stages
of the restoration will promote the Marche Region, besides being an important document in
the history of Italian goldmith’s.
Date: From June 7th 2014, September 14th 2014.
Website: www.montaltomarche.it
E-mail: [email protected]
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Title: La Grazia e la Luce – Da Perugino a Guercino l’immagine della Vergine Maria (The
Grace and the Light - From Perugino to Guercino the image of the Virgin Mary)
Exhibition venue: Senigallia - Palazzo del Duca-Diocesan Art Gallery
Description: In Senigallia, from the second half of the fifteenth century until the end of the
eighteenth, the great devotion to the Virgin Mary resulted in many art forms. Many
masterpieces will be displayed during the exhibition: there will be the altarpiece by Perugino,
the Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist, Louis, Francis, Peter, Paul and James the
Greater, preserved in the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie and displayed for the first time
after the perfect restoration supported by a group of local businessmen. There will be works
by talented artists in painting and sculpture between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries.
Date: From June 14th to November 2nd, 2014
Website: www.comune.senigallia.an.it
E-mail: [email protected]
MULTIDISCIPLINARY EVENTS
Title: Marche Endurance Lifestyle 2014
City: Numana - Riviera del Conero
Province: Ancona
Description: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE, Governor of
Dubai and Endurance World Champion, and Sheikh
Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum - both
members of Dubay Royal Family - have been doing
endurance races for 15 years. This event has been taking place in the Marche Region for 3
years, thus making the region more and more open to global challenges.
Dates: June 12th-15th, 2014
Website: www.marchelifestyle.it
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JULY
OPERA
Title: 50th Macerata Opera Festival
City: Macerata, Arena Sferisterio
Description: The 50th Macerata Opera Festival at the
Sferisterio, under the artistic direction of Francesco Micheli,
titled "L’opera è donna” (The work is woman), celebrates
three great heroines of melodrama: new productions of
"Aida", which opened its first season in 1921, and "Tosca",
together with the recovery of the "Traviata degli Specchi"
by Brockhaus and Svoboda. The program of the 50th edition will be the following: "Aida" by
Giuseppe Verdi (July 18th to 27th 2014 and August 2nd -10th 2014), "Tosca" by Giacomo
Puccini (July19th to 25th 2014 and August 3rd -8th 2014) and "La Traviata" by Giuseppe
Verdi (July 20th to 26th 2014 and August 1st -9th 2014).
Dates: July 18th - August 10th, 2014
Website: www.sferisterio.it
Title: 27th International Festival of Chamber Music and Theatre –
Camerino Festival
City: Camerino (Teatro Marchetti), Lanciano Castle, Church of San Giusto di Pievebovigliana
Description: It boasts internationally renowned artists, the wide range of genres and
repertoires. The festival, started twenty-three years ago and directed by Francesco Rosati
attracts in Camerino about 2,500 fans every year.
Dates: July-August 2014
Website: www.camerinofestival.it
Title: Ancient Music Festival
City: Urbino
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Dates: July 19th-28th, 2014
Website: www.fima-online.org
e-mail: [email protected]
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TASTE
Title: Ciborghi d’Italia
City: Offida
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: Ciborghi is a food and wine Festival taking place in Offida, one of Italy’s most
beautiful villages, boasting longstanding traditions and art treasures and enchanting
landscapes.
Date: July 11th to 20th, 2014
Information: Art for Job-Tel.: +39 0735 657 562
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E-mail Municipality: [email protected]
Title: I Mitili Noti (The Well-known Mussels)
City: Cupramarittima
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: It is a festival dedicated to some mussel species that can be found in the Adriatic
Sea.
Date: From July 4th to 6th, 2014
Information: Art for Job-Tel.: +39 0735/657 562
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DANCE
Title: 21st Civitanova Danza
City: Civitanova Marche
Description: Civitanova Danza is the first dance Festival of the Marche Region and is one of
the few in Italy that can show the various forms of the world’s modern dance. The event will
take place at the Teatro Gioacchino Rossini, Annibal Caro and the Theatre Cecchetti.
Event Dates: July - August 2014
Website: www.amatmarche.net - www.civitanovadanza.it
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY FESTIVALS
Title: Popsophia Festival
City: Pesaro
Description: Popsophia is a Festival taking
place in Pesaro.
After the great success gained in 2013, Pesaro will host again the fourth Festival of
Contemporary Culture organized by the “Popsophia” Cultural Association. Each year a
different subject will focus on passions and obsessions of everyday life.
Dates: from July 2nd to 6th, 2014
Website: www.popsophia.it
THEATRE FOR KIDS
Title: 25th edition of The Theatre of the World - International Festival of Theatre for
Kids
City: Porto Sant 'Elpidio
Province: Fermo
Description: "The Theatre of the World" is the largest Italy’s event dedicated to children's
theatre. It is one of the most complete Festivals with over fifty performances, workshops,
exhibitions, meetings, events, special projects, conferences. The event will take place in
different places of the town, including Villa Baruchello (that will host the workshop
activities), the Pineta Nord and Villa Murri. There will be two further locations: the “SouthFaleriense” Promenade and the “Centro” Promenadek, where the closing party of the event
will be held.
Event Dates: Second week of July
Website: www.eventiculturali.org
Title: 9th "Paese dei Balocchi" (Toyland)
City: Serra San Quirico
Province: Ancona
Description: It’s a leisure event dedicated to children. A series of activities, led by real
children’s entertainers, will enliven the historic centre, with its medieval squares, streets and
the charming Copertelle. There will be three plays for children, puppet manufacturing
workshops, painting workshops, outdoor games, food stands, recreating the magic
atmosphere of "The Land of Toys ."
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Event Date: July 23rd-27th, 2014
Event info: Associazione Teatro dei Giovani (Youth Theatre Association), tel: +39 0731 86634
Website: www.teatrogiovani.eu
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: T.E.S.P.I. Festival "Theatre Education Scene and Pedagogy in Italy"
City: Serra San Quirico
Province: Ancona
Description: The multidisciplinary festival "Theatre Education, Scene and Pedagogy in Italy",
is sponsored by the Comunità Montana (an Italian local Institution) Esino Frasassi di
Fabriano, supported by the Marche Region and the Municipality of Serra San Quirico. It is
organized by ATG Youth Association Theatre in cooperation with AMAT.
Dates: July 16th to 20th, 2014
Event info: Youth Theatre Association, tel: +39 0731 86634
Website: www.teatrogiovani.eu
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: Summer School of Education Theatre
City: Serra San Quirico
Province: Ancona
Description: The Summer School of the Theatre of Education (S.E.T.E.) is the training school
for theatre, providing laboratory activities to learn abilities and different skills, in a full
immersion experience.
Event Dates: July 16th to 20th, 2014
Event info: Youth Theatre Association, tel: +39 0731 86634
Website: www.teatrogiovani.eu
E-mail: [email protected]
JAZZ MUSIC
Title: Brand Jazz, Jazz Musicamdo
City: Matelica, Camerino, Macerata, Corridonia, Gagliole
Description: The festival boasts important musical concerts made by well-known national
musicians, taking place in charming art sites.
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Date: July 2014
Website: www.musicamdo.it
Title: San Severino Blues Festival
City: San Severino Marche, Pollenza, Tolentino, Gagliole, Cingoli
Description: Festival of Summer African-American music: blues, jazz, soul and rock.
Dates: July-August 2014
Website: www.sanseverinoblues.com
Title: Jazz Summer Festival
City: Ancona, Mole Vanvitelliana
Description: It is one of the most well-known jazz festivals in the Region – often the only one
in Europe - hosting famous international musicians.
Dates: July 2014
Website: www.anconajazz.com
MAJOR HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS
Title: 27th Medieval Festival
City: Offagna
Province: Ancona
Description: During the Festival, around the village and in its medieval streets, you can enjoy
the atmosphere of the past and to revive the ancient tradition of the "Contesa della Crescia".
There are exhibitions, shows, fun and games.
Location: old town centre
Date: Last week of July 2014
Website: www.festemedievali.it
e-mail: [email protected]
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AUGUST
OPERA
Title: 35th Rossini Opera Festival
City: Pesaro
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Description: The 35th edition of the Rossini Opera
Festival will take place from August 8th to 21st 2014;
there will be three plays: the first two plays will be
performed in the Teatro Rossini, the last one in
Adriatic Arena.
The plays will be as follows: Aureliano in Palmira
(Director Mario Martone, New Production); L’Inganno Felice (Director GRAHAM VICK,
Production 1994 rearrangement), and Armida (LUCA RONCONI Director, New Business).
Date: August 8th - 21st 2014
Phone +39 0721 3800294 – 0721 3800210 – 0721 3800203
Website: www.rossinioperafestival.it
e-mail: [email protected]
FESTIVALS
Title: 14th Summer Jamboree
City: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
Type: Music and festival
Description: It is a Festival of American music and
culture of the '40s and '50s with live performances of DJ
sets swing, rock'n'roll, jive, doo-wop, rhythm and blues,
hill-billy and western swing . The stands sell modern
antiques: juke boxes, hats, gadgets, pictures, guitars, country items, vinyl records, CDs and
anything related to the culture of those years. During the festival the parade of vintage cars is
very impressive.
Location: Foro Annonario Piazza del Duca, historic centre, promenade
Dates: August 2nd - 10th, 2014
Turismo Marche
Via Gentile da Fabriano, 9
60125 Ancona
Tel.+39 071 8062452- Fax +39 0718062318
e-mail: [email protected]
www.turismo.marche.it
Website: www.summerjamboree.com
e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
MAJOR HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS
Title: Quintana Tournament
City: Ascoli Piceno
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: Ascoli Piceno’s Quintana celebrates the rites described in
the statutes and in medieval documents: the oath, the reading of the
proclamation, the "show" of the new Palio and the procession on the day
of St. Anna, the opening of the patronal feasts, the competitions of flag
bearers and archers; the parties in the taverns, the ceremony of the offer
of the town’s candle and the candles bulk of the corporations to the
bishop, the blessing of the riders, the beautiful pageant and the carousel
on the field.
Location: historic centre
Date: Mid July - Early August 2014
+39 0763 298223
Website: www.quintanadiascoli.it
e-mail: [email protected]
TASTE
Title: National Festival of Macaroni from Campofilone
City: Campofilone
Province: Fermo
Description: Campofilone is the protagonist of the National
Festival of the Macaroni, the most typical dish, prepared with the
best durum wheat and eggs; the recipe has been handed down
from mothers to daughters. The festival promotes the production
of this traditional dish that can be tasted at the taverns.
Date: August 2014
Info: Town Council Campofilone, Tel: + 39 0734 932951 - 917 057,
www.comune.campofilone.fm.it
Turismo Marche
Via Gentile da Fabriano, 9
60125 Ancona
Tel.+39 071 8062452- Fax +39 0718062318
e-mail: [email protected]
www.turismo.marche.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Sagra of Vernaccia
City: Serrapetrona
Province: Macerata
Description: Wine and food festival celebrating Vernaccia di Serrapetrona
DOCG wine. Entertainment, music, craft markets.
Date: August 2014
Title: Non chiamatelo Scorzone
City: Force
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: The event promotes the knowledge of Force’s typical product, the summer
truffle, and the village itself.
Date: August 1st -3rd, 2014
Information: Art for Job-Tel.: +39 0735 657 562
E-mail Art for Job: [email protected]
Tuber Communications +39 0735 657 562
E-mail City: [email protected]
SEPTEMBER
OPERA
Title: 14th Pegolesi Spontini Festival
City: Jesi
Province: Ancona
Description: The theme of the thirteenth Pergolesi Spontini Festival
will be the relationship between music and political power; it’s a
sort of multidisciplinary journey , that celebrates the imperial
Turismo Marche
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60125 Ancona
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grandeur when Gaspare Spontini was general music director of Frederick William II, King of
Prussia; it finally leads to Wagner and Verdi, to honor the bicentennial of their birth and
highlights similarities, contrasts and suggestions.
Date: September 2014
Website: www.fondazionepergolesispontini.com
E-mail: [email protected]
TASTE
Title: 14th Pane Nostrum
City: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
Description: The old town centre of Senigallia will host an event
involving the flavours, the fragrances, the history and the tradition of
making bread.
Date: Second to last week of September 2014
Website: www.panenostrum.com
Title: 19th Rosso Conero Festival
City: Camerano
Province: Ancona
Description: The festival aims at promoting the Rosso Conero wine (DOCG) and all the typical
produce of Conero Riviera.
Date: September 2014
Website: www.turismocamerano.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Turismo Marche
Via Gentile da Fabriano, 9
60125 Ancona
Tel.+39 071 8062452- Fax +39 0718062318
e-mail: [email protected]
www.turismo.marche.it
OCTOBER
Title: 76th Grape Festival
City: Cupramontana
Province: Ancona
Description: It is one of Italy’s most ancient festivals. The first festival took place on 23rd
September, 1928; it has been taking place for decades on the first Sunday of October and
three days earlier . The festival witnesses a centuries old heritage of traditions, culture and
farming: traditional dances, including the "ratchet "are performed by local folk groups; you
can also enjoy traditional songs that were sung during harvest time accompanied by
accordions. The members of the neighboring towns will participate in the The Palio of
Verdicchio, that is a crushing grape’s race. The floats in the parade are the key moment of the
festival. The stands , locally called " huts " supply grapes, wine and the typical products of the
local gastronomy.
Location: historical centre
Date: October 2014
Tel +39 0731 786 811
Website: www.sagradelluva.com
e- mail: [email protected]
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER
Title: 51st National Festival of Marche’s White Truffle
City: Sant'Angelo in Vado
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Description: Sant'Angelo in Vado has been the location for this prestigious event since 1964.
Here there’s Italy’s most important research centre for the study and application of
techniques of growing truffle. This festival include cultural, food, sporting and scientific
events and different entertainments.
Location: historical centre
Date: October - November 2014
Turismo Marche
Via Gentile da Fabriano, 9
60125 Ancona
Tel.+39 071 8062452- Fax +39 0718062318
e-mail: [email protected]
www.turismo.marche.it
Website: www.mostratartufo.it
e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; coop.ilcerchio @ libero.it
Title: 49th National Fair of White Truffle
City: Acqualagna
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Description: Acqualagna’s central square is a large area with over one
hundred stands where you can buy fresh truffles and further local
quality products such as cured meats, wine, honey and cheese. The town
has become recognized as the “Capital of Taste”, thanks to its quality
products, tradition, history and authentic flavours. The white truffle is
the most valuable on the market in terms of organoleptic properties and
price.
Location: Piazza Mattei
Date: October - November 2014
Tel. +39 0721.796741 - +39 328 8983551
Website: www.comune.acqualagna.ps.it
e-mail [email protected]
Title: 17th Diamonds on the Table
City: Amandola
Province: Fermo
Description: Festival dedicated to the prized white truffle and the typical products of the
Sibillini Mountains.
Dates: July-December 2014
Website: www.comuneamandola.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: Oil Festival
City: Ripatransone
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: Oil Fest is an event centred on Marche’s oil; its quality and typicality depends on
both the environment and human and cultural factors.
Date: April 11th- 13th April 2014; November 14th -16th November, 2014
Turismo Marche
Via Gentile da Fabriano, 9
60125 Ancona
Tel.+39 071 8062452- Fax +39 0718062318
e-mail: [email protected]
www.turismo.marche.it
Information: Art for Job-Tel.: +39 0735 657 562
E-mail Art for Job: [email protected]
E-mail City: [email protected]
Title: Oil Festival
City: Monterubbiano
Province: Fermo
Description: Oil Fest is an event dedicated to one of the most typical products of the Marche
region. It involves tastes and flavors to be discovered.
Date: April 4th– 6th 2014; November 7th – 9th 2014
Information: Art for Job-Tel.: +39 0735 657 562
E-mail Art for Job: [email protected]
E-mail City: [email protected]
Turismo Marche
Via Gentile da Fabriano, 9
60125 Ancona
Tel.+39 071 8062452- Fax +39 0718062318
e-mail: [email protected]
www.turismo.marche.it