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Italian towns host summer festivals (July‑Oct 2026)

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The ~~summer~~ festival ~~circuit kept expanding across Italy~~ season continued through ~~August and into early September.~~ August. In ~~Sicily,~~ Sant'Antonio Abate, the ~~historic village of Gangi staged its 61st Sagra della Spiga, featuring traditional rites, music~~ Summer Fest drew about 40 000 visitors over five days, with performances by Francesco Gabbani, I Ricchi e Poveri and ~~a Demetra procession. Calabria welcomed the permanent photography exhibition “Fragmenta” in Morano Calabro as part of~~ Baby K. Agerola’s traditional FiordiFesta stalls were relocated to a ~~cultural regeneration project. Northern towns such as Luino, Legnano and the Alto Milanese area offered~~ school courtyard, a packed programme of open‑air cinema, jazz and folk concerts alongside food markets. Central‑Italian locales added new events: Cortona’s inaugural “Festa amanti del bosco”, Montesano’s fairy‑tale theatre “Un Borgo da Favola”, and Puglia’s multi‑day “Festival del Capo di Leuca” with music, dance and visual arts. Additional highlights included the second phase of change clarified by the ~~Emilia Romagna Festival,~~ parish. Garbagna launched the ~~“Sibillini in Jazz” concert in Montefalcone, and numerous sagre celebrating local cuisine~~ “Libri in ~~towns such as Arola, Gangi and the Maremma region. These programmes complemented the previously reported festivals – Sant'Antonio Abate’s Summer Fest,~~ Scena” literary series, while the inaugural Ponte Summer Festival in ~~Benevento,~~ Benevento featured emerging singer‑songwriter Kophra. The Infiorata all’Uncinetto returned to San Salvo Marina, displaying more than 120 crochet panels. Bari’s Torre a Mare imposed traffic and parking bans for the San Nicola patronal ~~celebrations in Bari~~ festivities. Alife held a novena for Saint Sisto I, and ~~Trani,~~ the Desbarassu de Loa ~~market~~ fair proceeded in ~~Loano, the~~ Loano. Trapani’s month‑long patronal programme ~~in Trapani,~~ for Saints Alberto and the Madonna di Trapani continued, as did the San Fermo festival in Cassina de’ Pecchi and ~~Frossasco sagre,~~ the historic Sagra degli Abbà in Frossasco. Andrea ~~Sannino’s free concert~~ Sannino opened the Via Partenope Summer Tour in Casalnuovo di Napoli, ~~the~~ and Trani highlighted children’s participation in its San Nicola Pellegrino events. The Paganella Festival Orme offered trekking, workshops and concerts in the ~~Dolomites, and~~ Dolomites (9‑13 Sept). In the Alpine region, Rassa hosted the “Il Borgo dei desideri” event on 10 August, part of the Borghi più belli d’Italia circuit, featuring accordion and hurdy‑gurdy music and a communal aperitivo. A week earlier, Elva’s Bordiga Music Festival ~~in Elva – together showcasing Italy’s regional traditions, culinary heritage~~ (2 August) presented the John Birks Orchestra and ~~contemporary cultural life during~~ the ~~summer season.~~ Matteo Brancaleoni Sextet, supported by Pro Loco volunteers.

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