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📅 Every year, on 4 October
On 4 October Bologna celebrates Saint Petronius, patron of the city and namesake of the basilica on Piazza Maggiore. Beside him the city venerates a second: Caterina de' Vigri, whom Bolognese call simply "the Saint".
📅 Every year, on the second Saturday of October
On the second Saturday of October Craco celebrates Saint Nicholas. It is the feast of a town whose old centre has stood empty since the 1960s, emptied by a landslide and left a ghost town.
📅 October-December, weekends
The world capital of truffle celebrates its king.
📅 Every year, on 14 October
On 14 October Rimini celebrates Saint Gaudentius, its patron: an autumn date, when the beach umbrellas are down and the city belongs to its own people again.
📅 Every October, approximate dates
The chocolate festival that turns central Perugia into an open-air chocolaterie.
📅 Every two years, in October
The re-enactment of the Canavese war: arms tournaments, historic procession and medieval market, every two years in October.
📅 Every year, one weekend in October
For three days the alleys of the Ballarò market turn into an open-air stage for street artists and contemporary circus, all free of charge. The ninth edition ran from 17 to 19 October 2025 under the theme 'Radici'.
📅 Every year, over two weekends between late September and October
Two autumn weekends of tasting stands, live cooking and folk parades in honour of Etna's green gold; the 34th edition ran from 10 to 19 October 2025.
📅 Every year, in October
Chestnuts from the high woods, in October, in a village that has given the chestnut a museum of its own.
📅 Every year, one weekend in late October
A late-October weekend built around the mushrooms of the Madonie woods: twice-daily tastings in Piazza Castello, show cooking, guided forest walks and stalls along Via Sant'Anna. The 2025 edition was the nineteenth.
📅 Every year, on weekends between October and November
For six weekends between October and November, Palermo unlocks palaces, oratories, bell towers and gardens that stay closed the rest of the year. The 19th edition, in 2025, opened 85 sites with guided storytelling visits.
From October to December, the world's most expensive scent draws gourmets from every continent.
📍 Alba →On the first Sunday, the fountains pour wine: Italy's oldest harvest festival (1925).
📍 Marino →On the second Sunday, thousands of sails fill the gulf: among the world's most crowded regattas.
📍 Trieste →The chestnuts of Mount Vulture take the stage beneath Frederick II's castle.
📍 Melfi →The city turns to chocolate: sculptures, tastings and pilgrims with a sweet tooth.
📍 Perugia →
