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📅 Every year, between July and September
A festival that lasts a whole summer — music, art, poetry and trekking, with concerts at dawn and Ligurian breakfast.
13 events with verified sources in Liguria, in calendar order.
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Feast of Saint George
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of April
On the first Sunday of April Portofino celebrates Saint George in the church dedicated to him, on the headland above the harbour. The village has 453 residents.
Patronal Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Genoa celebrates Saint John the Baptist, its patron. Days later, on the first Sunday of July, the gulf hosts the San Pietro rowing palio.
Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Riomaggiore celebrates the Baptist in the church that carries his name, above the village of vertical houses that opens the Cinque Terre.
The Madonna del Boschetto
📅 Every year, on 2 July; Saint Fortunato on the second Sunday of May, Saint Prospero on 31 August
On 2 July Camogli recalls the apparition seen in 1518 by Angiola Schiaffino where the sanctuary now stands. But the town has three patrons, each with a date and a story.
Through the year
Historical reenactment 📍 Cosio d'Arroscia
Carnival of Cosio d'Arroscia
📅 Every year, at carnival
The village carnival keeps the tradition of the sentenze, the one day a year when people could speak their mind to their lords.
Patron saint festival 📍 Cosio d'Arroscia
Patronal Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
📅 Every year, on 29 June
The village patrons are celebrated on 29 June, with vespers and a procession accompanied by the confraternities.
Food festival 📍 Cosio d'Arroscia
Herb and Lavender Festival
📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of July
A day given to the mountain herbs and lavender of the upper Arroscia valley, on the third Sunday of July.
Festival 📍 Olivetta San Michele
Occitan Festival
📅 Every year, in July
An evening of music, balfolk dancing and Occitan cooking in Liguria's westernmost municipality, in July.
Food festival 📍 Armo
Feast of San Bernardo and pan fritu festival
📅 Every year, in mid-August, over three days
Three days in mid-August for the feast of San Bernardo, together with the fried bread festival: over fifty years of history.
Food festival 📍 Mendatica
Cucina Bianca Festival
📅 Every year, in August
The shepherds' dishes of the Ligurian Alps — sugeli, streppa e caccia là, raviore — served across the village squares.
Historical reenactment 📍 Mendatica
Historic Alpine Pasture Procession and Goat Palio
📅 Every year, in September
In September the village re-enacts the transhumance, with a costumed procession and a contest between the alpine pastures.
Food festival 📍 Montegrosso Pian Latte
Chestnut Festival
📅 Every year, in October
Chestnuts from the high woods, in October, in a village that has given the chestnut a museum of its own.