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GIUNTA REGIONE MARCHE
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EVENTS SCHEDULE OF MARCHE REGION FOR THE YEAR 2015
FEBRUARY
Title: Carnival of Fano
Town: Fano
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Description: Carnival festivities at Fano are claimed to be some
of the oldest in Italy ; the event features a cavalcade of massive
floats , folk groups, masquerades and the launching of candies
from the parade floats to the crowd. The parade takes place each
year along Viale Gramsci. The Carnival celebration includes
cultural activities, lectures, exhibitions and presentations of
books .
Date: 1-8-15 February 2015
Website: www.carnevaledifano.com
Culture
Title: Exhibition: Lo Studiolo of Federico da
Montefeltro
Town: Urbino
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Description: From February to May 2015, it will be held
an important exhibition dedicated to one of Italy’s most
remarkable Renaissance sites: the Studiolo of the Duke
Federico da Montefeltro, in the Ducal Palace of Urbino.
The event is promoted by the Marche Region with the
cooperation of the Superintendence for the Historical, Artistic and Ethno-anthropological Heritage
of The Marches and the town council of Urbino. The Studiolo is a masterpiece of inlay wood work,
where there originally was a double Gallery with 28 portraits of famous men: today only half of the
portraits is preserved in the “Galleria Nazionale delle Marche”, while the remaining 14, bought by
Napoleon III, can be found in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Date: from February to May, 2015
Event info: Villaggio Globale International (Project Office ) tel. 041 5904893
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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MARCH
Culture
Title: Opening to the public of “Casa Museo di Palazzetto
Baviera”( Baviera Palace House Museum)
Town: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
Description: On 28th March the "Baviera Palace House
Museum", located in Senigallia, in the central Piazza del Duca
will be reopened to the public. There will be an exhibition on
Federico Brandani, the great sixteenth-century plasticizer that
realized his masterpiece in Senigallia; he also worked at the
Shrine of Loreto and in the Ducal Palace of Urbino, where he was born between 1520-1525. The
exhibition will run until August 2015 and it includes paintings, sculptures, ceramics and objects of
applied art made by great Mannerist artists.
Date: from 28 March to August, 2015
Info event: www.comune.senigallia.an.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Taste
Title: "Typical products Made in Marche Festival"
Town: Fermo
Province: Fermo
Description: Tipicità - Made in Marche Festival is an
oustanding event combining Marche’s typical food and
wines, agriculture, tourism and culture . During the
festival you can taste all specialties and buy typical products : oliva all’ascolana ( fried stuffed
olive), cheese, ciauscolo (soft cured pork salame), vin cotto ( sweet cooked wine), salame from
Fabriano, pink apple from Sibillini area, jams, truffle, legumes, wines, extra virgin olive oil and
tasty Adriatic fish.
Date: 6- 9 March, 2015
Info event www.tipicita.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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APRIL
Taste
Title: Fritto Misto all’italiana
City: Ascoli Piceno
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: The annual Fritto Misto festival at Ascoli Piceno
features a feast of fried food - including the town's signature
stuffed olives - for ten days . This year's event offers over 40
kinds of deep-fried wickedness from Italy and abroad.
Date: 24 April – 3 May, 2015
Info event: www.frittomistoallitaliana.it
E-mail: [email protected]
MAY
Taste
Title: Cantine Aperte
Province: Province of Ancona, Pesaro Urbino, Macerata,
Fermo, Ascoli Piceno
Description: It is one of Italy’s most important wine events.
The last Sunday of May the wineries of Italy’s Wine Tourism
Movement will welcome millions of wine lovers to learn
about wine culture. Wine tasting is also possible.
Date: 30 and 31 May, 2015
Info event: Secretary Wine Tourism Movement Marche tel: 071 898232,
www.movimentoturismovino.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Festival
Title: Festival of the Apennines
Town: Ascoli Piceno
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: The Festival of the Apennines is an event
featuring shows, concerts, and cultural activities and
tasting of local produce of the Ascoli Piceno area
Date: From May to July , 2015
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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Website: www.festivaldellappennino.it
E-mail: [email protected]
JUNE
Festival
Title: International Festival of the New Cinema
Town: Pesaro
Description: It is one of Italy’s most important film festivals.
It focuses on the discovery of emerging filmmakers,
spotlighting countries, new expressive forms and languages.
Giovanni Spagnoletti is the director of the Festival.
Date: 22-28 June, 2015
Website: www.pesarofilmfest.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: Festival of Popular Song and Authors "Musicultura"
Town: Macerata (Arena Sferisterio and town centre)
Description: The event is an international window of quality music
claimed to be among Italy’s best known and prestigious music
festivals, especially for popular and ”author” songs.
Date: 19-21 June, 2015
Website: www.musicultura.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: Marche Endurance Lifesyle
Town: Ancona, Conero Riviera
Province: Ancona
Description: The event includes sporting events, business and
cultural meetings; it is a must see event for fans of endurance, also
known as the "sport of sheikhs. The most important part of the
event will be the Conero Endurance Cup, two endurance races
when horses and riders will compete .
Date: June 2015
Info event: Promoter, System Events, tel. 075.5011858, www.marchelifestyle.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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Title: Veregra Street Festival
Town: Montegranaro
Province: Fermo
Description: The festival takes place in the old part of Montegranaro, a little
town famous for footwear industry. Comedians, musicians and jugglers will
make their performances .till late at night. During the event you’ll have the
possibility to taste typical food and wines and to know the local crafts and
traditions.
Date: 20-27 June, 2015
Info event : Town Council Montegranaro, Tel: 0734.897932,
www.veregrastreet.it/it/il-festival/
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: CaterRaduno
Town: Senigallia, old town centre and promenade
Province: Ancona
Description: The CaterRaduno, taking place in Senigallia
between 22 and 28 June, 2015, is a successful event combining
concerts, shows, workshops and live broadcasts from Rotonda a
Mare and the Velvet Beach. This festival of shared listening is
followed by the many fans of Caterpillar, a radio programme of
Radio2 Rai.
Date: 22-28 June, 2015
Website: www.caterueb.rai.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
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Taste
Title: Handmade Ice Cream Festival
Town: Agugliano
Province: Ancona
Description: The event is dedicated to ice cream; it
attracts experts, university professors, nutritionists
and ice cream lovers . During the festival it is possible
to sample different types of ice creams and to
observe the process of ice cream making.
Date: 6-8 June, 2015
Info event: www.gelatoartigianalefestival.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: Fish stew week
Town: Porto Recanati
Province: Macerata
Description: Fish stew is a typical dish of Porto Recanati; the town
boasts one of the four historic recipes of this specialty, beside
Fano, Ancona and San Benedetto del Tronto. During this week you
can taste traditional Porto Recanati’s fish stew at reasonable prices.
Nothing tastes better than a cool crisp glass of Verdicchio wine to accompany this dish.
Date: 13-20 June, 2015
Info event: Town Council Porto Recanati (Department of Culture and Tourism),
Tel: 071 759 971
Website: www.comune.porto-recanati.mc.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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JULY
Festival
Title: 51st Macerata Opera Festival
Town: Macerata, Arena Sferisterio
Province: Macerata
Description : The 51st Macerata Opera Festival will be
directed by Francesco Micheli.
In the season 2015 Macerata's spectacular open-air Arena
will be hosting: Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, Pietro
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana , Ruggero Leoncavallo’s
Pagliacci and Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme.
Date: 17 July - 9 August, 2015
Info event: Association Arena Sferisterio, tel: 0733 261335
Website: www.sferisterio.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: Popsophia Festival
Town: Pesaro (Rocca Costanza)
Province : Pesaro-Urbino
Description: Popsophia is a festival of national popphilosophy, a type of avant-garde that combines philosophical
meditation and pop phenomena of mass culture. It is a sort of
creative workshop of contemporary thought: today’s
philosophy is influenced by music, cinema, theater, sports,
television and social media.
Date: 1 – 6 July, 2015
Info event: www.popsophia.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: Futura Festival
Town: Civitanova Marche
Province: Macerata
Description: Futura Festival is an event including meetings,
concerts and shows
Date: from July to August 2015
Website: www.futurafestival.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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Title: Le Parole della Montagna
Town: Smerillo and Sibillini Mountains
Province: Fermo
Description: “Le Parole della Montagna” is a festival that aims
at celebrating the beauties of the mountain: terrific landscapes
and dramatic areas. The event promotes the mountain as a place
of meditation and spirituality from uphill infact here, in the
small village of Smerillo, also called “Little Village of Poetry”,
poets and people of culture meet to look at the world.
Date: 19-26 July , 2015
Website: www.leparoledellamontagna.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: 22nd Civitanova Danza
Town: Civitanova Marche
Province: Macerata
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 Thetre
Gioacchino Rossini, the Theatre Annibal Caro and the Theatre Cecchetti.
Date: From July to August ,2015
Event info: AMAT (ticket Info), tel. 071. 2072439 www.amatmarche.net, www.civitanovadanza.it
Taste
Title:“Verdicchio in festa –Market of the wines
of the Marche”
Town: Montecarotto
Provincia: Ancona
Description: Verdicchio in Festa is a wine festival taking place
in Montecarotto. It celebrates the well-known wine made in the
area,. the Verdicchio wine. During the event you’ll taste the
local wine and the typical produce. Meetings and shows are
part of the eventd.
Date: from 1 to July 2015
Info event: Comune, tel: 0731. 89131, www.comune.montecarotto.an.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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Title: Ham Festival
Town: Carpegna
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Description: The festival celebrates the local DPO “prosciutto
crudo” (raw ham). During the event there will be shows and
concerts.
Date: 17-19 July, 2015
Info event: Comune di Carpegna, tel: 0722.727065
AUGUST
Festival
Title: 36th Rossini Opera Festival
Town: Pesaro
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Description: Pesaro remains an important pilgrimage centre for
Rossini’s fans and is the setting, each August, for the prestigious
Rossini Opera Festival, which is dedicated to performing his
operas. The event will take place in the Teatro Rossini, theAdriatic
Arena, the Teatro Sperimentale, the Auditorium Pedrotti and the Rocca Costanza.
Date: 10--23 August, 2015
Website: www.rossinioperafestival.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: 14th Summer Jamboree
Town: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
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, hillbilly 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
Date: 1-9 August , 2015
Website: www.summerjamboree.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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Title: 28th International Biennial Festival of humor in art
Town: Tolentino ( Rancia Castle)
Province: Macerata
Description: Contemporary art and culture and a sense of
humour don't always go together, but the two meet up in
Tolentino for the prestigious 28th International Biennale of Humour in Art. Rancia Castle will host
the final part of the event.
Date: 27-30 August, 2015
Website: www.biennaleumorismo.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Taste
Title: Sagra of Vernaccia
Town: Serrapetrona
Province: Macerata
Description: Sagra of Vernaccia is awine and food festival celebrating
Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG wine. The event features entertainment,
music and craft markets .
Date: 8 - 11 August, 2015
Website: www.comune.serrapetrona.mc.it
Title: Sea Festival with Padella gigante dell'Adriatico
Town Porto San Giorgio
Province: Fermo
Description: The Festival is a celebration of all things fishy,
featuring a giant "frying pan". The Padella gigante dell'Adriaticois
six metres in diameter, holds some 1,000 liters of cooking oil and is
used to fry roughly 1,000 kilos of baby squid and sardines in around
three hours.
Date: August 2015
Info event: Pro Loco Porto San Giorgio, tel: 0734. 675256
Website: www.prolocoportosangiorgio.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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SEPTEMBER
Taste
Title: Rosso Conero Festival
Town: Camerano
Province: Ancona
Description: The festival aims at promoting the Rosso Conero wine
(DOCG) and all the typical produce of the Conero Riviera.
Date: 4-6 September, 2015
Info event: Pro Loco Carlo Maratti Camerano, tel: 0717304018,
www.turismocamerano.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: Fish soup festival 2015
Town: Fano
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Description: This festival has always had a great success, thanks
to the participation of people from all over Italy. There will be
the opportunity to taste delicious fish soups in restaurants, that
can serve different versions of the seafood stew, from the most
traditional to the new ones.
Date : September 2015
Website: www.festivalbrodetto.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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Title: Festa dell’Uva
Town: Arcevia
Province: Ancona
Description: Wine festival in Arcevia is a remarkable event: here
you can taste ten top quality local wines and the typical produce; you
can also enjoy the cavalcade of massive floats. There will be shows
and fireworks too.
Date: 25 -27 September, 2015
Info event: www.arceviaweb.it
Title: 14th Pane Nostrum
Town: 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. Bread will be made in the open air:
you’ll have the possibility to taste different types of bread and
to learn the techniques to make it.
Date: 17 - 20 September, 2015
Website: www.panenostrum.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Festival
Title: PIF Castelfidardo 2015
Town: Castelfidardo
Province: Ancona
Description: The exhibition is dedicated to the accordion,
Castelfidardo’s main attraction; it attracts a large number of
remarkable guests . The programme of the event includes Gala
performances in theaters, day and night live shows, the Young
Music Club to train young people to musical education; there will be also cd presentations,
exhibitions and the Festival Store with exclusive designer clothing and accessories.
Date: 17- 20 September, 2015
Website: www.pifcastelfidardo.it
Event info: Municipality of Castelfidardo, tel: 071. 7829349
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154
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OCTOBER
Taste
Title: 78th Grape Festival
Town: 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 produce of the local gastronomy.
Date: 1-4 October , 2015
Website: www.sagradelluva.com
E- mail: [email protected]
Title: 51st National Festival of Marche White Truffle
Town: 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 includes cultural, food, sporting and scientific events and entertainments.
Location: historical centre
Date: Weekends from October to November, 2015
Website: www.mostratartufo.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: 50th National Fair of White Truffle
Town: 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 been 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.
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
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Location: Piazza Mattei
Date: 25-31 October, . 1 st, 7th, 9 th November, 2015
Tel. +39 0721.796741 - +39 328 8983551
Website: www.comune.acqualagna.ps.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: 8th Biosalus Festival
Town: Urbino
Province: Pesaro- Urbino
Description: Biosalus is festival combining culture, art, science, trade and
gastronomy; it is dedicated to organic food and holistic wellbeing.
Date: 4-5 October, 2015
Web site: www.biosalusfestival.it
E-mail: [email protected]
NOVEMBER
Taste
Title: 10th Appassimenti aperti
Town: Serrapetrona
Province: Macerata
Description: Appassimenti aperti is an event dedicated to
Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOC and DOCG wine. In the
main square you can taste this delicious wine made with the
local grape. It’s a must-see event for wine lovers.
Date: 8-15 November,2015
Website: www.appassimentiaperti.it
E-mail: [email protected]
Via Gentile da Fabriano , 9 60125 Ancona
tel. 071 /8062431- - fax 071 /8062154