Artichokes, asparagus, pork, street food, wine, music and much more in the best festivals of the 2 weekend and 3 May 2015 in Campania!
A new weekend is approaching and the appointment is back with our advice on best festivals for the weekend of 2 and 3 May 2015.
Of course it will all be in the name of good food with parties in which different dishes will be the protagonists. We will be able to taste exquisite street food local to Pozzuoli, but also saziarci of pig in the province of Avellino, or try numerous dishes based on artichoke in the province of Salerno.
Everything is always accompanied by traditional music, craft products stands and lots of fun!
Let's find out together what the 2 and 3 May 2015 weekend festivals hold.
Festival of Ancient Taverns
At the farm "IS Falcone" of Licola of Pozzuoli you will be catapulted in the 700s thanks to the initiative of eight historic taverns that will reproduce a costume event in the company's archaeological park. With 300 extras in period clothing it will degrade local street food, such as pasta grown, rice supplì, fried calamari and anchovies and crocchè. In addition, an area dedicated to children and folk dances with ancient instruments.
When: from 1 to 3 May 2015
Where: "Giovanni Falcone" State Institute for the Environment and Agriculture, Via Domiziana 150 - Licola di Pozzuoli (NA)
Schedule: from hour to hour 10.00 23.00
Ticket price: price quotation
Information: official page istitutofalcone | nais06200c@istruzione.it | 081.8678156
For all the details on the menu and events, ours article on the Ancient Taverne
Artichoke Festival in Capaccio (Sa)
The artichoke will be the king of the festival that will take place in the Borgo di Gromola (Salerno), with many recipes and specialties accompanied by dances, songs and traditional dances.
A real party with a rich menu that includes, among many dishes fried pizza with artichoke cream, pennette with speck and artichokes, fried pizza with tomato, roasted artichokes, caciocavallo hanged with the smell of artichoke and bruschetta with artichoke cream. All with the background of the archaeological area of Paestum just a few steps away!
When: until May 3 2015
Where: Borgo di Gromola, Capaccio-Paestum (SA)
Ticket price: price quotation
Info: 338 9416690 | 333 6092036 | info@festadelcarciofo.it | official website of the Artichoke Festival
For more info on menus and activities, the our dedicated article
Asparagus Festival in Squille (CE)
The historic center of Squille will become a real open-air restaurant, which will propose dishes based on asparagus, from appetizers to main courses. All accompanied by excellent local wine, the Pallagrello, which is said to be the favorite of King Ferdinand IV of Bourbon. The sagra will be enriched by many craft markets, Latin American music and animation.
When: 1,2 and 3 May 2015
Where: quille (CE) (hamlet of Castel Campagnano)
Price: price quotation
Info: 3474463528 | site of the Squilla Asparagus Festival
Pianopantano 2015
In the municipality of Avellino Mirabella Eclano there will be a party with many guests and interesting initiatives. For example, the May 2 will be there White Night enlivened by the music of emerging local groups, while on May 1st there will be the performance of In Iorio, the Modern Grandfather of Made in South.
A fun and eventful event, accompanied by good food and lots of music. At the same time, a religious program with masses and processions was also planned.
When: 1, 2 and 3 may 2015
Where: Mirabella Eclanum (AV)
Price: free entry
Info: place Pianopantano 2015
Pig festival in Senerchia (Av)
In Senerchia it is a tradition that has been going on for 27 years now and a full number of visitors is expected again this year. A festival entirely dedicated to pork, which can be tasted in numerous variations such as sausage or the cutlet, accompanied by homemade bread and various legumes. The event also wants to underline the importance of dottate growth techniques. In fact, the Senerchia pig is fed with tubers, turkish wheat, chestnuts and other genuine local products and grown in large uncontaminated green spaces. One of the most famous festivals in Campania!
When: 1, 2 and 3 may 2015
Where: Piazza Umberto I, Senerchia (AV)
Price: free entry
Info: 3339491101 | 3332360078 | 3388120560 | 3338927549 | Proloco Senerchia
Pretura Festival of Artichoke
Another festival dedicated to the artichoke, the one to be held in Preturo, a small fraction of Montoro Inferiore in the province of Avellino. The purpose is to promote local crops enhancing the products of the area, as well as the coppery onion from Montoro. There will therefore be an interesting program of events and tastings, accompanied by stands and folk music.
When: 1, 2 and 3 may 2015
Where: Preturo, fraction of Montoro (AV)
Price: free entry
Info: the program on the site of the Pretura Festival of artichoke
Sagra dei Pizzilli co Sarapullo
A festival dedicated to the typical Pizzilli, a sort of grown pasta, often fried with zucchini flowers, made with water and flour and flavored with herbs. On May 1st, they can be tasted at bars and restaurants in Aiello del Sabato, which want to enhance and promote local products.
When: 1 May 2015
Where: Aiello del Sabato (Avellino)
Price: free entry
Info: Facebook page of the Proloco Aiello del Sabato
Feast of Tammorra a Succivo (Ce)
It is certainly the most widespread festival in all of southern Italy and this initiative wants to celebrate it with a traveling event in seven municipalities of Campania. On May 1st it will stop in Succivo, in the province of Caserta. The artistic direction is of the great Marcello Colasurdo and will be proposed ancient songs and folk dances, in addition to many stands with the sale of gadgets of various kinds.
When: 1 May 2015
Where: Succivo (EC)
Price: free entry
Information: site on the Itinerant festival of Tammorra
For more info, our article on Feast of the Tammorra
The values of the Territory in Sorrento
A special party that enhances the local tradition. THE historic buildings in Sorrento will welcome stands, associations, cooperatives that will sell their typical products, both food and crafts. You can taste tomato ziti with meatballs, risotto with lemons of Sorrento igp, bites of eggplant parmigiana, buffalo goat cheese and Vesuvius tomatoes, pasta with potatoes and provola, fried pizza with tomato, stew from the Sorrento garden, spaghetti alla Nerano, tubetti beans and mussels and much more. With a 10 € voucher you can taste all the dishes on the menu following a real gastronomic itinerary!
When: until May 3 2015
Where: center of Sorrento
Price: 10 € for the vuocher
Info: place The values of the territory
