The best festivals in Campania of the "long weekend" from 29 May to 2 June 2015 with many tastings, sports competitions, cabaret and good music!
This weekend just precedes the Republic Day offering the tempting prospect of a long weekend. For this reason we have decided to recommend the best festivals in Campania not just for the weekend from 29 to 31 May 2015, but also for the Monday 1 June e Tuesday 2 June.
The alternatives are many and there is something for all tastes. Whether you prefer to dedicate yourself above all to tastings of typical local products, whether you love traditional music or music folk dances, in addition to cabaret shows, sports competitions, antique stand and much more.
The festivals in Campania for this weekend will immerse you in a blaze of flavors between bacon, mozzarella cheese, meatballs, soup, beans, cherries, but there will also be the famous barter and second-hand market of Ariano Irpino and a suggestive re-enactment of the Forche Caudine in the province of Benevento.
A special event is organized in Gesualdo (SA) as it will be a sort of Local Expo with hundreds of outfitters and lots of products to taste!
Choose the festival or party that you like best!
Sagra bacon, broad beans and pecorino cheese
Many dishes based on bacon accompanied by the exquisite pecorino cheese and beans. It will take place in Airola, in the province of Benevento and visitors will not only be able to taste local products, but also have fun with folk dances and lots of music.
The little ones will have their own playground space dedicated and will also be organized excursions in the surroundings.
When: 30 and 31 May 2015
Where: Convent of San Pasquale, Airola (BN)
Info: 0823711706 | info@cccsanpasquale.it
Mozzarelliamo
In Vaccheria di Caserta there will be a festival entirely dedicated to the mozzarella cheese, but also to many other local products. In the square will be set up many stands of gastronomic farms of Campania, which will offer tastings, but you can also have fun with the shows of folk music and numerous cultural insights.
It can not, of course, miss the Pizza seasoned with this delicious dairy product and cooked in a wood oven.
Finally, in the village of Vaccheria you can also attend the spinning of mozzarella.
When: 30 from May to June 2 2015
Where: location Vaccheria (CE)
Timetables: from the 19.00. Sunday 31 May and Tuesday 2 June also from 10.00 to 14.00
Info: 3388283690 | prolocovaccheria@yahoo.it | site of Mozzarelliamo
Festa San Francesco di Paola and Sagra degli Antichi Sapori
The XNUMXth edition of the Sagra degli Antichi Sapori will take place in Scafati, which will also be an opportunity to attend some religious celebrations. But the party will mostly focus on good food and fun, with cabaret shows and music.
For example, you can attend the concert of theorchestra Euphoria in Music, but also to the exhilarating monologues of Alessandro Bolide and Tony Figo da Made in South. The festival will end with fireworks.
Among the tastings, many typical local products such as poppies meatballs, spleen, various stuffed sandwiches and the little pizza.
When: 30, 31 May and 1 Jun 2015
Where: Scafati, Parish of San Francesco di Paola
Info: 0818504709
For the complete program, consult the Facebook page ..
Gesualdo Expone
In the locality Gesualdo in the province of Avellino there will be a sort of Local Expo. They will find out i flavors and the beauty of Irpinia, as well as its traditions. The aim is to promote local excellences, both gastronomic and natural handicrafts, and it will be done with a large stand construction that foresees the presence of over 100 fitters.
Among tastings of numerous local food and wine products, as well as various types of cheese and many qualities of wine (Aglianico, Fiano, Taurasi, among others), meetings with journalists and intellectuals, shows, exhibitions of artisans and artists, guided tours, parades of people in Renaissance costumes, the days will be full of events.
There will also be farmers with their own cattle, horses and sheep.
When: 30 from May to June 2 2015
Where: Gesualdo (AV)
Info: 3490565272 |prolocogesualdo@yahoo.it
To know the complete program, the site of proloco Gesualdo
Sagra della Maracucciata
It will take place in Lentiscosa, in the province of Salerno and will highlight local products and traditions. The event will be a hymn to local dishes and takes its name from local polenta accompanied by soup, broccoli e beans. But there will also be lots of fun with music and dancing. The highlight of the days will be the puppet show by “Fratelli Futura”, but also the drawing of the Lottery to try one's luck. In addition, exhibitions with historical photos and displays of local handicrafts.
The concerts will be held by the Paranza Vibes and the Sibbenga Sunamo, talented local groups.
When: And June 1 2 2015
Where: Lentiscosa (SA)
Info: for all the details, the facebook page of the festival
Cherry Festival and Caudine Forks Festival
In Forchia, in the province of Benevento, there will be a double party. First they will remember the Caudine Forks with a series of events, including concerts and shows. He will perform Enzo Avitabile with the Bottari, there will be buskers, a Marathon will be organized and it will be possible to participate and watch the final of the “Tiziano della Ratta” soccer tournament. The party will go on until 7 June and there will also be the rhistorical evocation of the battle of the Caudine Forks, while on the final day flag-wavers and arquebusiers will perform.
As part of the party, the Cherry Festival, one of the most representative products of the place. Among tastings, folklore, music and sport, you will have fun and rediscover the excellence and local beauties and the whole village will become an open-air museum thanks to 26 ° Extemporaneous of Painting.
When: from 1 to 7 June 2015
Where: Forchia (BN)
Info: sil site of the event, the complete program of the party
Barter and second-hand fair
Ad Ariano Irpino the appointment with the famous barter and second-hand fair is renewed, which always attracts hundreds of visitors. You will find objects of all kinds, of handicraft ed antique trade, but also objects used for all needs. Who is looking for the perfect offer or who is an inveterate collector, cannot fail to take a leap!
Also, for this edition there will be stand with gastronomic products and a maxi-screen to watch the Napoli-Lazio match.
When: 30 and 31 May 2015
Where: via Casone, Ariano Irpino (AV)
Prezzi: 2,50 € | under 12 and over 70 for free
Info: official website of shantytown
Sagra of the black pig
Second appointment at Castelvetere Valfoltore, in the province of Benevento, with the festival of the black pig that promises to delight all visitors with numerous dishes, obviously based on pig in all its forms. It is organized by the proloco and will take place in the main square of the town, Piazza Dante, with the aim of enhancing the tastes and the traditions of the Sannio, but also the beauties of Fortore.
When: 1 June 2015
Where: Piazza Dante, Castelvetere Valfortore (BN)
Schedule: by 20.00
Info: More details on the facebook page of Castelvetere
