EVENTS

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  FESTA DELLA SARACCA

  The first traces of the \"Festa della Sardina\" can be found on the Iberian peninsula at the beginning of the 1500s, as attested to by the a 1514 painting by Francisco Goya. In Spain, the name of this festival actually means “funeral of the sardine,” and marks the passage from Carnival to Lent. Probably this rite arrived here in the 18th century, while the “Funerale della Saracca” (a kind of sardine), as it is represented in Oliveto is rooted in the years around WWI. The present version (originally held on Ash Wednesday) took form in the '70s and '80s, when a progressive re-population of the village allowed the festival to draw more participants and reach its current dimensions. Today it is celebrated the second Sunday in March in Oliveto, a village belonging to the Municipality of Monteveglio.
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  ABBAZIA 1092

  Early every June, Monteveglio goes back in time and becomes Medieval. Knights and ladies, archers and jesters, brigands, blacksmiths and falconers populate the streets of the town and the splendid hamlet that surrounds the Abbey, immerging citizens and tourists alike into the fascinating world of history's Dark Ages.
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  FESTA D'AUTUNNO

  This festival to welcome the autumn is celebrated the second weekend in October. Artisans from the town demonstrate their ancient crafts and visitors are entertained by folk music and food stalls offering locally produced wines and excellent roasted chestnuts.
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  CORTI, CHIESE E CORTILI

  The “Corti, Chiese e Cortili” program is a series of events promoted by the Zona Culturale Bazzanese and by the Municipal Administrations of Bazzano, Casalecchio di Reno, Castello di Serravalle, Crespellano, Monte San Pietro, Monteveglio, Savigno and Zola Predosa, with support from the Cultural and Equal Opportunity Service committee of the Province of Bologna, as part of the “Invito in Provincia” program created by the “L’Arte dei Suoni” Music Association and by the Rocca dei Bentivoglio foundation.