EVENTS
COLLEZIONANDO
“Collezionando” is the name of the flea market selling antiques, bric-a-brac and handicrafts, that animates thye streets of Sasso Marconi every Sunday from March to October. The stands offer all kinds of things: old yellowed books from the last century to back-in-style vintage clothing, from antique radios to to military-supply alarm clocks, from artifacts of the war to Ducati collectors' items. The stands are complemented by gastonomical stands selling local foods and wines, local snacks such as tigelle, crescentine and borlenghi as well as all kinds of entertainment: fashion shows, puppet theatre, folk music and dancing…
RADIO DAYS
A week-long festival, characterized by study and culture in honor of Guglielmo Marconi, father of telecommunications, held in the birthplace of his brainchild, the radio. Sasso Marconi celebrates its privileged and symbolic role as a focal point for examining the past, present and future of wireless communication from Marconi's first experiments to the latest technological innovations (wi-fi, wi-max) with performances, conferences, exhibitions,workshops and meeting, all naturally... radio-centered. “Radio Days” usually takes place the third week of May.
NICOLOSA BELLA SPLENDIDA NYMPHA
Popular historical re-enactment based on the life of Nicolosa Sanuti, a noblewoman who lived in Borgo della Fontana in the 15th century. daughter of Antonio Castellani and Margherita Franchini, Nicolosa married one of the most prominent men of her era, Nicolò Sanuti, who was designated the first Count of Porretta in 1447 by Pope Nicholas V. Nicolosa is remembered chiefly for her rebellion against the sumptuary laws issued by Cardinal Bessarione in 1453 which sought to limit the extravagance of women's clothing. Her reply to the Cardinal, \"Oration for the restitution of vain ornaments,\" is famous. The festival evokes the spirit of the times: the pageantry begins with a parade followed by a tournament of arms, plays, games, singing, dancing, puppetry, battlefields, archery and much more. A medieval marketplace completes the scene, where local crafts, ceramics, jewelery and agricultural products are displayed and sold.
FIRA DI SDAZ
This fair has been the traditional end-of-summer event of Pontecchio for over three hundred years. Colors, sounds and flavors of the Tuscan-Emilian Appennine Mountain farming communities take center stage in a festival deeply rooted in the memory of the local population. Every year in the days around the 8th of September a long-established and nostalgically reassuring scenario repeats itself: in the timeless setting of Castello de' Rossi, in the Pontecchio part of Sasso Marconi, an array of artists and artisans, minstrels and bards wend their way between the stands of Sdaz, richly laden with antique sieves and other household objects, from dawn until deep into the night. Entertainment abounds: performances, curiosities, cavalcades of domestic animals and heaps of local foods realistically evoke an atmosphere of a long-ago era. Local agricultural history comes alive as farm folk carry out the work of their forefathers with the actual tools and equipment they had used: threshing, winnowing and griding wheat for breadmaking, pressing and working grapes for wine. Attending the Fair is like taking a journey back in time to rediscover simple and magical sensations of an authentic \"folk festival,\" against the perfectly preserved backdrop of this fairy-tale palace and its charming hamlet.
BLONDE CHESTNUT OF BOLOGNESE HILLS FESTIVAL
The second Sunday in October every years,Sasso heralds the autumn with the Blonde Chestnut of the Bolognese Hills Festival, presenting local produce. In addition to fresh and roasted chestnuts, the Mezzano Woods hosts stands offering local products such as jams and jellies, honey and wine, oil and preserves, lavender and medicinal herbs and lunch best on local specialties such as crescentine, tigelle and chestnut fritters. There is no shortage of entertainment for children and adults alike with old-fashioned games such as tug-a-war, sack races and and folk music and dancing, guided tours of the 17th century villa \"La Quiete di Mezzana,\" and sunset concerts. Rediscover the colors and magic of the chestnut woods and the simplicity of country life.
TARTUFESTA
One of the most highly anticipated and attended gastronomical events in the Region, every year on the last weekend of October, All Saints' Day (Nov. 1), and the first week in November, Tartufesta proposes the \"king\" of gastronomical delights, the truffle, along with other typical local products of the Appennines (mushrooms, chestnuts, honey, cheeses, salamis, etc.), to be tasted at the refreshment stands or purchased to take home from the farmers' booths scattered up and down the town center streets and squares. A rich program that includes cultural initiatives, entertainment, concerts, tastings, games and a flea market complete the program, making it an excellent opportunity for discovering the food, wine and tourist sites the area has to offer.
CHRISTMAS ROADS
Every year the magic of Christmas filled the streets of Sasso Marconi that are transformed into enchanted places to children and adults. Santa Claus waiting for all children to take the letters, showing his home and take a picture together, a sweet memory to relate with joy throughout the year. There will also be food tasting and Christmas stalls for all the ways of the country, with the warm welcome of shopkeepers opened on that day. In the square and under the Christmas tree a Gospel Choir will conclude the intensive program, organized by ASCOM, for this big Christmas party.