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  • Frutti di Mare by Touch With Eyes

    Trabocco Mucchiola Strada Statale 16 km 477,, Ripari Bardella, Chieti, Italy

    The design duo Touch With Eyes, present Frutti di Mare, a new site-specific exhibition at the historic Trabocco Mucchiola

    Free

  • Festa della Castagna – Tufo di Carsoli

    Tufo di Carsoli Piazza Madonna dei Bisognosi, Tufo di Carsoli, AQ, Italy

    Listed as one of the top 10 chestnut festivals in Italy is held in  Abruzzo in the mural town of Tufo di Carsoli the 18-19th October 2025

  • Canistro Castagne festival

    Sagra della Castagna Roscetta, Canistro, Santa Croce

    Sagra della Castagna Roscetta Via Santa Croce, 8, Canistro, Aquila, Italy

    Who can resist the alluring smell of roasted chestnuts, especially when combined with fabulous local dishes and the discovery of an Italian village like Canistro Sante Croce (AQ)?

  • L'aneme de le Morte

    L’aneme de le Morte

    Serramonacesca Via Guglielmo Marconi 2, Serramonacesca, Pescara, Italy

    Serramoncesca,  PE, L’Aneme de Le Morte begin their Celebrations on the 31st of October and run through to the 1st of November. the eve of ‘Il Giorno dei Morti’,  (Day of the Dead). 

  • Sante Marie (AQ) Chestnut Festival

    Sante Marie Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi 104, Sante Marie, AQ, Italy

     Sante Marie is one of Abruzzo's most famous chestnut towns and its chestnut festival is legendary. Enjoy the walks and cycle rides organised through the chestnut woods during the sagra to the usual celebrations and walk around this mural town in the province of L'Aquila

  • Opi Sapori d’Autunno

    Opi Via S. Giovanni, Opi, AQ

    On November 1st, Opi, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, will dress up in the colours and flavours of Autumn with its ancient festival.

  • A Taste of Autumn – Festival of Vino Cotto and Chestnuts

    A Taste of Autumn – Festival of Vino Cotto and Chestnuts
    Roccamontepiano Via Terranova, Contrada Terranova, Roccamontepiano, Chieti, Italy

    Roccamontepiano  is Abruzzo's Vino Cotto capital (Cooked Wine) and celebrates this elixir with tastings and demonstrations of how it is made, local dishes a market and dance and music!  For those that don't know about this liqueur, Montepulciano grapes are simmered and then aged in oak caskets.  Traditionally, it was the drink used to wet a baby's head and given as part of the dowry!

  • Remembrance Sunday Service at the Val di Sangro CWGC Cemetery

    Val di Sangro CWGC Cemetery Contrada Sentinella, Torino di Sangro, Chieti, Italy

    We will be holding a small Remembrance Service at the Val di Sangro CWGC Cemetery on Sunday 10th November. If you wish to attend, please aim to arrive between 10.30 and 10.45.

We will do our best to keep this calendar up to date, however in the case of last-minute cancellations due to adverse weather conditions, Covid outbreaks and so forth this may not always be possible.  In these cases, you should contact the event organiser for a refund as we are not responsible for the events on the calendar, only compiling them into an easy list.  As soon as we have news from an organiser when any event will be rescheduled we will update the calendar accordingly.

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