Buongustaio Festival

The festival of border flavors

The Buongustaio Festival is the great summer feast of Langosco, a town in Lomellina in the province of Pavia located right on the border with Piedmont. For two weekends in July, the town gathers in the charming Giardino dei Tigli (Linden Garden), the green area next to the town hall, for an event that focuses on good food and conviviality.

100% Lomellina cuisine

The common thread of the festival is the local cuisine: the stars are the 100% made-in-Lomellina specialties, a land of rice paddies straddling Pavia, Vercelli, and Novara. The menu features typical appetizers, agnolotti, mixed Piedmontese fry, and many other dishes that tell the gastronomic tradition of this strip of the Po Valley, where Lombard and Piedmontese cuisines meet.

Music and dancing evenings

Dinners are accompanied by live music and dancing evenings, in the best tradition of Lomellina village festivals. The open-air restaurant opens in the evening, and the Linden Garden, with its intimate atmosphere, provides the ideal setting for a festival that attracts visitors from neighboring towns as well.

A community-organized festival

The festival is promoted by the Pro Loco Langosco, which involves volunteers and local associations in its organization every year. It is a moment of strong identity for a small community in Lomellina, which opens its doors to those who want to discover the authentic flavors of this agricultural territory.