Castelponzone Fair

A village that tells its story

The Castelponzone Fair takes place every year in July in the village of the same name, part of Scandolara Ravara, in the province of Cremona. Castelponzone is one of the most characteristic villages in the Cremona region, with its ancient urban structure and living memory of rural traditions: the fair is the occasion when this heritage takes centre stage.

Songs of peasant civilization

The heart of the event is the songs of peasant civilization and the mondine, the rice paddy workers whose voices accompanied work in the fields for generations. These songs, a fundamental part of Padan popular culture, are revived as a testament to a rural world that the fair helps to preserve and pass down.

Dialect theatre and typical flavours

The fair also features a dialect theatre festival, with companies staging performances in the local language and humour, and tastings of typical local products from the Cremona area. Culture, entertainment, and gastronomy merge in a programme that celebrates the peasant identity of the lower Lombard plain.

Enhancing tradition

For Scandolara Ravara and the village of Castelponzone, the fair represents a moment to enhance the village and its roots. In a region marked by rice paddies and peasant culture, the event keeps the link with the past alive and offers visitors and residents the chance to rediscover the sounds, flavours, and stories of tradition in the province of Cremona.