Festa della Pecora di Foza (Vüsche Öoba)
Vüsche Öoba: the Foza Sheep Festival among wool, cheeses, and pastoral traditions
About Festa della Pecora
A festival dedicated to the Foza Sheep
The Festa della Pecora di Foza, known by the Cimbrian name "Vüsche Öoba", celebrates the native sheep breed of Foza, a municipality on the Altopiano dei Sette Comuni in the province of Vicenza. For centuries, the Foza Sheep has been a precious resource for the wool mills in this area of the Veneto region, thanks to its long wool, suitable for textile processing. The festival traditionally takes place on the last weekend of August and transforms the town center into a grand tribute to mountain pastoral culture.
Crafts, wool, and a flock parade
Demonstrations of ancient crafts unfold along the town's streets: wood carving, basket making, straw weaving, and especially the entire cycle of wool processing, from shearing to washing, from dyeing with plant-based substances to spinning, carding, weaving, and felting. The most spectacular moment is the parade of the flock with costumed figures, accompanied by a themed competition and dedicated lunches in the town's restaurants and bars.
Flavors and local products
Stalls offer typical products of Foza's sheep farming—pecorino cheese and dried meats, alpine cheeses, local jams, aromatic herbs, saffron, and Rotzo potatoes—along with spindles, wool hats and felt slippers, wool and hemp garments, and handicrafts made by the women of Foza. There are also educational workshops, guided tours, music, and tastings, in a festival that blends taste, tradition, and the Cimbrian identity of the Altopiano dei Sette Comuni.
Festa della Pecora — edition 2026
For 2026, the Festa della Pecora di Foza is scheduled for Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31, confirming its placement on the last weekend of the month. The center of Foza will host demonstrations of ancient crafts (wood carving, basket making, straw weaving), the entire wool processing cycle, stalls of typical products, and local handicrafts.
Among the main events, from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, there will be demonstrations and stalls; at 11:00 AM, the flock parade with costumed figures; at noon, the themed competition and themed lunches offered by the town's restaurants and bars.
Programme Festa della Pecora 2026
Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31, 2026
- 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM — Demonstrations of ancient crafts: wood carving, basket making, straw weaving
- 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM — Stalls of typical products: pecorino cheese and dried meats, alpine cheeses, jams, aromatic herbs, saffron, Rotzo potatoes; wool, felt hats, and handicrafts by the women of Foza
- 11:00 AM — Flock parade with costumed figures
- 12:00 PM — Themed competition and themed lunches in the town's restaurants and bars
- Throughout the day — Demonstrations of wool processing (shearing, washing, plant-based dyeing, spinning, carding, weaving, felting), educational workshops, guided tours, music, and tastings
Highlights Festa della Pecora 2026
- Flock parade with costumed figures
- Wool processing demonstrations
- Pecorino cheese, dried meats, and alpine products
- Educational workshops and ancient crafts
Prices Festa della Pecora 2026
Practical information — Festa della Pecora
How to get there
Foza is located on the Altopiano dei Sette Comuni, in the province of Vicenza. By car from Bassano del Grappa or Asiago along the plateau roads. The nearest train station is Bassano del Grappa, from which you can continue by car or public bus.
Admission
Access to the stalls, demonstrations, and the parade in the town center is generally free. Themed lunches and some workshops may require booking.
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Where does it take place — Festa della Pecora
Centro di Foza
Centro paese, 36010 Foza