Festival della Salsiccia a Catena di Cancellara

The sausage festival, symbol of Cancellara

While the feast of San Biagio links the chain sausage to winter devotion, it is in early September that Cancellara dedicates a true grand festival to its most beloved product: the Festival della Salsiccia a Catena, one of the most anticipated events of the Lucanian late summer. The event, reaching its fifteenth edition in 2025, celebrates the "chain-linked" sausage, produced using a technique passed down from mother to daughter and recognized as a Traditional Agri-food Product (PAT).

Between taste, workshops, and music

As the mayor of Cancellara recalled, the festival offers workshops, gastronomic tours, and musical events, transforming the town center into a large space for tasting and celebration. The chain sausage is the absolute protagonist, but around it revolve moments of valorization of the territory, local producers, and the peasant traditions of the Alto Bradano.

Atmosphere and context

Cancellara, a small municipality in the Province of Potenza a few kilometers from the provincial capital, experiences its liveliest moment during these days: the village streets fill with visitors drawn by the aroma of roasted sausage and the convivial atmosphere of the end-of-summer festival. Promoted by the Municipality of Cancellara and supported by the Basilicata Region, the festival is the ideal opportunity to discover an authentic flavor of inland Basilicata and to experience the hospitality of a village proud of its roots.