Fiera di Castelponzone

A village that tells its story

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

Songs of peasant civilisation

The heart of the event is the songs of peasant civilisation 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 plays 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 showcase the village and its roots. In a land 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.