Fieste dai Cros / Sagra delle Rane
Ruda's summer festival, featuring fried frogs, ballroom dancing, and Friulian tradition
About Sagra delle Rane
The frog festival in the Bassa Friulana
The Fieste dai Cros — literally "frog festival" in Friulian — is one of the most characteristic summer events in Ruda, a town in the Bassa Friulana region, province of Udine. Combined for years with the Festa dell'Unità (Unity Festival), it blends popular gastronomic tradition with the social and debate-focused atmosphere typical of village festivals, in a genuine mix of good food, music, and civic engagement.
Fried frogs and Friulian flavours
The absolute star is fried frog, a signature dish of the Bassa Friulana cuisine linked to the area's rivers and springs. Alongside the frogs, the stalls offer traditional classics: frico, cevapcici, grilled meats, polenta, and fish dishes, all accompanied by wine and beer. Simple, abundant food to be enjoyed on long summer evenings.
Music, cinema, and community
The festival offers entertainment every evening: ballroom dancing nights with orchestras and group dances, open-air cinema, walks under the stars, and the unmissable raffles, with attractive prizes. Over the years, the event has also hosted notable concerts, such as one by the Modena City Ramblers, alongside spaces dedicated to cultural and political debate. An event that reflects the convivial and supportive spirit of Ruda and the Bassa Friulana.
Sagra delle Rane — edition 2026
The Fieste dai Cros / Sagra delle Rane returns to Ruda, in the Bassa Friulana, the summer event combined with the Festa dell'Unità. As tradition dictates, the signature dish is fried frog, accompanied by frico, cevapcici, grilled meats, and fish dishes, with wine and beer.
Evenings are enlivened by ballroom dancing, group dances, open-air cinema, and raffles, alongside spaces for debates. The precise dates for the 2026 edition will be announced by the organisers in the weeks preceding the festival.
Programme Sagra delle Rane 2026
The detailed program for the 2026 edition, with dates and evening events, will be announced by the organisers in the weeks preceding the festival (the event typically takes place in mid-summer, between July and August). The traditional format includes food stalls with fried frogs, frico, cevapcici, grilled meats, and fish dishes, ballroom dancing nights with orchestras and group dances, open-air cinema, cultural debates, and three raffles with attractive prizes.
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Practical information — Sagra delle Rane
How to get there
Ruda is located in the Bassa Friulana, easily reachable by car from the A4 motorway (Palmanova exit) in a few minutes. The festival area has parking.
Admission
Admission to the festival is free; food, drinks, and raffles are available at the stalls. The precise dates for the 2026 edition will be announced by the organisers in the weeks preceding the event.
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