Goro Clam Festival

The Queen of the Sacca di Goro

Goro is a small municipality of just over three thousand inhabitants overlooking the Sacca di Goro, one of the most important lagoons in the Po Delta, in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. Here, fishing and aquaculture are not just a job: they are the very identity of the town. Goro is indeed the leading Italian and European producer of true clams (Ruditapes philippinarum), a record of which the community is rightly proud. The Clam Festival was created precisely to celebrate this link between land, water, and table, and is today one of the most recognized seafood festivals on the entire Emilia-Romagna coast.

Three Weekends of Flavors

The event takes place over three weekends in July on Piazzale Natale Bellotti, in the port area. Under the covered stands, the cooks from the Pro Loco and local cooperatives prepare fresh dishes based on lagoon catches every evening. The absolute protagonist is, of course, the true clam, served in spaghetti with clams and strozzapreti with marinara sauce, but the menu ranges across all Adriatic seafood.

• Clam and mussel appetizers
• Spaghetti with clams and strozzapreti with marinara sauce
• Mixed fried Adriatic seafood
• Specialties based on cuttlefish, baked fish, and other products from the Sacca

The most spectacular moment is the cooking in the giant pan almost three meters in diameter, capable of preparing quintals of clams and serving over a thousand portions a day thanks to the work of about twenty local cooperatives.

Music, Boats, and Conviviality

Every evening, the festival is accompanied by live music and entertainment for all ages, in a popular and family-friendly atmosphere typical of Delta village festivals. The real added value, however, are the boat trips in the Sacca di Goro: short excursions that take visitors among the clam farms, to discover firsthand how the product they enjoy at the table is produced. An experience that combines gastronomy, nature, and knowledge of the territory, in one of the most evocative corners of the Po Delta Park.

A Summer Appointment in the Delta

Organized by the Pro Loco of Goro, the festival attracts thousands of visitors every year from all over the province of Ferrara and beyond, attracted by the authenticity of zero-kilometer catches and affordable prices. It is the perfect opportunity to combine an evening of good seafood with a discovery of the Emilia-Romagna lagoon landscape, among fishing boats, traditional huts, and sunsets over the water.