Notti d'Autore - San Rocco Festival in the Maiano District

A reduced-format edition

Summer 2025 marked a pause for Notti d'Autore: in Maiano, a hillside district of Sant'Agnello, the festival with artists' works and craftsmen's stalls was not held, much to the regret of regular visitors.

The evening dedicated to the meatball

On August 23rd, 2025, from 8:00 PM in Largo Recanzo, the Municipality of Sant'Agnello organized a cultural and gastronomic evening dedicated to the San Rocco meatball, a local product with twenty-one ingredients and a characteristic sweet-and-sour taste, currently in the process of receiving De.Co. recognition. The program combined a talk on food and wine tourism, a tasting of the original recipe, and music by the Cantori Popolari Flegrei.

The rites of Saint Roch

The festival concluded on Sunday, August 24th, 2025, with sacred rites and the procession of Saint Roch through the streets of the district, confirming the vitality of a popular devotion rooted in the Sorrentine Peninsula.

Saturday, August 23rd, 2025, 8:00 PM - Largo Recanzo, Maiano district

• Talk on the cultural, economic, and tourism value of the San Rocco meatball and the De.Co. recognition process, with Mayor Antonino Coppola, Tourism Councilor Marcello Aversa, and Agriculture Councilor Ester De Maio; moderated by journalist Antonino Siniscalchi, with gastronomic consultant Nadia Taglialatela, Chamber Councilor Margherita Aiello, and Michelin-starred chef Peppe Aversa.
• Tasting of the San Rocco meatball prepared according to the original twenty-one ingredient recipe.
• Folk music with the Cantori Popolari Flegrei, directed by Ernesto Mignano.

Sunday, August 24th, 2025: sacred rites and procession of Saint Roch through the streets of the Maiano district.

• The San Rocco meatball as the absolute star, moving towards municipal De.Co. status.
• Talk on food and wine tourism with Michelin-starred chef Peppe Aversa.
• Concert by the Cantori Popolari Flegrei.
• Procession of Saint Roch through the alleys of Maiano.