Rometta City Festival
Rometta's neighbourhood festival in Sassuolo, featuring music, markets, and workshops
About Rometta City Festival
A festival that revitalizes the neighbourhood
The Rometta City Festival is much more than just a day of outdoor shopping: it's the festival with which the Rometta neighbourhood, in the Municipality of Sassuolo (province of Modena, in Emilia-Romagna), tells its story and comes together. Organized by the Rometta Shopkeepers Committee together with the Association Il Giardino di Karl APS, the municipal administration, and numerous local entities, the event transforms the streets around Largo Verona — with the adjacent streets Gorizia, Fanti, Mameli, and Fratelli Cairoli — and Parco Ottavio Tassi into a large shared space where shops, associations, and families meet.
What to expect during the day
From morning until late evening, the Rometta and Largo Verona area hosts a packed, entirely outdoor programme:
- Open shops and Tuscan market along the neighbourhood streets
- Arts and crafts stalls interspersed with street food stands
- Vinyl market for music enthusiasts
- Children's area with inflatables, entertainment, face painting, and games
- Demonstrations of parkour, self-defence, and skating by local sports associations
- Free workshops for children, from reading to gardening
- Live music and DJ sets from late afternoon until night
A story of revival
The first edition of the City Festival was held in 2018, followed by one in 2019; then the pandemic interrupted its course. It was the shopkeepers of Rometta themselves who strongly desired the revival of the event, brought back to life in 2025 and now a regular fixture on the Sassuolo calendar. The festival is completely free and designed for all ages, a symbol of the vitality of a neighbourhood that has chosen to get involved and make itself known well beyond the borders of Sassuolo.
Sassuolo, capital of ceramics
Known worldwide as the Italian capital of ceramics and tiles, Sassuolo is an active and industrious city at the foot of the Modenese Apennines, overlooking the Secchia river. Events like the Rometta City Festival showcase a more intimate and community-focused side of the city, built on neighbourly relations, small businesses, and associations.
Rometta City Festival — edition 2026
For the 2026 edition, the Rometta City Festival expanded its spaces, encompassing not only Largo Verona but also the nearby Parco Ottavio Tassi. From 8:30 AM to 11:30 PM, the Rometta neighbourhood in Sassuolo transformed into a large festival area for all ages, featuring open shops, a Tuscan market, arts and crafts stalls, street food, a vinyl market, and a rich area dedicated to children. The day combined sports, culture, gastronomy, and music in a packed and completely free programme.
Programme Rometta City Festival 2026
Largo Verona and Rometta area (8:30 AM — 11:30 PM)
- Open shops, Tuscan market, arts and crafts stalls, and street food throughout the day
- Vinyl market
- Children's area with inflatables
- Parkour demonstrations by Mya ASD
- 10:30 AM — "Jumping Through Fairy Tales", reading-games for children aged 5 to 8 (Librarsi Association)
Music programming (Largo Verona, 5:30 PM — 11:30 PM)
- 5:30 PM — Marco Baroni Live, "La linea del tempo"
- 6:30 PM — Groove Propaganda (DJ set)
- 7:30 PM — Sound Selvatico (DJ set)
- 8:30 PM — ADG (DJ set)
- 9:30 PM — Fabrizio Vacondio (DJ set)
- 10:30 PM — Simona Gee (DJ set)
Parco Ottavio Tassi (3:00 PM — 11:30 PM)
- 3:00 PM — "A strong back for everyone!" by Luna Crescente
- 4:30 PM — Self-defence demonstration (Taekwondo)
- 5:30 PM — Roller skating exhibition (Sassuolo Skating)
- 4:00 PM — 7:00 PM — Children's area with entertainment, face painting, games, and workshops (Il Giardino di Karl APS, Dimòndi Clown, Luna Crescente)
- 5:00 PM — "The Dance of Hands", reading and graphic workshop (Tata Babà)
- 5:00 PM — 7:00 PM — Free gardening workshops for children (Solgarden, mandatory registration at 0536 811959)
- 7:00 PM — 11:30 PM — Refreshment area with food, photo booth, and music with Christian S DJ and AFTER DJ
Highlights Rometta City Festival 2026
The live concert by Marco Baroni with "La linea del tempo" at 5:30 PM and the long sequence of DJ sets until 11:30 PM at Largo Verona. Also not to be missed are the sports demonstrations at Parco Ottavio Tassi and the free workshops for children.
Prices Rometta City Festival 2026
Practical information — Rometta City Festival
When
Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 8:30 AM to 11:30 PM.
Where
Rometta neighbourhood, Sassuolo (MO): Largo Verona and surrounding streets (Gorizia, Fanti, Mameli, Fratelli Cairoli) and Parco Ottavio Tassi.
How to get there
By car: Sassuolo is accessible from the A1 motorway (Modena Nord or Modena Sud exit) and the Modena ring road. By train: the city is served by the Modena–Sassuolo railway and the Reggio Emilia–Sassuolo line. The Rometta neighbourhood is located in the north-eastern part of the city.
Prices
Free admission and activities. Gardening workshops for children require telephone registration at 0536 811959.
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Where does it take place — Rometta City Festival
Quartiere Rometta — Largo Verona e Parco Ottavio Tassi
Largo Verona, 41049 Sassuolo