Ten days of patronal festival in the name of Saint Stephen, in the Bassa bergamasca region
The Sagra di Fara Olivana is the patronal festival of Fara Olivana con Sola, a small municipality in the Bassa bergamasca, in the province of Bergamo. The event takes place annually between the end of July and the beginning of August, lasting for about ten days, and is dedicated to the patron saint Saint Stephen.
The festival combines the religious dimensionโwith mass and a procession in honour of the patron saintโwith the more convivial aspect of a village celebration. The evenings are enlivened by typical cuisine, music, tombola, and entertainment events that involve the entire community and visitors from neighbouring towns. It has been an event that marks the summer in this corner of the Bergamo plain for years.
In a small municipality like Fara Olivana con Sola, the patronal festival represents the most important moment of the year, an occasion for the village to come together around its roots and its devotion to Saint Stephen. Balancing the sacred and the secular, the festival tells the story of a community in the Bassa bergamasca tied to farming traditions and village life, in the province of Bergamo.
The Sagra di Fara Olivana returns in 2026, between the end of July and the beginning of August, in honour of the patron saint Saint Stephen.
For about ten days, the village of Fara Olivana con Sola will come alive with typical cuisine, music, tombola, and festive moments, alongside religious celebrations with mass and procession in honour of the patron saint. The full schedule, with dates and times, will be published on the official channels of the Municipality and local associations closer to the festival.
The detailed programme for the 2026 edition will be published by the Municipality of Fara Olivana con Sola and local associations closer to the festival. The patronal festival, lasting about ten days, typically includes:
For about ten days between the end of July and the beginning of August, around the feast of the patron saint Saint Stephen.
Village centre of Fara Olivana con Sola (BG), Bassa bergamasca.
Fara Olivana con Sola is reachable by car from the SP road towards Romano di Lombardia; the nearest train station is Romano on the Milan-Venice line.
Programme available on the official channels of the Municipality of Fara Olivana con Sola and local associations.
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Centro del paese di Fara Olivana