Saint John Festival of Edolo

The patronal feast of Edolo

The Saint John Festival is the patronal feast of Edolo, a municipality in the upper Valle Camonica in the province of Brescia. It is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, patron saint of the town, and is celebrated every year on the Sunday closest to June 24th, the liturgical date of the saint's nativity.

Markets in the historic center

The most popular aspect of the festival is the markets, which invade the streets of the center: Viale Derna, Via Montegrappa, Via Gelpi and Piazza San Giovanni fill with stalls from morning, approximately from 8 AM to 6 PM. For an entire day, Edolo becomes a large open-air market, a destination for residents and visitors from the surrounding upper valley towns.

The religious dimension

Alongside the public festival, the dimension of faith remains central: the solemn mass and the procession in honor of Saint John the Baptist mark the day, recalling the original meaning of the recurrence. It is the moment when the Edolo community gathers around its patron saint, in a tradition that is renewed year after year.

An event in Valle Camonica

The Saint John Festival is one of the traditional events of the Camonica summer, supported by the Municipality of Edolo. It combines popular devotion with the vitality of the markets, in a balance typical of Italian patronal feasts, where the sacred and the profane coexist on the same festive day.