Shortcrust Pastry Cake Festival
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Shortcrust Pastry Cake Festival

01 Aug 2025 — 03 Aug 2025
Alta Val Tidone — Piacenza (033)

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Edition 2025 — Shortcrust Pastry Festival

The 2025 edition of the Shortcrust Pastry Cake Festival took place in Pecorara (Alta Val Tidone, PC) from Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 3. Three days of music, food stalls, and tradition centered around the village's symbolic cake, concluding with the evocative evening lantern march and itinerant music.

2025 Edition

The 2025 Shortcrust Pastry Cake Festival was held in Pecorara, a hamlet of Alta Val Tidone (PC), from Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 3, 2025. Three evenings of celebration in the Piacenza Apennine village, enlivened by music and food stalls.

  • Friday, August 1: musical evening dedicated to the songs of Sergio Caputo.
  • Saturday, August 2: "Night for those born in the '60s and beyond", Disco Story with DJ Vaccari and food stalls.
  • Sunday, August 3: morning sale of shortcrust pastry cakes and local products; at 6:00 PM, lantern march and itinerant music; in the evening, dinner in the piazza with DJ Lelluzzo.

In 2025, the festival once again confirmed its role as a defining event for the Pecorara community.

Programme

Fri 1/8: musical evening (Sergio Caputo). Sat 2/8: '60s Night, Disco Story with DJ Vaccari, food stalls. Sun 3/8: morning sale of cakes and local products; 6 PM lantern march and itinerant music; evening dinner in the piazza with DJ Lelluzzo.

Highlights

Lantern march; sale of shortcrust pastry cake; musical evenings and DJ sets in the village.

Prices

Free admission; cakes, local products, and food at the stalls are subject to payment or donation.

Where does it take place — Shortcrust Pastry Festival

Parco Giochi di Pecorara

Parco Giochi, Via Cesare Battisti, 29031 Alta Val Tidone

Contact Shortcrust Pastry Festival

Tel
+39 0523 993711

Shortcrust Pastry Festival in brief

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