Thanksgiving Festival
Edition 2026 Nature Heritage Folk traditions

Thanksgiving Festival

The agricultural festival of Vaiano Cremasco with tractors, mass, and solidarity

Vaiano Cremasco — Cremona (019)
Dates 01 Nov — 30 Nov 2026
Location Vaiano Cremasco (019)
Prices Free
Status —

About Thanksgiving Festival

In November, Vaiano Cremasco celebrates the Thanksgiving Festival, an event that honors the agricultural world and its fruits. The day combines a tractor parade, a mass, a food drive for Caritas, and a community lunch in the parish hall. Organized by the Municipality, parish, Farmers' Group, and local associations, it is a well-established tradition in the municipality of Vaiano Cremasco, in the province of Cremona.

A festival that thanks the land

The Thanksgiving Festival in Vaiano Cremasco, a municipality in the province of Cremona in the Crema area, is the celebration of the agricultural world and the work of the fields. It is held in November and has a long history: the XII edition was celebrated in 2022, a sign of a deeply rooted tradition.

Tractors, mass, and community

The day begins in the morning with the gathering and the tractor parade — sometimes a hundred vehicles that cross the town center — followed by the mass and the blessing. It is a moment that brings together local farmers, local authorities, and the population, in an intertwining of religious dimension and rural identity of the Bassa region.

Solidarity and lunch in the parish hall

The festival also has a strong solidarity aspect: among the initiatives is the food drive for Caritas, while the community lunch in the parish hall concludes the day convivially. The organization involves the Municipality, the Parish of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian, the Farmers' Group, and the town's associations (AVIS, Auser, Pro Loco), testifying to an authentically community festival in the heart of the province of Cremona.

Thanksgiving Festival — edition 2026

The Thanksgiving Festival returns to Vaiano Cremasco in November 2026, with the usual tractor parade, mass, food drive for Caritas, and community lunch in the parish hall. Following the editions of previous years, the event continues its journey as one of the most heartfelt agricultural traditions of the town. The precise date will be announced by the organizers.

For 2026, Vaiano Cremasco confirms the Thanksgiving Festival, the celebration of the agricultural world that brings the town together every November.

The characteristic elements of the day remain: the tractor parade, the mass with blessing, the food drive for Caritas, and the community lunch in the parish hall. The organization involves the Municipality, the parish, the Farmers' Group, and local associations. The exact date will be announced closer to the event.

Programme Thanksgiving Festival 2026

The date and detailed program for the 2026 edition will be announced by the organizers.

Usual schedule of the day:

  • Morning — gathering and tractor parade through the town center
  • Mass and blessing
  • Food drive for Caritas
  • Community lunch in the parish hall

Highlights Thanksgiving Festival 2026

The tractor parade, the blessing, and the solidarity community lunch.

Prices Thanksgiving Festival 2026

Free admission; community lunch by reservation.

Practical information — Thanksgiving Festival

Where

Center of Vaiano Cremasco and parish hall (CR).

How to get there

Vaiano Cremasco is located a few kilometers from Crema, in the north of the province of Cremona. It can be reached by car via the provincial roads of the Crema area; Crema is the nearest train station.

When

November, on a Sunday of the month.

Information

Municipality of Vaiano Cremasco — comune.vaianocremasco.cr.it

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Where does it take place — Thanksgiving Festival

Centro del paese e oratorio

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Thanksgiving Festival in brief

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History of Thanksgiving Festival