Festivals in Varese

The Mostra dell'Usaa is the traditional second-hand market that enlivens the streets of Azzate every spring, a town in the province of Vares...

The Motobenedizione is the rally with which the Moto Club Saronno officially opens the motorcycle season. After the gathering and Holy Mass...

For over twenty years, in September, Cunardo smells of porcini mushrooms. The Mushroom Festival, organized by the folk group I Tencitt at th...

As summer arrives, Laveno-Mombello and Cerro fill with music: the Music Festival transforms the lakefront, the historic center, and the vill...

The Musical Festival for Blessed Giuliana is a neighborhood review that celebrates with music the figure of Blessed Giuliana, linked to Bust...

MusiCalende is the evening that celebrates choral singing in Sesto Calende, bringing together various local groups on the stage of the Sala...

Founded in 1950, the National Visual Arts Award City of Gallarate is one of Italy's oldest art awards. The 28th edition, titled «Arte Viva....

On August 10th, the night of San Lorenzo and shooting stars, the Pro Loco Dumenza 2.0 organizes the Night of Wishes in Dumenza (Varese), a v...

Nord in Giallo is the Varese festival dedicated to noir and crime fiction. For almost two months, from late April to late June, Varese is ti...

The historic autumn event of the Caldana hamlet in Cocquio-Trevisago (Varese), "Ottobre a Caldana" - also known as Ottobre Caldanese - enliv...

The Olympic Fringe Festival transformed the historic center of Busto Arsizio into a large, spread-out theatre during the Milan-Cortina 2026...

On the occasion of the Milan Cortina 2026 Games, the Olympic Fringe Festival brings acrobats, stilt walkers, mimes, and jugglers to the squa...

For two weekends at the end of August, Bodio Lomnago is painted with the colours of Spain. In Piazza Benemerita Arma dei Carabinieri, the Pr...

Paesaggi Sonori is the travelling music review that brings free concerts to the municipalities of the Varesotto area. The Marchirolo stop cl...

Every summer, Castiglione Olona, a Renaissance jewel near Varese, travels back five centuries with the Palio dei Castelli: a historical re-e...

In September, Vedano Olona celebrates its patron saint, San Maurizio, with the Patronal Feast and the Palio dei Rioni. The town center trans...

The Palio dei Rioni of Arsago Seprio is the historic competition that every June sees the four districts of the town compete: San Rocco, San...

After nine years of absence, one of the most beloved tournaments in Valceresio returns: the Palio dei Rioni, which pits the municipalities o...