Festivals in Varese

Fuoriclasse is the concert that celebrates the end of the school year and the beginning of summer in Saronno, giving the stage to young peop...

When December brings lights and the scent of Christmas, the historic center of Gallarate transforms into a scattered market along Via Manzon...

For seven Friday evenings, from mid-June to the end of July, Piazza Libertà in Gallarate transforms into the pulsating heart of the city's s...

GallCarnaval is the historical carnival of Gallarate, enlivened by its official masks, King Risotto and Queen Luganeghetta. Amidst confetti,...

Giardini Circensi is the contemporary circus festival that animates the Estensi Gardens and the park of Villa Mirabello in Varese every spri...

La Giöbia is one of the oldest traditions in Lombardy, linked to the last Thursday of January and the propitiatory rite of the bonfire that...

Giöbia is one of the most ancient and cherished traditions in Busto Arsizio: the burning of effigies symbolizing winter and past adversities...

The Gioeubia (or Zobia) is one of the oldest and most evocative traditions of the Varesotto and Alto Milanese area: on the last Thursday of...

For a few days, Saronno becomes the city of poetry with Giorni diVersi, a festival that brings verses out of books and into squares, schools...

The Giubbiana — in dialect Gioeubia — is the ancient Lombard rite with which Gallarate bids farewell to winter. On the last Thursday of Janu...

The Giudei Carnival is the masked festival that enlivens Cugliate-Fabiasco every winter, a small municipality in Valmarchirolo in the Provin...

In the small mountain village of Castello Cabiaglio, in the Varese area, the Mercato del Giusto iNperfetto is the spring festival that focus...

After the May event, the Mercato del Giusto iNperfetto returns to animate the streets of Castello Cabiaglio in June too. The mountain villag...

A festival bringing one of the symbols of Emilian cuisine to Lombardy: gnocco fritto. In the hamlet of Verghera, Samarate, the Associazione...

The Gorgonzola Festival is the most beloved gastronomic event in Caronno Pertusella, a municipality in the province of Varese bordering the...

The Gorla Minore Carnival transforms the town's streets into an open-air gallery, with a parade of masks, stilt walkers, and floats. Organiz...

In early September, the Pro Loco of Grantola (Varese) brings a Venetian specialty to Valcuvia: codfish Vicentina style, the star of the fest...

In January, Oggiona con Santo Stefano, in the province of Varese, renews one of the oldest peasant traditions in Lombardy: the Great Bonfire...