42nd Festa della Castagna di Montella IGP 2026
- Live music
Centro storico di Montella: piazza Sebastiano Bartoli, piazza Giacomo Moscariello, via dei Favali, via Michelangelo Cianciulli, via Ippolita Panico, via Pasquale Colucci, via Carbonara, via Ferdinando Cianciulli, via Filippo Bonavitacola, via Don Minzoni
Organised by Pro Loco Montella Alto Calore
The 42nd Festa della Castagna di Montella IGP returns to the historic centre of Montella for five days: Sunday 1, Monday 2, Friday 6, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2026. The streets and squares host over one hundred stands with roasted chestnuts, chestnut-based sweets and other Irpinian specialities, along with local wines. Alongside the food, the event offers crafts and agri-food products from Irpinia with exhibitions and direct sales, live music, concerts, street artists, shows and children's entertainment, cooking shows and traditional recipes. Highlights include the welcome of the Historic Train at the FS station, an excursion to the Complesso Monumentale del Monte and the presentation of the Roccio d'Oro 2026 award. The festival is organised by Pro Loco Montella Alto Calore. The stands open every day from 10:00 and remain active at lunchtime and in the evening, so the festival can be enjoyed both by day and after sunset.
Opening hours: 10:00 Stands open every day from 10:00. Inauguration on Sunday 1 November at 10:00 with the opening of the stands. Live music, concerts, street artists, shows and children's entertainment, cooking shows and traditional recipes. Welcome of the Historic Train at the FS station, excursion to the Complesso Monumentale del Monte and presentation of the Roccio d'Oro 2026 award. Closing times for businesses: 6 November at 03:00, 1, 2, 7 and 8 November at 02:00, with 30 minutes of tolerance and a ban on music and sound at closing time. Ban on serving, selling and consuming drinks in glass containers in squares, streets and public areas of the town centre on the days of the festival. School closure on 7 November 2026.
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