Juicy Orange Fight in Ivrea

Tuchini Team Orange after the event

Updated for 2012! Anyone who has been in Italy for any length of time will know that the country is packed with traditions, festivals and fairs.  Some celebrate food, others feature jousting competitions, and one even honors snakes. Then, there is an annual orange fight.Of course there are … [Read more...]

San Ginesio’s Battle

Return of the Exiles - San Ginesio

Deep down in the Le Marche region of Italy there is, I am reliably informed, a fabulous bi-annual battle re-enactment which takes place in a lovely hilltop Italian town called San Ginesio.Beware, though, for there is a San Genesio and a San Ginesio in Italy, as I discovered when trying to … [Read more...]

Milano Jazzin’ Festival

From the 7 July (today) until the 7 August 2008, in Milan's Arena Civica, the Milano Jazzin Festival is to be held. Some big names are going to be there.  Here is a list of some, along with the dates on which they can be seen in action:July 14 - Lenny Kravitz July 16 - Pat Metheny July 26 - … [Read more...]

Note For Your Diary: The 2008 Gigli Festival Nola

This year's edition of the intriguing Nola Festival, which I wrote about in my Gigli Festival, Nola, Italy post, is just over a month away.The festival runs for the whole week from the 22 to the 29 June, 2008.In the event that you can't manage to spend a whole week there, the best day is … [Read more...]

Nola – the Lily Festival and callouses

I've been asking a few people I know about the Nola festival that I wrote about recently, and I've discovered that a friend of mine, who is a trainee lawyer, just happens to be registered with the bar in Nola. Small world. And this guy, Ciro, told me another nugget of interesting information about … [Read more...]