Sagra della porchetta e del tortellino

This festival, dedicated to “porchetta” (a traditional dish of pork meat) and “tortellini” (a kind of pasta), is the most famous and important in Lavezzola (Conselice) and this year will take place on May 16th to 19th 2024. This is the traditional fair of the town, whose squares and streets are enlivened by sport events and antique car exhibition, shows and concerts. The heart of the fair is the food hall, where a huge oven roasts 60 porks which become the dish named “porchetta”.

The event started in 1982 and since then Lavezzola is well known and visited by food lovers, coming from all over the region for this event.
The local specialities is the famous stuffed pasta named “tortellino”, while the pork meat “porchetta” is imported from the hills and is the other main dish of this traditional feast who’s proceeds are given to IOR, to help scientific research on cancer.

PROGRAMME of the main events

16 May
HAMBURGER PARTY 
at 8.30 pm Live music with “Reverse”

17 May
from 7 pm Food stand + Porky’s Bar + Pork&Chips + Porquito
at 9.15 pm Live music with “Flints”, Piazza Mazzini

18 May
from 12 pm Food stand  + Pork&Chips
from 7 pm Food stand + Porky’s Bar + Pork&Chips + Porquito
at 9.15 Live music with “Gemboy”, Piazza Mazzini

19 May
at 9 am Vintage motorbike and car rally
from 12 pm Food stand with Fiorillo pianobar + Pork&Chips
from 7 pm Food stand + Porky’s Bar + Pork&Chips + Porquito
at 8.45 pm Show “A sla pasen’ a treb”, Piazza Mazzini
at 10 pm Raffle with jackpot, Piazza Mazzini

TAKE AWAY at the food stand: 18 May and 19 May from 11 am

Throughout the festival: Luna Park in piazza Tiziano, Exposition at DART – Villa Verlicchi

Useful information

Email: info@sagralavezzola.it
Web: http://www.sagralavezzola.it/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagralavezzola.it/

How to get
The event will be held in the two squares of Lavezzola, a few km from Conselice. Parking areas for cars and coaches. Access for the disabled.