Eel festival in Santo Stefano a Macerata

In Santo Stefano a Macerata, 5 km from Cascina, the Eel festival has been held for 40 years, featuring the local feast. From 22 May to 7 June, theatre performances in the local dialect, cabaret and dancing in the square. At the same time, the 20th Sgambata, a non-competitive fun walk of 2, 6 and 10 km

The Festa Chiesanovese is not held in May by chance. It is the continuation of a very old tradition in which, in Santo Stefano a Macerata, ‘Maggio’ was celebrated with singing and dancing in the courtyards and farmyards of the peasants’ homes. Until the late 1960s, it was customary for the inhabitants of the hamlets in the municipality of Cascina to come and ‘have a snack’ on the Fossone on the occasion of the May Day celebrations and also on 25 April