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Festa dell'Uva di Riccia

Riccia · Molise, Italy · Sep (date varies) ✅ Verified 2026

A grape-harvest festival known locally as the Festa dell'Uva — its modern form dates to the late 1960s, when the parish priest of the Chiesa del Rosario introduced allegorical floats to the harvest celebration. The floats remain the festival's centerpiece: entirely covered in individual grapes, hand-glued one by one and sorted by size and color to create a mosaic effect depicting scenes of rural life.

Vini Molisani
DatesSep (date varies)
OrganizerComitato Festa dell'Uva di Riccia, with the Pro Loco di Riccia
Food FocusVini Molisani
Nearest airportNaples Capodichino Airport (NAP)
GPS41.4167, 14.8167
Nearest cityBenevento · ~32 km · approx 0.5h drive
Nearest region capitalCampobasso · ~20 km · approx 0.3h drive
Typical weather in SeptemberWarm, less humid — 25-28°C, a comfortable month for festival-going.
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Sources:
http://www.prolocoriccia.it/it/turismo/sagra-dell-uva-di-riccia.html