This, the largest and busiest fair in Brescia, is held on 15 February each year. Santi Faustino e Giovita are the patron saints of the city and many miraculous events are attributed to them including the liberation of the city from the Visconti troops. Hundreds of market stalls fill the city centre from morning to night and the area around the 2 saints’ church in a fun day for all.

The Santa Crus di Cerveno

This religious representation of the Way of the Cross is held every ten years in the middle of May in Cerveno in Valcamonica.
The Santa Crus is a folkloristic event, but also proof of the lively popular religiousness. It is held so rarely because of the scale of organization required; nearly everyone in the 600 person community is involved. The rite is linked to the presence in Cerveno of the Sanctuary of the Via Crucis (see "Valcamonica") whose sculptures inspire the costumes and scenic representations during the procession through the streets of the village which involves the walking crowd.

The Festival of Santa Croce at Carzano di Monte Isola

This festival is held at Carzano every five years in September and is spectacular for the amount of equipment involved: the route passes under four hundred wooden arches decorated with paper flowers, so beautiful that seem to be real. At the end of the procession the fisher-men’s boats receive a blessing.

Carnival at Bagolino

The Bagolino festivals is celebrated on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It is famous throughout north Italy for its music, songs, and dances which fill the village from morning to night following a ritual that has remained unchanged for centuries. Typical are the costumes of "Carnevale Bagòs": dancers’ and players’ ones are black with a large red velvet hat decorated with ribbons and family jewels, the other participants wear old farming clothes with long skirts, hand-woven shawls and wooden clogs. Faces are covered (deriving from the original spirit of carnival which celebrated the rebirth of the land and life) so that not even the sex of the person could be recognised.

Fireworks

Summer is the most popular time to see fireworks displays, usually organized to celebrate Patron Saint’s days and August Bank Holiday. The most spectacular are usually on the lakes where the colours are reflected in the water.
Traditional displays on Lake Garda are held at Limone, Salò, S: Ercolano at Maderno, Desenzano and Sirmione.