July and August 2026 Events
JULY
Until 13 September – Spazio d’Arte, Via Plinio 6 – daily from 10 am to 6 pm
MUU Museum of Milk and the History of Muggiasca – during opening hours
ENCHANTED PEAKS Exhibition
Until 13 September – San Nicolao Contemporary Art, Giancarlo Vitali Museum, Church of Santa Marta, Church of Saints Nazaro and Celso, Church of San Rocco, Church of Sant’Andrea, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears, Lezzeno
DEVOTA – Art and the Sacred, Territory and Community Exhibition
Daily from 9 am to 7 pm
Bellano Gorge (Orrido), Ca’ del Diavol, Giancarlo Vitali Museum and San Nicolao Contemporary Art open
Daily from 10 am to 6 pm
Church of Saints Nazaro and Celso open, Piazza San Giorgio 5
Church of Santa Marta open, Piazza Santa Marta
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears open, Strada di Lezzeno 11–13
MUU Museum of Milk and the History of Muggiasca opening hours – Via Roma 12, Vendrogno
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 3 pm to 7 pm
Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 12 pm and from 3 pm to 7 pm
Every Thursday at 8:45 pm – Parcobaleno
BABY DANCE
Wednesday 1, Thursday 2, Friday 3, Saturday 4, Sunday 5 July at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: MINIONS & MONSTERS
Friday 3 July at 6 pm – Bellano Gorge (Orrido)
TEDxBellano ABISSI
Friday 3 July at 9:30 pm – Floating Stage, Pioverna River Mouth
TEDxBellano Afterparty – AlberiNoi
From 3 to 10 July – Circolo Vela Bellano
F18 European Championship
Saturday 4 July from 11 am to 1 pm – Via Bartolomeo Nogara 2
Church of San Rocco open
Saturday 4 July from 11 am to 1 pm – Bonzeno hamlet
Church of Sant’Andrea open
Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 July
Volunteer Firefighters’ Festival
Saturday 4 July at 9:30 pm – Floating Stage, Pioverna River Mouth
Volunteer Firefighters’ Party with SISMICA cover band
Sunday 5 July at 9:15 pm – Floating Stage, Pioverna River Mouth
Cinema Under the Stars – Cult Movie DIRTY DANCING
Thursday 9 July at 6:30 pm – Spazio d’Arte, Via Plinio 6
Nicolò Milesi and Federica Gallo
“Border Views. Borderlands in Living Wood”
Friday 10 July at 9 pm – Floating Stage, Pioverna River Mouth
PAU ZERO live – Tribute to Laura Pausini and Renato Zero
Friday 10, Saturday 11, Sunday 12 July at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: MINIONS & MONSTERS
Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 July
Telethon Cup
Saturday 11 July at 5:30 pm – Piazza Santa Marta
Pop&Candies live concert
Saturday 11 July at 9:30 pm – Floating Stage, Pioverna River Mouth
Telethon Party with DEJA VU cover band
Saturday 11 July at 2:30 pm – Churches of San Lorenzo, Sant’Antonio and Sanctuary of Madonna della Neve, Vendrogno
Guided itinerary CAMMINI
Saturday 11 July – Vendrogno
MUU Anniversary
3:30 pm Multi-sport activities for children and teenagers
4 pm NATUROPATHY WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS
6 pm Opening of the exhibition “MONTE MUGGIO. A Mountain of Sport”
7:30 pm COMMUNITY DINNER
Sunday 12 July at 9:30 pm – Floating Stage, Pioverna River Mouth
Pink Floyd tribute with LEARNING TO FLOYD
Thursday 16, Friday 17, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: ODYSSEY
From Friday 17 to Sunday 19 July – Circolo Vela Bellano
ENOSHIMA TROPHY
From Friday 17 to Sunday 19 July – Circolo Vela Bellano
29er Regional Regatta
Saturday 18 July from 7:30 pm – Via Manzoni
AGONI IN CONTRADA Community Dinner
Saturday 18 July
Bellano Jazz Ercolino Nogara Festival
Saturday 18 July from 11 am to 1 pm – Via Bartolomeo Nogara
Church of San Rocco opening
Saturday 18 July from 11 am to 1 pm – Bonzeno hamlet
Church of Sant’Andrea opening
Saturday 18 July at 5 pm – Vendrogno Library, Via Roma
Monica Milanta presents the book “I Am My Choice”
Sunday 19 July – Camaggiore
5th Provincial Hunting Federation Championship
Sunday 19 July at 9 pm – Church of Sant’Andrea, Bonzeno
Borghi in Festa – “Opera Enchantment” concert with the Italian String Quartet and soprano Bing Bing Wang
Thursday 23 July at 6:30 pm – Spazio d’Arte, Via Plinio 6
Antonio Peccati, mountaineer and member of the Ragni di Lecco
“A Story of Mountains and Rock”
Friday 24 July at 9 pm – Piazza T. Grossi
OLD MINERS live concert
Friday 24 July at 7 pm – Vendrogno Event Area
“FREEDOM, I KNOW YOU. MEMORIES, FLAVOURS AND SONGS OF LIBERATION”
7 pm Guided tour of the exhibition “Resistance between Bellano and Muggiasca”
7:30 pm Resistance Pasta Dinner
8:30 pm Presentation of the MUU website resources and Memory Trails
9 pm Folk singing performance
Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: ODYSSEY
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July – Circolo Vela Bellano
Optilario
Saturday 25 July at 10:30 am – San Nicolao Contemporary Art, Giancarlo Vitali Museum, Church of Santa Marta, Church of Saints Nazaro and Celso, Church of San Rocco and Church of Sant’Andrea
Guided tour with Chiara Gatti and the Bellano Heritage Guardians of the exhibition
“DEVOTA – Art and the Sacred, Territory and Community”
Saturday 25 July at 9:30 pm – Eliport Gardens
Queen Mania & Salvo Vinci live concert
Saturday 25 July at 7 pm – Inesio
Borghi in Festa – St. Mary Magdalene
Dinner baskets, aperitif and dance evening with Duo Franco Music Live
Saturday 25 July at 7 pm – Sanico
Borghi in Festa – St. James
Dinner and dance evening with Duo Ieri e Oggi
Sunday 26 July at 9 pm – Palasole
Great Cinema in Concert
The greatest movie soundtracks performed live with projections on a giant screen
Sunday 26 July at 11 am – Piazza Santa Marta
PJB Pedesina Jazz Band concert
From 26 July to 8 August from 4 pm to 6 pm – Church of San Grato, Vendrogno
Opening on Sunday 26 July at 4 pm
ECHOES FROM VAL MUGGIASCA – A Musical Journey Along the Paths of Time with Abstract Trio 1923
Exhibition “Light, Stone and Memory: The Churches of Vendrogno”
Monday 27 July from 6 pm – Bellano
Patron Saint’s Festival Eve with Local Street Food, DJ Matrix live, entertainment, music and grand finale with Fireworks Display
Tuesday 28 July at 9 pm – Piazza San Giorgio
Bellano Town Band Concert
Wednesday 29, Thursday 30, Friday 31 July at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY
30 and 31 July and 1 August
International Opera Singing Competition
“Bellano, Village of Artists”
31 July at 9:30 pm – Piazza T. Grossi
ZONA ITALIA live concert
AUGUST
Until 13 September
ENCHANTED PEAKS Exhibition
Spazio d’Arte, Via Plinio 6, daily from 10 am to 6 pm
MUU Museum of Milk and the History of Muggiasca during opening hours
Until 13 September – San Nicolao Contemporary Art, Giancarlo Vitali Museum, Church of Santa Marta, Church of Saints Nazaro and Celso, Church of San Rocco, Church of Sant’Andrea, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears, Lezzeno
DEVOTA – Art and the Sacred, Territory and Community Exhibition
Daily from 9 am to 7 pm
Bellano Gorge (Orrido), Ca’ del Diavol, Giancarlo Vitali Museum and San Nicolao Contemporary Art opening
Daily from 10 am to 6 pm
Church of Saints Nazaro and Celso open, Piazza San Giorgio 5
Church of Santa Marta opening, Piazza Santa Marta
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears opening, Strada di Lezzeno 11–13
MUU Museum of Milk and the History of Muggiasca opening hours – Via Roma 12, Vendrogno
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 12 pm and from 3 pm to 7 pm
Until 18 October – MUU Museum of Milk and the History of Muggiasca – Via Roma 12, Vendrogno
Exhibition “MONTE MUGGIO. A Mountain of Sport”
Until 8 August, daily from 4 pm to 6 pm – Church of San Grato, Vendrogno
Exhibition “Light, Stone and Memory: The Churches of Vendrogno”
Every Thursday at 8:45 pm – Parcobaleno
BABY DANCE
Saturday 1 August at 9:15 pm – Alpe Camaggiore
Cinema Under the Stars – HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
Saturday 1 August at 9 pm – Piazza T. Grossi
Logical Duo Concert
Saturday 1, Sunday 2 and Monday 3 August at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY
Sunday 2 August at 9 pm – Eliport Gardens
Bellano Festival presents:
Grand Gala featuring the finalists of the International Opera Singing Competition “Bellano, Village of Artists”
Sunday 2 August – Alpe Camaggiore
Feast of the Holy Cross with games and bonfire
Monday 3 August at 9:15 pm – Vendrogno Event Area
Cinema Under the Stars – WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Tuesday 4 August – Vendrogno
Madonna della Neve Festival with dinner, live music by Orchestra Spettacolo Mirte and fireworks display
Wednesday 5 August – Vendrogno
Madonna della Neve Festival with community lunch and treasure hunt
Thursday 6 August at 6:30 pm – Spazio d’Arte, Via Plinio 6
Pietro Dettamanti
“Carlo Amoretti in Valsassina and the Alps: Discovering the Mountains at the End of the 18th Century through Scientific Observation and New Aesthetic Emotions”
Thursday 6 August at 9 pm – Piazza Santa Marta
“Towards the Bellano Festival”
Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
Introduction to the operas performed on 9th August
Friday 7 August at 9 pm – Piazza T. Grossi
Ladies Gang Vocal Group Concert
Friday 7 August at 9 pm – Vendrogno Event Area
Puppet Show
Gianduja and the Magic Flour
Friday 7, Saturday 8 and Monday 10 August at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY
Saturday 8 August at 10 am – San Nicolao Contemporary Art, Giancarlo Vitali Museum, Church of Santa Marta, Church of Saints Nazaro and Celso, Church of San Rocco and Church of Sant’Andrea
Guided tour with Chiara Gatti and the Bellano Heritage Guardians of the exhibition
“DEVOTA – Art and the Sacred, Territory and Community”
Saturday 8 August at 12 pm – Sanico
Lunch in the Village Square
Saturday 8 August – Oro hamlet
Borghi in Festa – Cote Feu
Traditional dinner, entertainment and dance evening with Orchestra Luisien
Sunday 9 August at 9 pm – Eliport Gardens
Bellano Festival presents:
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA by Mascagni and PAGLIACCI by Leoncavallo
Sunday 9 August – Alpe Tedoldo
Alpe Tedoldo Festival
Traditional lunch and Cinema Under the Stars – THE WILD ROBOT
Monday 10 August at 7:30 pm – Pioverna River Mouth
Dinner in Yellow
Monday 10 August at 9 pm – Church of San Lorenzo, Vendrogno
San Lorenzo Organ Concert
Tuesday 11 August at 9 pm
Bellano Tour with Andrea Vitali
“THE PLACES ARE REAL”
Wednesday 12 August at 3 pm – Vendrogno, Madonnina
Muggiasca Day
Wednesday 12 August at 9 pm – Sanctuary of Madonna della Neve, Vendrogno
Concert – Between Lake and Mountains Festival
Wednesday 12 August at 9:30 pm – Eliport Gardens
Live Show
“I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ’90s”
Thursday 13 August at 9 pm – Palazzo, Sanico
Cultural Evening
Thursday 13 August at 9:15 pm – Ombriaco
Cinema Under the Stars – BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY
Friday 14 August from 7 pm – Alpe Chiaro
Alpe Chiaro Festival with traditional dinner, DJ Set and the traditional bonfire
Friday 14 August at 7 pm – Sanico, Village Square
Borghi in Festa – Aperitif Dinner
Friday 14 August at 5:30 pm – Piazza Santa Marta
DE BEAT live concert
“Pinne, fucile ed occhiali”
From 14 to 16 August – Puncia Gardens
Food & Music
World cuisine and live music every evening
Friday 14: Tribute to Gianna Nannini
Saturday 15: Group dancing, Latin music and Party Band
Sunday 16: Tribute to Laura Pausini
Saturday 15 August from 11 am to 1 pm – Via Bartolomeo Nogara 2
Church of San Rocco opening
Saturday 15 August at 9 pm – Mosnico
Borghi in Festa – Feast of San Rocco with accordion player Alessio
Saturday 15 August at 9 pm – Pradello
Borghi in Festa – Pradello Festival with dinner and live music by Orchestra Pinuccia Cerri
Sunday 16 August at 4 pm – Busè
Borghi in Festa – Busè Festival with traditional picnic baskets and afternoon refreshments
Sunday 16 and Monday 17 August at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: DISCLOSURE DAY
Monday 17 August at 9 pm – Mornico
Borghi in Festa – San Bernardo
Chamber music concert with String Quartet
Monday 17 August at 9 pm – Piazza Tommaso Grossi
Puppet Show
“Transylvania Circus”
Tuesday 18 August at 9 pm – Vendrogno Event Area
Baby Dance
Tuesday 18 August at 9 pm – Eliport Gardens
Albertino & Fargetta Show
Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 August – Mornico
Borghi in Festa – San Bernardo
Wednesday 19 August from 10 am
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Cinema Bellano
Oceania Day: games, pizza party, hot dogs, birthday cake and screening of OCEANIA
Wednesday 19, Thursday 20, Friday 21, Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: OCEANIA
Friday 21 August from 7 pm – Vendrogno
Screening of the short film
“Guardians of the Land. Stories of Stone Walls, Vineyards and Olive Trees in Bellano”
by Carlo Bava and Maria Cristina Pasquali
followed by tasting/aperitif dinner and Lottery Draw
From Sunday 23 to Sunday 30 August – Circolo Vela Bellano
Olympiajolle Euro Cup Regatta 2026
Thursday 27 August at 6:30 pm – Spazio d’Arte, Via Plinio 6
Guided tour of the exhibition
“Enchanted Peaks”
Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August at 9 pm – Cinema
Film: OCEANIA
Saturday 29 August – Vendrogno Football Ground
Daniela Artusi Memorial Football Tournament
with traditional dinner
Saturday 29 August from 11 am to 1 pm – Via Bartolomeo Nogara
Church of San Rocco opening
Saturday 29 August from 11 am to 1 pm – Bonzeno hamlet
Church of Sant’Andrea opening
Sunday 30 August – Noceno
Borghi in Festa – Feast of Saint Gregorio Magno
