Some ideas to spend some time with the locals, eating good home-made food, drinking local wine and dancing in the street!
- Testamatta Wine Festival, July 2-23, Castello di Vincigliata, Fiesole (Florence)
- Sagra del Pesce (seafood festival), July 3-19, Badesse (Siena)
- Festa della birra (beer festival), July 10-12, Montemurlo (Prato)
- Festa della birra di montagna (mountain beer festival – mostly chestnut beer), July 11-12, Castagno d’Andrea (Florence)
- Sagra della zuppa (soup festival), July 11-12 and 16-19, Massarella (Florence)
- Jazz & Wine, July 15-19 and 23-25, Montalcino (Siena)
- Festa della musica (music festival), July 16-19, Chianciano Terme (Siena)
- Festa della birra (beer festival), July 17-19, Pieve Santo Stefano (Arezzo)
- Sagra del maiale e della pecora (pork and sheep meat festival), July 17-26, Monterotondo Marittimo (Grosseto)
- A pesca con il Montecucco (fishing with Montecucco wine), July 18, Cinigiano (Grosseto)
- Sagra della birra e dello gnocco (beer and gnocco festival), July 18-19, Roccalbegna, Grosseto
- Festa del tartufo d’estate (summer truffle festival), July 18-19, Castell’Azzara (Gr0sset0)
- Sagra del cocomero (watermelon festival), July 19, Rocca di Montemurlo (Prato)
- Festa dell’Unicorno, July 24-26, Vinci (Florence)
- Sagra del tortello (ravioli festival), July 24-26, Grezzano Borgo San Lorenzo (Florence)
- Sagra della patata (potato festival), July 24-26, Roccastrada (Grosseto)
- Torneo fra butteri (butteri tournament), July 27, Capalbio (Grosseto) – the Maremman butteri are like cowboys
- Sagra del fungo porcino (porcini mushroom festival), July 24-26, Palazzolo (Florence)
- Il vino e le stelle (wine and stars), July 25, San Casciano Val di Pesa (Florence)
