Events in Ticino - Culinary events

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The Mangialonga is the most awaited food and wine event, but also the one most linked to the territory, its products and its actors.

The Strawberry Festival receives a great deal of public attention every year.

Switzerland's biggest and most colourful street food festival will be stopping off in Locarno, on its beautiful lakeside promenade, to bring the latest food trends from around the world to the public!

<strong>Rotonda by la Mobiliare, the Locarno Film Festival village</strong>

"Eat and walk in the Alps", in dialect "Mèngia e viègia i li èlp", is a food and wine walk along an 8.6 km path of medium difficulty, which winds from the Cruina di Osco alp to Ronco.

On 21st and 22nd of August 2026, GastroLagoMaggiore and Valli, in collaboration with Ticino a Tavola, will organize a "Risotto Festival" in Locarno.

From 4 to 6 September 2026, Campo Marzio in Lugano will turn into a vibrant meeting place for food lovers, culture enthusiasts and families.

<strong>27th culinary autumn weeks of Lago Maggiore e Valli</strong> The Lago Maggiore region, with its surrounding valleys, welcomes Autumn with many delicious culinary proposals.

For over 60 years it has been a traditional autumn event for the Restaurants of the far south of Italian Switzerland! A tradition that is renewed every year!

Bellinzona's city center will host numerous stalls displaying alpine cheeses from Ticino and Mesolcina, the fruit of the mountain herdsmen's labors carried out during the summer months on the