Europeade 2026 in Bergamo: the Ducato di Piazza Pontida takes center stage at Europe’s largest folk festival

🎉 In July 2026, Bergamo is set to become the European capital of folklore: on this occasion, the Ducato di Piazza Pontida, guardian of Bergamasque traditions, will play a leading role in the local organization of Europeade, the largest folk festival on the continent.
Always committed to enhancing popular culture, the Ducato will bring its experience and festive spirit to the coordination of events, parades, performances, and cultural activities that will transform the city into an open-air stage of music, dance, and traditional costumes from all over Europe.
Europeade is a unique event: thousands of participants, folk groups from every nationality, and an enthusiastic audience come together to celebrate cultural roots and European diversity. For Bergamo, and especially for the Ducato di Piazza Pontida, it will be an extraordinary opportunity to showcase to the world the richness of Bergamasque popular heritage, made of colors, sounds, gestures, and stories passed down through generations.
With its extensive experience in organizing folk festivals, parades, and traditional performances, the Ducato will ensure that Europeade 2026 is not only a major event but also a moment of encounter and sharing, where Bergamasque tradition will engage in dialogue with cultures from all across Europe.
The date is set: July 2026. Bergamo will transform into a vibrant mosaic of traditions, and the Ducato di Piazza Pontida will be at the heart of this unique celebration of culture and folklore.solidata esperienza nell’organizzazione di feste popolari, sfilate e spettacoli folcloristici, il Ducato garantirà che l’Europeade 2026 non sia solo una grande manifestazione, ma anche un momento di incontro e condivisione, in cui la tradizione bergamasca dialogherà con le culture di tutta Europa.