The town of Carmagnola (Piemonte) sees off summer in style with its annual Sweet Pepper Festival, held between the 30 August-8 September 2013. The Festival is a major event, with a ten-day programme of music, cabaret, treasure hunts, vegetable sculptures, vintage tractor gatherings  and the Piazza dei Sapori - the Fair proper with 185 stands in a vast area dedicated to gastronomy.

Naturally, the celebrated Carmagnola Peperone, a variety of sweet pepper that is the regional speciality, has pride of place with chefs demonstrating the multiple ways of preparing this vegetable.

The 2013 version of the Fair introduces the competition Peperone Fai da Te (Do it yourself Sweet Pepper), which aims to encourage vegetable gardening on home balconies and terraces, as well as the inauguration of a Horticultural Museum in the Cascina Vigna Park.

Info: Tel. (0039)011.9724270  www.comune.carmagnola.to.it  culture@comune.carmagnola.to.it