Camogli Fish Festival

The Sagra del Pesce ( Fish Festival) in Camogli has become one of the most anticipated event in town over the years. The festival has a long tradition – it was first held in 1952 to celebrate the patron saint of fishermen , San Fortunato, by doing a mega fish fry and has been held every second Sunday in May in Piazza Colombo since then. In the first year the fish fry was done in six small pans which doubled in number the year after and in 1954 they were all replaced by a single large skillet which has fittingly become the symbol of the Festival.