FESTA DEGLI SCALZI
7th EDITION
September 26-27-28-29 / October 6 2025
PROGRAM:
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26
5.30 pm Viale delle Piagge, corner of Salita di Sant'Ubaldo: inauguration of the VI edition of the Fiera degli Scalzi. Speakers include the Mayor of Pisa, Don Lorenzo Bianchi (Parish Priest of S. Michele degli Scalzi), Antonio Schena (President of the Piagge Committee). Opening of the Market Exhibition of typical products and local craftsmanship, curated by Alter Ego Pisa.
Free entry every day from 10 am to 9 pm. (https://www.turismo.pisa.it/eventi/Fiera-degli-Scalzi-2025)
6.00 pm SMS Exhibition Center: the theater company “La Bottega read” presents "Two Laughter with the Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini"
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27
SMS Exhibition Center: Extraordinary Palio della Balestra among the Magistrates of the Pisa Bridge Game.
10:00 Static exhibition of n° 15 complete armor on the theme “evolution of individual defense instruments from Etruscan, Roman, Lombard, medieval and Renaissance armour”;
3.30pm Musicians and Flag-wavers show – Proclamation of the winners and celebrations;
6.30 pm Musical entertainment with HERPES, a Pisan musical group on the events and characters that made the Pisan Republic famous.
Participating groups: Crossbowmen of Porta San Marco ASD APS, Compagnia d'Arme del Leone Rampante ASD, Standard Bearers and Musicians of Porta Pisana APS.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28
10.00 am Church of S. Michele degli Scalzi: S. Solemn mass presided over by Don Lorenzo Bianchi.
6.00 pm SMS Exhibition Center: Poems Award “Vernacolo Piccante” – IX edition Promoted by the Friends of Massimo Biagi, the Pisan delegation of the Accademia del Peperoncino, the Rivista er tramme and the Crocchio Goliardi Spensierati. A Vernacola performance by Crocchio Goliardi Spensierati will precede the awards ceremony.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29
11.00 am Church of S. Michele degli Scalzi: S. Solemn mass presided over by St. E. Monsignor Saverio Cannistrà, Archbishop of Pisa, for the celebration of the Patron Saint of the Police, with the participation of representatives of the State Police and the Judiciary of S. Michael.
MONDAY OCTOBER 6
10.30am SMS Exhibition Center: VI edition - National Sports Journalism Award S. Michele – City of Pisa. With the patronage of the Municipality of Pisa, the Order of Journalists of Tuscany. Giovanni Manenti hosts.
