Sixty-Fifth Edition of L’Oro di Spello Opens in Umbria L’Oro di Spello marks its sixty-fifth year from November 13 through November 15, 2026, bringing three days of extra virgin olive oil tastings, historic taverns, and rural traditions to Spello.
Promoted by the Municipality of Spello together with Pro Loco Spello, the event is part of the regional Frantoi Aperti in Umbria program to highlight local olive production and agricultural heritage.
The festival begins on Friday, November 13, at 4:30 p.m. with “Bruschetta in Piazza” in the atrium of the Sala delle Volte in Piazza della Repubblica, organized by the Centro Sociale Costantino Imperatore. At 6:00 p.m., the Sala Polivalente atrium will host the opening of photographic exhibitions dedicated to peasant civilization, the Festa della Benfinita, olive harvesting and milling, alongside a painting exhibition about Spello and its olive landscape involving the “G. Ferraris” Comprehensive Institute. The Taverna Terziere Porta Chiusa on via Consolare 90 opens its doors at 8:00 p.m. for the “Cena al profumo dell’olio nuovo”.
Saturday’s schedule features a 9:30 a.m. guided hike titled “Tra gli ulivi e il bosco lungo la via di Francesco” led by environmental guide Marco Parroni, including a tasting at the UCCD Spello oil mill.
Children’s activities at the Villa dei Mosaici begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by a creative workshop at 3:00 p.m. A local products market opens at 3:00 p.m. in the Sala Polivalente, accompanied by a free EVO oil tasting at Taverna Costantino Imperatore at 3:30 p.m. Later, “The Freight Train Boys” perform at 4:30 p.m. in the Sala Polivalente atrium, and a scientific conference on the Monte Subasio landscape and oil quality is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in the Municipal Palace’s Sala dell’Editto.
Both the Terziere Porta Chiusa and Costantino Imperatore taverns open for dinner at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 15, highlights rural life and historical reenactments. Children’s events start at 9:00 a.m. with “Trekking e Fiabe tra gli Olivi” for ages five to eleven, followed at 9:30 a.m. by a guided hike exploring olive groves and the Roman aqueduct. Historic floats from the Festa della Benfinita will display scenes of daily peasant life with traditional songs and dances along the historic center’s streets starting at 10:00 a.m. A flea market runs from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Piazza Kennedy and via Roma in collaboration with Car Boot Sale Umbria.
The traditional “sfilata dei carri della frasca” departs at 2:00 p.m. from Piazza Vallegloria accompanied by accordion music, traveling through the historic center to Piazza Kennedy. The festival concludes at 3:30 p.m. in Piazza della Repubblica with the sixth edition of the Rassegna della Musica Tradizionale Umbra.
