Ocarina Festival

Where: various locations - 40054 Budrio (BO)
When: April 16 - 19th, 2026

The Budrio International Ocarina Festival, now in its twelfth year, will be held April 16-19, 2026, celebrating Budrio's iconic heritage instrument. 

This edition includes guests, musicians and makers from all over the world. In the 1980s and 1990s, in fact, this particular wind instrument also spread to countries such as China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, becoming a cult object for all fans who, every two years, make this small musical pilgrimage to the ocarina's place of origin.

Belonging to the flute family, this instrument has an elongated ovoid shape that recalls precisely that of a small goose (ucareina in local dialect) without a head, with a mouthpiece on the side and in the body several holes, which, discovered a little at a time while playing, give the extension up to the eleventh. 

During the festival there will be many events dedicated to this particular instrument: concerts with soloists from all over the world, performances in the streets, exhibitions, concerts and much more.

For information and full program see the Festival website.