In Barga, a Fish and Chips Festival Merges Small-Town Comfort and Cosmopolitanism

Mon, 07/31/2023 - 13:27

View of Barga, the unlikely hub of Scottish culture in Italy / Photo: Melinda Nagy via Shutterstock

On the brink of “middle age,” Barga’s Fish and Chips Festival is still feeling young and healthy. This could be the slogan for the 41st edition of the quirky, two-week-long Scottish-Tuscan Sagra di pesce e patate, which is coming up on August 4 to 17 in Barga, near Lucca.

These days, the fact that this small Tuscan town has deep ties to Scottish culture is no longer news; Barga is famous all over Italy and Scotland, and its locals have been emigrating to Braveheart count

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