Program

40° INTERNATIONAL CHIMNEY-SWEEP

Valle Vigezzo from the 1^st to the  4^th September 2023

Thursday the 31st of August and Friday the 1^st September 2023  
- SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE

3.00 PM - Reminding the past Chimney-Sweep Meetings, video projection in the Park of Villa Antonia

Saturday 2^nd September 2023

 - MALESCO

10.30 AM - Floral tribute at the Chimney-Sweep Monument

  2.30 PM - Meeting in the Pineta Loana, departure towards the historical center accompanied
                    by music, songs and “one time games”

  6.00 PM - Holy Mass.

- SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE

  8.00 PM - Evening in the Park of Villa Antonia.

Sunday the 3^th September 2023

- SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE

10.00 AM - Parade of the Chimney Sweeps with working tools through the village streets.
                   Demonstration of the chimney cleaning on the roofs of Piazza Risorgimento and Piazza Gennari

  4.00 PM - Concert of “Giovani Musicisti Ossolani” directed by Alberto Lanza in Villa Antonia Park 

  5.00 PM - Interviews, awards and memories of the chimney sweeps

Monday 4^th September 2023

Trip to Stresa - Lago Maggiore

The enrollment in the parade of Sunday is mandatory and free, and is exclusively meant for professional chimney sweeps.

L’inscription au défilé du Dimanche est obligatoire et gratuite, réservé exclusivement aux ramoneurs professionnels.