It starts with a rich and pompous Historical Parade, in which more than five hundred participants take part in costumes from various eras, who, along the route, also have the opportunity to perform musical shows, ancient dances, duel simulations, and other small performances.
Traditional are also the Goose Palio, a raft race on the Adige; the Tonca, which consists of immersing a person condemned for blasphemy, locked in a cage, in the river waters; the Religious Procession and the Masquerade of the Ciusi and the Gobj, which recalls the ancient contest of polenta, the main dish of popular tables, between Trento and Feltre.
In addition, there is the Tribunal of Penance, set up in Piazza Fiera, in front of which prosecution and defense face off in a farcical verbal duel regarding the misdeeds committed during the current year by political and non-political figures of public life in Trento; the Dance in the square; nocturnal and secret Trento, and the setup of Borgo San Vigilio, with the transformation of some streets and squares in the city center into a perfect medieval village, animated by costumed characters, street artists, artisan markets, wood sculpture competitions, exhibitions of Trentino museums and ecomuseums, gastronomic proposals, and much more.
