Camogli fries fish for the whole town and anyone who comes, in a steel pan some four metres across set up on the quay, and hands it out free in paper cones. Several tonnes go through it over the Sunday. The pan is the town's emblem and hangs on display the rest of the year.
The sagra dates from 1952 and honours San Fortunato, patron of fishermen. On the Saturday night the two halves of the town build rival bonfires on the beach, which is the part locals care most about.
No attendance figure is published.
It is anchored to the second Sunday of May. Camogli is a steep, narrow Ligurian village with one road in; the train from Genoa is the only sensible approach, and the queue for the pan forms long before the frying starts.
PlanningAnchored to the second Sunday of May, following the Saturday-night bonfires.