La Thrush Festival 2020 is officially canceled due to Covid. This is what the Municipal Administration of Montalcino. Mayor Silvio Franceschelli in recent days, after having sent a letter to the Districts explaining the necessary security measures to be put in place for the containment and prevention of contagion from Covid-19, he received the responses regarding the Districts via protocol. And from the answers of the Districts it is clear that the qualified majority of three quarters has not been reached, a necessary requirement, given the extraordinary conditions of the event, to activate the approval process in the City Council of the plan for implementing the event.
“It's about a painful decision - underlines the mayor Franceschelli -, but predictable, also in consideration of the growing increase in cases of infections in the province of Siena". A pause for reflection, therefore, which is also an opportunity to set up a new party configuration for 2021 with the birth of the future Foundation that will manage Apertura delle Cacce and Sagra del Tordo.