Carnevale & Oltre, the Carnival week

The programme below is the one published by the Pro Loco, with additions from the La Voce delle Valli listings. The sources differ only on the comedian Beppe Lodetti: BergamoNews, La Voce delle Valli and Valbrembanaweb announced him for the afternoon of Saturday 14, while in January Valbrembanaweb placed him in the cabaret of the 21st in Zambla Alta. For lunch and dinner on the 14th the Pro Loco had agreements with the village's restaurants and bars.

Floats, masked groups, single masks and couples can take part in the parade. In 2026 entry cost 40 euros for a float, 25 for a group, 3 for a single mask and 5 for a couple; the prizes were 1,000, 500 and 300 euros for the first three floats and 150, 100 and 75 euros for the first three groups, with surprise prizes for masks and couples. The float prizes doubled compared with 2024 and 2025. Every year the judges are an expert jury from outside the organisation.

In 2026 the winner was the Zambla Bassa float «Olimpici... ma non troppo», ahead of the main village's float «Oltre i giochi», both themed on the Winter Olympics in the year of Milano Cortina. Among the six groups, first place went to «Chi? non so!» from Oltre il Colle, inspired by the Grinch, second to «Super Family Kart» from San Giovanni Bianco. The next day the Zambla float also won the Zogno Carnival, where it was the only float competing.

According to Valbrembanaweb, in recent years the Pro Loco, with the support of the municipality and the enthusiasm of a group of young people, has revived the traditions of the local Carnival. In 2024 «Carnevale & Oltre» was in its fifth edition and launched a historic photo contest, «Ricordi di Carnevale a Oltre il Colle», to be posted on Instagram.

In the 2024 and 2025 programmes the parade started from the Piazzale degli Alpini, went down towards via Roma and via Foppa and returned to the starting point. In 2025 the event became a whole week, from 1 to 8 March, with read-aloud sessions, the Zorzone parade, detective games, a closing party and a video sketch contest with the Baci di Zorzone; in 2026 the week format stayed.

The date follows the Carnival calendar, and therefore Easter: the parade was on Saturday 10 February in 2024, Saturday 1 March in 2025 and Saturday 14 February in 2026, postponed to the following Saturday in case of bad weather. The 2027 programme has not been published yet.

The Piazzale degli Alpini lies along via Roma, where the road to Zorzone branches off, a few steps from the parish church; near the church there is a public car park that OpenStreetMap marks as free. On Saturdays Arriva's line B comes from Bergamo, changing at Zogno, to piazza Tiraboschi. In February the ERA5 averages for the main village give minimums of about −6 °C and maximums of 4 °C: those on parade and those watching stay outdoors all afternoon.