Piemonte · Northern Italy
The Monferrato hills, in plain English.
Every village, sagra and wine festival in these UNESCO hills — written by people who are here, kept current, and still useful long after the festival has packed up.
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UNESCO vineyards an hour south of Turin — and far quieter than Tuscany.
The birthplace of Italian sparkling wine, poured straight from cellars carved into the tufa beneath the hills.
A food-and-wine sagra in some village nearly every weekend, spring to autumn.
Unhurried, and genuinely glad you came — a place that still takes three hours over lunch.
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Events across Monferrato
5
Sep
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ALEcomics
alessandria
Alessandria's comics, cosplay, gaming and pop-culture festival, held each early September inside the star-shaped Cittadella — exhibitor stalls, guests, cosplay, workshops and panels for all ages.
Festival
5
Sep
On now
Camminata Enigmistica a Squadre
Molare
A team puzzle-walk around Molare: 3.5 km of easy trail with riddle stations along the way, scored as you go, finishing with a Pro Loco aperitivo dinner.
WalkLocal
5
Sep
On now
Cocktail Wine & Beer Summer Fest
Canelli
Canelli's early-September drinks weekend — Piazza della Repubblica and Piazza Zoppa fill with cocktail and beer stands, food trucks and a DJ, Friday and Saturday nights until two, Sunday from lunch.
Food and drink festivalLocal
5
Sep
+1 more day
Festa delle Feste
Acqui Terme
A September weekend when about twenty Pro Loco from the Acquese and Astigiano take over Acqui's pedestrian old town with food stands, a regional wine show and the traditional Palio del Brentau water-carriers' race.
SagraLocal
5
Sep
On now
L'Altro Monferrato a Molare
Molare
Molare's date in 'L'Altro Monferrato', the touring late-summer theatre festival that crosses the Apennines between Piedmont and Liguria — in 2026, an open-air evening with Moni Ovadia in Piazza del Comune.
Cultural festival
5
Sep
On now
Montemagno sotto le stelle e non solo
Montemagno Monferrato
A late-summer municipal festival in Montemagno — three evenings of live music, a DJ set and dialect theatre under the stars in and around Piazza San Martino.
Music & theatre festivalLocal
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Local information is scattered across Italian posters, PDFs and Facebook posts. We gather it, translate it and lay it out so you can actually use it.
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