Festa della Vendemmia
Right in the heart of Canelli, a September harvest festival fills the streets — food and wine stalls, folk music and dancing, old-crafts demonstrations, and the traditional "cantè j'euv" through the piazzas.
Why it's special
It marks the moment the whole hill town lives for — the grape harvest — with local bands, dance schools, harvest-themed workshops and enogastronomic stands of the territory's own products, right in the centre.
Programme · 2026
Harvest-themed food and wine stands of local produce fill the streets and squares through the weekend in and around Piazza Cavour, with music and dancing. Shows and animation across the days — the Orchestra Fiati Città di Canelli, dance schools (Universal Dance, the Canelline), country group Old Wild West and the traditional cantè j'euv wandering the piazzas, plus library readings, harvest-themed workshops and old-crafts demonstrations.
- Come in the evening for the music and dancing in Piazza Cavour; the Sunday daytime programme is the one for families, with readings, workshops and craft demonstrations.
Autumn in Canelli belongs to the grape. The Festa della Vendemmia turns the harvest into a town party — enogastronomic stalls of local produce along the streets, folk music and dancing under the stars, and demonstrations of old country crafts.
Sunday's the fuller day: the town band, dance schools, harvest-themed workshops and readings, and the traditional cantè j'euv wandering the squares. It's a local way to mark the season in the village that lives on wine.