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
- Saturday evening is the big night in Piazza Cavour — the Pro Loco stands open around 19:00 and the orchestras play late.
- Sunday is gentler: an afternoon milonga and open-air dancing, the MUSA museum in Palazzo Giuliani open, and the Enoteca Regionale pouring in the palazzo courtyard from late morning.
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.
The heart of it is the old ballo al palchetto — orchestras and dance schools keep Piazza Cavour turning into the evening — with Pro Loco food stands, the Enoteca Regionale pouring in the courtyard of Palazzo Giuliani, and the town museum open alongside. It's a local way to mark the season in the village that lives on wine; the day-by-day programme for each edition is above.