Festa Patronale di Sant'Anna — Costigliole d'Asti
The patronal feast of the frazione of Sant'Anna in Costigliole d'Asti: four late-July evenings of themed dinners — paella, gran fritto misto alla piemontese, a polentata — with agnolotti every night and live music and dancing.
Why it's special
A hamlet feast run by the Associazione Amici di Sant'Anna, where each night has its own big dish and the whole takings go back into the community — in 2026, to fixing up the parish sports ground for the village children.
Programme · 2026
Four evenings from 20:00, with a base menu every night of mixed antipasti, agnolotti (butter and sage or ragù) and dolci, plus each night's special.
- All dinners are by reservation only — call Alessandro (347 0181902) or Simone (335 6550715).
- Service starts at 20:00, and the evenings go ahead even if it rains.
- Not to be confused with Castagnole Monferrato's own Sant'Anna feast in early August.
Sant'Anna is one of the outlying frazioni of Costigliole d'Asti, and in late July, around the saint's day, it throws its patronal feast. It runs over four evenings, and each one is built around a single big plate: paella with sangria to open, two nights of gran fritto misto alla piemontese — the long Piedmontese fry-up of meats, vegetables and sweet things — and a closing polentata with stew and gorgonzola. Underneath it every night are the same antipasti, agnolotti and dolci, and after dinner there's a band or a dance orchestra.
It is a hamlet affair, organised by the Associazione Amici di Sant'Anna, and the money stays in the village: in 2026 every euro from the dinners went to repairing the parish sports ground. Dinners are by reservation only, so ring ahead.
The town's other summer feasts are the June Festa a Costigliole d'Asti, the July Festa Patronale di Boglietto and Motta's Sagra del Peperone.