Festa Patronale di Sant'Anna

Why it's special

The village's own summer feast, run by the Pro Loco (long at the Cantina Sociale, from 2026 in the Cortile dei Camminatori di Domande): a few evenings of trestle-table dinners — antipasti, fried fish, grilled meat, dolci — washed down with the local Ruchè, plus dance bands and a Sunday-morning bike ride along the Strade del Ruchè. It's the community's feast, not a tourist show.

Programme · 2026

Festa patronale di Sant'Anna in the Cortile dei Camminatori di Domande (the former Asilo Regina Elena) in the historic centre, in the comune's 2026 programme of events run with the Pro Loco. No day-by-day line-up was published online for 2026.

• In 2026 it moved into the Cortile dei Camminatori di Domande (the former Asilo Regina Elena) in the old centre; earlier editions were at the Cantina Sociale.
• The gastronomic stand opens in the evening and there's live music each night.
• Don't confuse it with the separate 'Ruchè sotto le stelle' / Notte di Stelle e Ruché walk on the night of San Lorenzo (around 10 August) — that's a distinct event.
• Confirm the year's dates on the comune events page a few weeks ahead.

Every early August Castagnole Monferrato keeps its patronal feast for Sant'Anna, run by the local Pro Loco — for years around the Cantina Sociale, and since 2026 in the Cortile dei Camminatori di Domande, the courtyard of the old nursery school in the village centre. It's the classic Monferrato paese-in-festa: a gastronomic stand of home cooking — antipasti, fried fish, grilled meat and dolci — a bar under the trees, and a live band each evening.

In past years the Sunday has opened with a cycle ride along the Strade del Ruchè, the vineyard roads that made this village famous for its DOCG Ruchè. This is the feast the village throws for itself; if you're staying nearby it's a genuine taste of local summer, and the wine in your glass is grown on the hills around you.

Don't confuse it with the separate Notte di Stelle e Ruché — the "Ruchè sotto le stelle" walk held on the night of San Lorenzo. Check the comune events page for the current year's dates.