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Events in Monferrato — January 2026

16 festivals, sagre, fairs and concerts across Monferrato in January 2026, in date order — in Rosignano Monferrato, Casale Monferrato, Parish church of Santo Stefano, Montegrosso d'Asti, Acqui Terme, Albugnano, Abbazia di Vezzolano (the Foresteria of the canonry), Località Vezzolano 35, Alessandria and more. Weekly street markets run every month; see market days in Monferrato.

Camminando nel Presepe

Rosignano Monferrato

From 8 December to Epiphany, the hamlets of Rosignano wear an open-air Nativity: a walking trail of eighty-odd painted panels strung along the lanes of Colma and Garriano, best seen lit up after dark.

Concerto di Capodanno in Duomo

Casale Monferrato

Casale's traditional New Year's Day concert: on the afternoon of 1 January the cathedral of Sant'Evasio hosts a free programme of sacred music on a Marian theme, with the bishop's Mass and Te Deum after it.

Grande Presepe Meccanico di Montegrosso d'Asti

Parish church of Santo Stefano, Montegrosso d'Asti

A 20-metre mechanical nativity scene built by the volunteers of the Gruppo Giovani Vallumida, shown with many other cribs at the parish of Santo Stefano in Montegrosso d'Asti every day from 8 December to the end of January.

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Il Natale passa da AcQui

Acqui Terme's Christmas season: nearly two months of festive lights, market stalls and shopping across Piazza Italia and the centre, with an ice rink, Father Christmas's house and the Pro Loco's big international nativity exhibition.

Christmas marketLocal

Il Presepe Artistico di Anna Rosa Nicola all'Abbazia di Vezzolano

Albugnano, Abbazia di Vezzolano (the Foresteria of the canonry), Località Vezzolano 35

A hand-made nativity village of more than 450 figures, set up each Christmas season in the guesthouse of the Romanesque abbey of Vezzolano near Albugnano, free to visit from early December to the start of February.

Natale ad Alessandria — Paese di Babbo Natale

Alessandria's Christmas season: the 'Paese di Babbo Natale' with its wooden market huts and shows for children in Piazza della Libertà, the big city tree, smaller Christmas markets around the centre, concerts in the churches, a children's New Year's Eve and the city's own nativity play, Gelindo.

Christmas market

Nizza è Natale

Nizza Monferrato

Nizza's Christmas programme — lights, chalets, concerts, shows and children's activities — running the historic centre from early December to Epiphany.

Presepi d'Autore di Aramengo

Aramengo, Piazza del Municipio and the frazione of Marmorito Santa Maria

Aramengo's Christmas nativity scenes: two large presepi with hand-carved, hand-painted figures by the artist Gianluigi Nicola in the Municipio square and at Marmorito Santa Maria, plus a villagers' nativity contest you can vote in, from early December to Epiphany.

Natale a Costigliole d'Asti

Costigliole d'Asti

Costigliole d'Asti's Christmas programme, from the switching-on of the lights in early December to the band's Epiphany concert. At its centre is Il Castello di Natale, a craft market laid out through the heated rooms of the town's castle, with Father Christmas, workshops and a children's corner.

Natale a San Marzano Oliveto

San Marzano Oliveto

The Pro Loco's Christmas season in San Marzano Oliveto runs from early December to Epiphany. Over a handful of dates there are tombole in the village, a polenta lunch or a nativity play in some years, and an Epiphany concert in the parish church to close.

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Natale a Canelli

Canelli's December programme: Father Christmas afternoons for children in Piazza Cavour and under the great plane tree, Christmas shows and concerts at the Teatro Balbo, craft markets, and the Befana with stockings on 6 January.

Stagione Teatrale di Costigliole d'Asti

Costigliole d'Asti

Costigliole's winter theatre season — a run of comedies and one-act plays by regional amateur companies, Saturday and Sunday evenings from January into April.

AcquiTeatro — theatre season at the Teatro Ariston, Acqui Terme

Acqui Terme's winter prose season: seven or eight evening shows between January and March at the Cinema Teatro Ariston, mostly comedy and new Italian plays with well-known touring actors, sold by subscription or single ticket.

Stagione teatrale di Alessandria

The city of Alessandria's prose season with Piemonte dal Vivo: six subscription evenings of classic and new theatre and dance at the Teatro Alessandrino from November to March, plus a cheaper 'Off' strand of small-company shows at the Teatro San Francesco and Teatro Ambra.

Bagna Cäuda di Monale

Monale, salone della Canonica, Via Baldichieri 1

The Pro Loco of Monale's midwinter bagna cauda, served over three weekends from mid-January to the start of February in the hall of the Canonica: Saturday dinners and Sunday lunches of bagna cauda 'alla moda di una volta' with more than fifteen vegetables, followed by bollito misto.

Fritto Misto alla Bazzanese (Bazzana, Mombaruzzo)

A late-January winter supper of Piedmontese fritto misto, made the Bazzana way, cooked by the Pro Loco Amici di Bazzana in its hall in Bazzana di Mombaruzzo. Places are limited and booking is required.

Pro Loco dinnerLocal