Events in Monferrato — April 2026

About thirty watercolours by the Turin painter Floriana Porta, shown among the fossils of Asti's Paleontological Museum: women's portraits, ferns and the long-vanished sea that once covered the Astigiano.

One of the Astigiano's most theatrical old rites: a costumed procession, a mock trial of a turkey conducted in Piedmontese dialect, and a horseback contest between Tonco's seven quarters.

Nizza's winter unfolds one evening at a time at the historic Teatro Sociale — a subscription run of prose plays and comedies staged with Piemonte dal Vivo.

Two spring Sundays when the cellars of the Nizza DOCG zone throw open their doors and you drive the ridge roads from producer to producer, tasting Nizza and Nizza Riserva at the source.

The Pro Loco's spring polenta lunch in Calosso: a big pot of polenta stirred on the spot and served free to everyone with stew, sausage, hard-boiled eggs and a glass of Barbera, with bugie to finish. Donations collected during the lunch go to village causes.

Nizza's big spring fair turns on agriculture and country life: farm, wine, gardening and earth-moving machinery on show, plus a huge town-wide market, food stalls and the amateur 'Giro del Nizza' cycling event.

Cocconato's old spring fair on 25 April: 'Riviera in fiera — aria e sole, salumi e robiole'. Artisans and producers line Via Roma and Corso Pinin Giachino, the village associations serve lunch under the arcades, and there are exhibitions, a wellness area, bike and walking tours and children's activities.

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.

A free exhibition at Palazzo Mazzetti on textiles and fashion in Piedmont, from historical Palio costumes and police and Carabinieri uniforms to work by fashion students and pieces made by local craft firms.