Events in Monferrato — November 2026

An exhibition of drawings by Antonio Guarene about Asti and its Palio, at the Museo del Palio in Palazzo Mazzola, open from June 2026 to May 2027.

Nizza's centuries-old autumn fair honours the local cardo gobbo (hunchback cardoon) and bagna cauda, now paired with the White Truffle Fair of the Alto Monferrato — a full day of grand market, tastings and cooking shows.

An autumn exhibition of paintings by the Turin artist Giacomo Soffiantino (1929–2013), four-time Biennale di Venezia exhibitor, in the rooms of Casa Prunotto in Costigliole d'Asti's old Rocca quarter — weekends from 10 October to 1 November, free entry.

An autumn solo show at BAart in Agliano Terme. 'Sarah's Ark' by the Italian-British artist Sarah Bowyer shows twelve works on fabric, a contemporary Noah's Ark of exotic animals, carnivorous flowers and a mysterious female figure. Free entry.

The biggest tasting bench dedicated to Barbera: over four days around All Saints', the castle of Costigliole d'Asti pours more than 400 Barberas from some 200 wineries, with masterclasses, a historic-vintage tasting, Barbera food pairings, a grappa salon and a walk through the old Rocca quarter.

The International Alba White Truffle Fair is Piedmont's big autumn food date: a certified white-truffle world market alongside cooking shows, sensory analysis, wine tastings, exhibitions and the World Truffle Auction.

Dancers fill the high gardens of Palazzo Callori on summer nights — the international dance festival that's animated Vignale since 1978, from June through All Saints' Day.

Casale's winter theatre and dance season at the nineteenth-century Teatro Municipale — a run of prose, comedy, ballet, operetta and music from November to April, with big names off the Italian touring circuit.

Two early-November evenings of bagna càuda at the Pro Loco di Ovrano, in Acqui Terme's hill frazione: the hot garlic-and-anchovy dip served the traditional way, with raw, boiled and pickled vegetables and egg. Booking required.

BAart's 2026 masterclass season in Agliano Terme: eight guided evenings from May to early November. Sommeliers and cheese tasters lead blind flights and pairing dinners, from old Agliano Barbera to Barolo and Barbaresco.

Grana Monferrato's Pro Loco brings out the bagna cauda for autumn, both the traditional pot and a garlic-free version, over a November weekend at the Pro Loco hall.

Alessandria's patronal fair for San Baudolino, its patron saint (feast 10 November): a November weekend that fills the centre with typical-produce stalls — truffles, salumi, cheeses, honey, chocolate — plus wine tastings at Palazzo del Monferrato and the Corte del Gusto.

The Pro Loco of Vigliano d'Asti cooks fritto misto alla piemontese — the Piedmontese mixed-fry — for a whole weekend at the town's sports centre.

Canelli's big November fair day: a national truffle showcase alongside the traditional San Martino market, with over a hundred stalls filling the town.

Casale honours Sant'Evasio, patron of the city and diocese, on 12 November — a solemn Pontificale in the cathedral, a preceding novena, and the blessing and giving-out of the traditional Galletti biscuits.

Asti's Christmas market: from mid-November to just before Christmas, Piazza Alfieri fills with around 130 wooden chalets selling crafts, local food and drink, as the largest site of the Magico Paese di Natale, which also runs Christmas events at Govone castle and a living nativity in San Damiano d'Asti.

A November feast of bagna cauda — the warm anchovy-and-garlic dip — served at long communal tables in the Foro Boario, with the local Cardo Gobbo di Nizza as the vegetable to dip.

Murisengo's great white-truffle fair fills the village at the foot of its thousand-year-old castle over two Sundays in November — a market of white (and black) truffles with over a hundred food, wine and craft producers, the Trifola d'Or awards, and autumn truffle menus in the local restaurants.

Acqui's traditional November fair: three days of market stalls filling the centre (Corso Cavour, Corso Dante, Piazza Italia, Via XX Settembre and Corso Bagni), with a luna park set up in Piazza Don Dolermo for the fortnight around it.

Over two weekends in late November, well over a hundred restaurants, trattorie, wine cellars, farm inns and Pro Loco halls in Asti, across Piedmont and abroad serve bagna càuda at the same time, at a fixed price, with a bib to take home.

A storytelling evening celebrating Canelli's residents and their traditions.

Acqui's big late-November truffle weekend: the regional white-truffle exhibition fills the historic centre with truffle hunters, some forty producer stalls and the territory's excellences — Brachetto d'Acqui, Robiola di Roccaverano, honey, hazelnuts and Monferrato cheeses.

Canelli's winter stage season at the Teatro Balbo, run by the Fondazione Egri dance centre. Contemporary dance, prose, music and shadow theatre play on single evenings from October to May, with a few family matinées.

Casale's classical season, October to May: chamber and piano recitals in the Accademia Filarmonica's Palazzo Gozzani di Treville, and orchestras and star soloists at the Teatro Municipale.

Monale keeps its traditional Santa Caterina patronal festival on the last weekend of November.

An antiques and collectors' fair under cover at Casale's Palafiere: a weekend in every month that has a fifth Sunday, run by the same people as the town's long-standing second-Sunday antiques market.

A cattle fair that has run since the 1600s: the finest fattened Piemontese oxen are judged under Moncalvo's porticoes while the town serves bollito misto across its squares.

Cocconato's one-day Christmas market on the last Sunday of November: crafts, gifts and local produce along Via Roma, with polenta and vin brulé from the Pro Loco.