Events in Monferrato — December 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.

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.

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.

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.

San Damiano d'Asti's national white-truffle fair, held together with the old Fiera dei Santi: a truffle market in Piazza Libertà and Via Roma, a truffle competition, simulated truffle hunts and food stands.

Every December Nizza revives its historic cattle market: prize Piedmontese 'fat oxen' and beef cattle shown off in Piazza Garibaldi, a Slow Food market alongside, and the traditional Gran Bollito served in the Foro Boario.

A regional white truffle fair for the 'king of the autumn table', with local food, wine and crafts, markets and a festive buzz.

A living nativity (presepe vivente) with a Christmas market winding through the historic centre of San Damiano d'Asti.

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.

A Christmas food and gift market down Via Principe Amedeo and Via Mazzini, with street food from Agliano's own bars and shops, plus music and folklore.

Cocconato's Christmas concert in the parish church of Santa Maria della Consolazione. In 2025 it was the Rosamystica choir's 'Musica dei Donum Optimi'; in 2026 it's a gospel concert on 8 December, the day the presepi go up.

From 8 December to Epiphany Cocconato fills with nativity scenes: cribs in shop windows and corners of the old centre, the 'Presepi d'Artista' show in the Salone Comunale, a crochet presepe, and a life-size presepe of 'babacci' figures along the parish church steps, lit at night.

Castagnole Monferrato's Christmas nativity show: from early December to Epiphany the Tenuta La Mercantile estate fills with handmade presepi — recycled-material scenes, mechanised cribs, period settings and work by schoolchildren — with workshops, a Christmas concert and a Befana treasure hunt.

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.

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.

Asti's national white truffle fair: a weekend of truffles checked and certified by the local truffle hunters' association, prizes for the best truffle and the best truffle dish, and a Sunday market of Langhe, Monferrato and Roero food and wine in the streets of the historic centre.

A historic capon fair where around a thousand birds from over 30 breeders go on show and up for sale, with a gastronomic festival built around the local Cappone Nostrano (Piedmont capon).

Villaggio di Natale is a one-day Christmas market in Calliano Monferrato's Piazza Marconi — holiday stalls, live music and things for the children to do.

A Christmas concert in the parish church of Grana Monferrato on the last Sunday before Christmas; the listing photo shows the Asti Gospel Choir.

Every 26 December at 12:30 the Pro Loco of Nizza Monferrato offers the town an aperitivo under the Campanon, the bell tower of the town hall. It commemorates the day in 1798 when the Nicesi chased off an armed royalist mob.