Sacra Rappresentazione della Natività di Revigliasco d'Asti
A living nativity play staged by the whole village through the old centre of Revigliasco d'Asti on Christmas Eve at 22:00, ending in time for Midnight Mass. The high point of the Avvento Revigliaschese, a month of free concerts, theatre and an outdoor crib trail.
Why it's special
Most living nativities run on December afternoons; Revigliasco's is a night-time procession on Christmas Eve itself, put on by village volunteers since 2006, and it leads into Midnight Mass in the parish church.
Programme · 2025
The Nativity play through the historic centre, starting from Via Bertolotti 1, as the climax of the Avvento Revigliaschese 2025 (30 November 2025 – 3 January 2026). Free entry to every event.
- Free.
- It starts at 22:00 from Via Bertolotti 1 and moves through the old centre, so dress warmly.
- Through December the village also has an outdoor crib trail, 'La Via dei Presepi'.
- Info: natalearevigliascoasti@hotmail.it, Facebook 'SacraRappresentazioneRevigliascoAsti'.
On Christmas Eve the people of Revigliasco d'Asti, a village in the hills just south-west of Asti, stage the Nativity through the streets of their old centre. Volunteers have put the play on every year since 2006: it sets off at 22:00 and leads into Midnight Mass.
It closes the Avvento Revigliaschese, a programme of concerts, theatre and readings run by the parish and the Comune since 2015, which also lays out 'La Via dei Presepi', an open-air trail of nativity scenes through the village, from early December to Epiphany. Everything is free. The most recent programme is above; the new one is usually published in late November.