Tartufo Festival di Rosignano Monferrato
Rosignano's late-autumn truffle festival takes place in a theatre, not a market: free evenings of film, music, talks and debate at the Teatro Ideal, each closed with a tasting of local wine and produce. It ran as a film festival in 2025 and as the Tartufo Art Festival in 2026.
Why it's special
It celebrates the white truffle of the Valle Ghenza, one of Piedmont's largest natural truffle grounds, by bringing actors, artists, musicians and scholars to a small village theatre. Every event is free and ends with a glass of Rosignano wine.
Programme · 2026
Second edition, "Tartufo Art Festival", on the theme of art, artistic director Michele Ricossa. Free entry; a tasting of local products after every event.
- Entry is free while seats last, so arrive early for the bigger names.
- The Teatro Ideal is in the old centre of the village; park below and walk up.
- Combine an afternoon event with the infernot (UNESCO wine cellars) open at weekends through the Info Point, and with the truffle fair of the Valle Ghenza at nearby Cella Monte earlier in November.
Rosignano Monferrato sits above the Valle Ghenza, one of the largest natural white-truffle grounds in Piedmont, and since 2025 the comune has marked the season with a festival held in its village theatre, the Teatro Ideal. It is part of the village's "Rosignano Accoglie: saperi e sapori in Monferrato" project, with the patronage of the national association of truffle towns.
The first edition, in 2025, was a film festival: actors such as Alessio Boni, Gigio Alberti and Alessandro Haber came to talk about their work before a screening, and a round table with the climatologist Luca Mercalli looked at truffles and a changing climate. In 2026 the theme moved to art in the wider sense, with a concert you eat, a documentary, a talk on Puccini and a debate on what art is.
Every event is free and ends with a tasting of Rosignano wines and local produce. For the truffles themselves, go to the Fiera del Tartufo Bianco in Valle Ghenza at Cella Monte, held earlier in November.
Past editions
| Year | Dates | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 November – 5 December 2026 | Second edition, "Tartufo Art Festival", on the theme of art, artistic director Michele Ricossa. Free entry; a tasting of local products after every event. Fri 20 Nov, 18:30 – "Food Ensemble, un concerto da mangiare": live electronic music built from kitchen sounds by Francesco Sarcone, with chefs Andrea Reverberi and Marco Chiussi serving each dish as its track ends; local wine served Thu 26 Nov, 21:00 – screening of the documentary "Specchi di identità. Monferrato in dialogo con l'Armenia" by the association SiAmo il Monferrato, followed by a tasting comparing Armenian and Monferrato wines Sat 28 Nov, 16:00 – "Verrò per trifolata", talk by Mattia Rossi on Giacomo Puccini and the Monferrato, with a musical interlude by Manuele Barale and Fappani and an artistic "surprise" Sat 5 Dec, 16:00 – round table "Cos'è l'Arte?" with local artists and art critics |
| 2025 | 14–16 and 29 November 2025, plus 2 February 2026 | First edition, "Tartufo Film Festival", coordinated by Pier Ottavio Daniele; free entry, an aperitif with Rosignano wines after each event. Fri 14 Nov, 21:00 – short films "Il tesoro nascosto" (Gianni Miroglio, on the white truffle, music by Paolo Conte) and "Paradis-e"; "Tartufilm" award to colourist Michele Ricossa Sat 15 Nov, 17:00 – Alessio Boni meets the public; screening of "Enrico Piaggio, un sogno italiano" Sun 16 Nov, 17:00 – Gigio Alberti reads, then "Mediterraneo" Sat 29 Nov, 10:30 – round table on truffles, climate and traditions with Luca Mercalli and Piercarlo Grimaldi; "Socio custode" award to the Valle Ghenza truffle hunters Mon 2 Feb 2026, 19:00 – Alessandro Haber in conversation with Marina Maffei, then "In viaggio con Adele" (first announced for 27 January) |