Festa Patronale del Quartino e Fiera del Bestiame
The patronal festival of the Quartino district of Calamandrana, closing each year with a historic livestock fair — the Fiera del Bestiame — held on the first Monday of August, one of the oldest cattle fairs in the Belbo valley.
Why it's special
A working farmers' fair that still gathers Piedmontese breeders and their cattle in the valley, wrapped in a village patronal feast with several evenings of food and wine, music, entertainment and a Sunday hill walk.
- Held at the Quartino in Calamandrana.
- The days before the fair bring communal dinners, live music and animations, with a 'camminata in collina' hill walk on the Sunday.
- Come Monday morning for the livestock fair itself.
- Confirm the exact dates each year with the Comune or Pro Loco before travelling.
The Festa Patronale del Quartino is the patronal feast of the Quartino, a district of Calamandrana in the Belbo valley, and it culminates each year in the Fiera del Bestiame — a historic livestock fair that still brings Piedmontese cattle breeders together in the valley on the first Monday of August. It is one of the traditional farming fairs of the Barbera d'Asti and Nizza DOCG hills, promoting local zootechnics alongside the region's wine and food.
Around the fair, the village lays on a patronal festival: several evenings of food-and-wine dinners, live music and entertainment at the Quartino, plus a 'camminata in collina' walk through the hills on the Sunday before. The livestock fair itself takes place on the Monday morning.
Because the exact dates shift with the calendar (the fair anchors to the first Monday of August), no year-specific edition is listed here yet — confirm the current programme with the Comune di Calamandrana or the local Pro Loco before travelling, and this listing will be updated with the concrete dates once published.