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San Marzano Oliveto

San Marzano Oliveto is a vineyard village in the province of Asti, in Barbera and Moscato country on the Monferrato-Langhe border, dotted with hilltop hamlets and medieval towers.

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Musical Maestro
Canelli · 4 km
The third edition of Musical Maestro, a live performing-arts training festival in Canelli with 'On Stage' and 'Behind the Scenes' tracks plus public shows.
Festival
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Attraverso Festival a Calamandrana Alta
Calamandrana · 4 km
Attraverso Festival, the touring Langhe-Monferrato-Roero and Appennino Piemontese summer culture festival, brings two evening shows to the UNESCO hill-borgo of Calamandrana Alta each July.
Festival
17
Jul
2026
Mercato settimanale di Nizza Monferrato
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
Nizza's traditional weekly open-air market fills the central squares every Friday morning with food, fruit and vegetables, local produce, clothing and household stalls.
MarketLocalEvery Friday morning
17
Jul
2026
Teatro e Colline — Alfieri nel Borgo Unesco
Calamandrana · 4 km
A theatre-and-landscape festival in the UNESCO hill-borgo of Calamandrana Alta, with shows, walking performances, installations, workshops and encounters staged in courtyards, churches, gardens and a new open-air amphitheatre.
Festival
18
Jul
2026
Patronal Feast of San Marzano Oliveto
San Marzano Oliveto
The patronal feast of San Marzano Oliveto (Santa Maria Maddalena): several evenings of gastronomic dinners from 7pm with live music, plus a book presentation.
FestivalLocal
19
Jul
2026
Mercatino dell'Antiquariato Nicese
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
A long-running monthly antiques and vintage market that fills Nizza's arcaded Piazza Garibaldi with 350+ vendors — from fine antiques to rustic Piedmontese furniture, prints, vinyl and collectibles.
MarketLocal3rd Sunday of the month

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10
Jul
2026
Canelli Città del Vino
Canelli · 4 km
A July weekend that turns the birthplace of Italian sparkling wine into an open-air cellar — tastings, masterclasses inside the UNESCO "Cattedrali Sotterranee", and music through the historic centre.
Wine festival
3
Jul
2026
Terre da Film Festival
Canelli · 4 km
A summer film festival in Canelli — free workshops, games and dancing across several days, building to short-film screenings.
Film festival
20
Jun
2026
L'Assedio di Canelli
Canelli · 4 km
For one June weekend Canelli's old town falls back to 1613, when the town withstood the Savoy siege — a costumed reenactment of markets, soldiers, music and street theatre filling the historic borgo.
Historical reenactment
29
May
2026
StarCanelli
Canelli · 4 km
A non-competitive 4 km evening walk through Canelli, ending with pizza and music in the piazza.
SportLocal
17
May
2026
Festa di Primavera — Natura e Benessere
Canelli · 4 km
A spring market in Canelli built around nature and wellbeing — flowers, wellness products and local artisan goods.
MarketLocal
8
May
2026
Nizza è Barbera
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
Nizza Monferrato's flagship spring wine celebration: four days when the town becomes the capital of Barbera d'Asti and Nizza DOCG, with the 'Barbera Forum' bringing 70+ producers and 400+ labels together for public tastings.
Wine festival
24
Apr
2026
Fiera del Santo Cristo
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
Nizza's big spring fair devoted to agriculture and country life: farm, wine, gardening and earth-moving machinery on show plus a huge town-wide market, food stalls and the amateur 'Giro del Nizza' cycling event.
Fair
9
Dec
2025
Nizza è Natale
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
Nizza's Christmas programme of lights, chalets, concerts, shows and children's activities running from early December to Epiphany across the historic centre.
SeasonalLocal
6
Dec
2025
Fiera del Bue Grasso e del Manzo di razza piemontese
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
December livestock fair reviving Nizza's historic cattle market: prize Piedmontese 'fat oxen' and beef cattle on show in Piazza Garibaldi, with a Slow Food market and the traditional Gran Bollito meal in the Foro Boario.
FairLocal
15
Nov
2025
Nizza è Bagna Cauda
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
A November food event celebrating 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 star vegetable.
Food festival
2
Nov
2025
Fiera di San Carlo e del Tartufo Bianco
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
Nizza's centuries-old autumn fair celebrating 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.
Fair
29
Oct
2025
Stagione Teatrale al Teatro Sociale
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
Nizza's winter theatre season at the historic Teatro Sociale — a subscription programme of prose plays and comedies with Piemonte dal Vivo.
Culture
6
Jun
2025
Corsa delle Botti & Monferrato in Tavola
Nizza Monferrato · 5 km
A folkloric wine-barrel race through the historic centre paired with 'Monferrato in Tavola', an open-air food-and-wine fair of Monferrato specialities run by the local Pro Loco.
Food festival
8
Jul
2024
Non solo Beach
Canelli · 4 km
A month of summer sport in Piazza Gancia — beach football, volley and tennis tournaments, with activities for children.
SportLocal

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Storytelling horseback trek through the vineyards
€120 pp · 2.5 hours
A storytelling horseback experience setting out from the Scuderia Serego stable in San Marzano Oliveto and riding through the vineyard hills toward Moasca. Along the way actors narrate the history of the area's medieval castles and villages, and the outing ends with a gourmet picnic and wine tasting. Beginner-friendly; state your level when booking.
Last updated · 2026-07-14