Attraverso Festival (Alba)

Attraverso Festival in Alba: culture crossing the hills

Attraverso Festival is a widespread cultural project that transforms the hills of Southern Piedmont into a vast open-air stage every summer. The event spans nearly thirty municipalities across the Langhe, Roero, Monferrato, and Piedmontese Apennines, in the provinces of Cuneo, Asti, and Alessandria, bringing theatre, music, storytelling, and lectures to historic squares, parks, courtyards, and theatres nestled within UNESCO World Heritage wine landscapes.

In Alba, the capital of the Langhe in the province of Cuneo, the festival has one of its main venues: performances take place at the Arena Guido Sacerdote, the summer open-air space of the Teatro Sociale G. Busca, in Piazza Vittorio Veneto. This is where some of the most anticipated events of the Alba programme are concentrated, featuring leading artists from the national scene.

An auteur festival between social theatre and great music

The event is organized by the Associazione Culturale Hiroshima Mon Amour ETS together with Produzioni Fuorivia, under the artistic direction of Paola Farinetti and Simona Ressico. Over the years, Attraverso Festival has established itself as one of the main cultural events of the Piedmontese summer, capable of combining theatrical performances, social monologues, concerts, and intellectual meetings into one great map that connects the villages of the territory.

The festival's philosophy is to bring culture outside major urban centres, valuing small towns and their symbolic locations: each evening thus becomes an opportunity to discover a different village, square, or courtyard, accompanied by artists who know how to speak to the widest possible audience. The bond with Alba and its theatrical tradition, represented by the Teatro Sociale G. Busca, makes the city one of the most important hubs of the entire event.

Why it is worth experiencing

Attending a show at Attraverso Festival in Alba means enjoying a summer evening outdoors, under the stars of the Langhe, with the quality of a programme that has hosted the greatest names in Italian theatre and music over the years. It is an experience that combines the beauty of the territory, the culture of wine and truffles that has made Alba famous worldwide, and the power of the spoken word and live performance.