Attraverso Festival — Events in Rocca Grimalda

Attraverso Festival on the terrace of Rocca Grimalda

In the town of Rocca Grimalda, a village in the Alto Monferrato area of the Alessandria province, Attraverso Festival returns to bring high-quality live culture to the summer of 2026. The stage is one of the most evocative of the entire festival: the Belvedere Marconi, a panoramic terrace overlooking the vineyards of the Piedmontese hills, which are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here, as every year, the festival transforms an intimate village space into an open-air theatre.

Two signature evenings for the 2026 edition

The 2026 program in Rocca Grimalda features two events, both starting at 9:00 PM. The first, on Thursday, July 16th, stars Paolo Ruffini with the monologue-recital "Presente," an ironic and personal reflection on time and contemporary life. The second, on Tuesday, July 28th, brings writer Alessandro Perissinotto to the Belvedere with "Rammendare la memoria. La guerra dei Traversa," an intense literary monologue that weaves 20th-century history with family memory.

"Presente" by Paolo Ruffini

One of the most well-known actors, comedians, and presenters on the Italian scene, Paolo Ruffini debuts at Attraverso Festival with a show that blends lightness and depth. "Presente" is an invitation to live in the moment, to rediscover the value of being here and now, told with the ironic and direct style that is the trademark of the artist from Livorno.

"La guerra dei Traversa" by Alessandro Perissinotto

Writer and university professor Alessandro Perissinotto writes and performs a monologue that spans a hundred years of family history during the Fascist era. Starting from the "December 18th massacre" of 1922 in Turin, the story follows the fate of the Traversa family, torn apart between Fascists and anti-Fascists, in a reflection on collective amnesia that speaks to the present. A text that perfectly embodies the guiding theme of the 2026 edition, #pop: culture made accessible to everyone without sacrificing depth.

A widespread cultural project

The evenings in Rocca Grimalda are two of over forty stops in the 11th edition of Attraverso Festival, the event that runs from July 13th to September 18th, 2026, enlivening nearly thirty towns across the Langhe, Roero, Monferrato, and Piedmontese Apennines, in the provinces of Alessandria, Asti, and Cuneo. Artistically directed by Paola Farinetti and Simona Ressico and organized by Hiroshima Mon Amour and Produzioni Fuorivia, the festival weaves together theatre, music, literature, philosophy, and popular science in a single great cultural journey through the hills of Piedmont.