PeM! Festival: in Monferrato

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From 28 August 2026 to 12 October 2026

The new edition of “PeM! Festival - Parole e Musica in Monferrato”, the Piedmont festival dedicated to conversations, storytelling, and music returns from Friday August 28 to Monday October 12.

Admission to all events is free of charge. The program will feature interview-style conversations, with artists and intellectuals invited to talk about themselves, alternating between conversation and live performances.

Dates

22 September 2026, From 25 September 2026 to 27 September 2026, 2 October 2026, 4 October 2026...

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Program and Locations

Friday, August 28, at 9 pm – San Salvatore Monferrato, Casa Romagnoli, Rocco Rosignoli – A tribute to Francesco Guccini, through words and music, with Massimo Ferro.

Saturday, August 29, at 6 pm – Fubine Monferrato, Gardens of Palazzo Bricherasio, Alessandra Faiella – “We Fell for It Again.”

Thursday, September 3, at 9 pm – Mirabello Monferrato, Country Sport Village, Elisabetta Gagliardi, Giorgio Penotti, and Torchio – “Making Songs Between the Tanaro and Bormida Rivers.”

Friday, September 11, at 9 pm – Balzola, Piazza Giovanni XXIII, Silvio Barisone, Giorgio Penotti, and Mara Tinto – “Traveling Is a Little Like Dreaming.”

Friday, September 18, at 9:00 pm – Valenza, Arena Carducci, Via Carducci 4, Nicola Vitiello – “It's Done,” a journey through music, fashion, and generations of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

Sunday, September 20, at 6:00 pm – Lu Cuccaro Monferrato, Piazza Nils Liedholm (Cuccaro), Gianluca Impastato – “I Dream or I'm Single.”

Sunday, September 20, at 9:00 pm – Villadeati, Church of San Remigio, Giulio D’Antona and Davide Toffolo – Giangiacomo Feltrinelli “Permanent Revolution.”

Tuesday, September 22, at 9:00 pm – Valenza, Municipal Cultural Center, Guido Saracco – “Digital Allies: Our Personal AI,” in conversation with Gianluca Cravera.

Friday, September 25, at 10:00 am – Valenza, Teatro Sociale, Jacopo Carlini – “Back to School! Opening of the 2026/27 School Year,” with the Paolo and Rita Borsellino Institute.

Saturday, September 26, at 6:00 pm – San Salvatore Monferrato, Torre Paleologa Park, Amara, interviewed by Gianmaurizio Foderaro.

Sunday, September 27, at 10:30 am – Rivarone, Approdo Fluviale, via Parco Tanaro, Loretta Franceschin presents “Our Thoughts Are of Water.”

Sunday, September 27, at 6:00 pm – San Salvatore Monferrato, Torre Paleologa Park, Simone Cristicchi, interviewed by Gianmaurizio Foderaro.

Friday, October 2, at 9:00 pm – Pecetto di Valenza, Borsalino Cultural Center, Niccolò Zancan presents “The Last Worker.”

Sunday, October 4th, at 9:30 am – San Salvatore Monferrato, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Valdolenga, Nicola Ghittoni – “Walking in the Morning,” a 6-kilometer PeM walk.

Sunday, October 4th, at 6 pm – Cella Monte, Ecomuseum of the Cantoni Stone, Danilo Sacco – Meeting.

Wednesday, October 7th, at 9 pm – Casale Monferrato, Monferrato Castle, Giuseppe Culicchia – Meeting, with the presentation of “Uah! The Life and Opinions of Franz Zazzi, Gentleman,” in conversation with Miriam Massone.

Sunday, October 11, at 9:00 PM – Alessandria, Piazzetta della Lega, Saba Anglana – Meeting

Monday, October 12, at 9:00 PM – San Salvatore Monferrato, Teatro Comunale, Lella Costa and Gabriele Vacis – “Pinocchio Confidential,” a lecture-performance dedicated to Pinocchio, 200 years after Collodi's birth.