The weekend that bids farewell to October and welcomes November is rich with gustatory events. Although November 1st isn’t a long weekend this year, there will still be plenty to enjoy among traditional gastronomic specialties of the territories, events within events – such as those that fall under Frantoi Aperti in Umbria or the International White Truffle Fair of Alba in Piedmont – and opportunities to discover villages and places to visit.
We have selected the tastiest fairs of the weekend of October 31 – November 1, 2026; here are our recommendations.
Golosaria in Milano
From Saturday 31 October to Monday 2 November 2026, Golosaria returns to Fiera Milano Rho, the Italian quality artisanal enogastronomy fair. The event reaches its XXI edition with an important logistical novelty: the event will move to Hall 8 of the fair. The guiding thread of this year is captured in the theme: “The Taste of Creating Tomorrow.” A large number of youths, both in the food sector and in the wine space, will make their debuts. Visitors will be guided to discover producers from the historical macro-areas (Agora, Food, Wine and Street Kitchens), but they will also find special focuses dedicated to families, agri-food startups, and wine tourism in its various facets. The program features over 50 events including awards, show cooking and masterclasses dedicated to wine. The Saturday opening will welcome the three regions which, together with Lombardy, chose Golosaria to showcase their excellence: Calabria, Liguria and Sicily.
Autumn in Orvinio (RI)
Cicerchia with beans, skewers, chicory and roasted chestnuts: in Orvinio, autumn is savored at the table. Sunday 1 November 2026, during the All Saints’ weekend, the village in the province of Rieti hosts the eighth edition of Autumn in Orvinio, with a day dedicated to local cuisine, crafts and family-friendly activities. From noon, the menu features cicerchie (pulses), egg pasta with beans, together with arrosticini, chicory, water or wine. Roasted chestnuts will also be available. The offering recalls a peasant-traditional cuisine, in which pasta, legumes and vegetables are the protagonists of simple and hearty dishes. Among the territory’s emblematic products stands Sabina DOP extra virgin olive oil, which accompanies bruschetta, soups and side dishes. Hand-made pastas, legume soups and seasonal vegetables tell a culinary culture tied to the land and family recipes. The backdrop to the event will be Orvinio’s historic center, set in the landscape of the Monti Lucretili Regional Natural Park and dominated by the castle. Between alleys and glimpses of the surrounding territory, the day will offer several occasions to get to know the village.
Zafferiamo Safaranum 2026 in Città della Pieve (PG)
The Saffron Festival returns to the City of the Perugino, scheduled in Città della Pieve from Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November 2026. Promoted by the Municipal Administration, in collaboration with the saffron producers’ consortium “Alberto Viganò,” the event offers three immersive days of excellence in gastronomy, cooking shows (including Chef Jordi Quijije), urban trekking with crocus harvest on the field, Renaissance shops, workshops for children, exhibitions and cultural initiatives dedicated to the famous “red gold” of the territory. The festival will begin on Friday 30 October with a day mainly for schools. The weekend will then come alive on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November, when the streets and squares of the historic center will become the event’s beating heart. Piazza Matteotti, the Covered Market and via Vittorio Veneto will host the Renaissance Shops and the Market Exhibit, offering the opportunity to purchase pure saffron and typical products directly from producers.
Taragna Polenta Festival in Spirano (BG)
This weekend as well, the 12th Taragna Polenta Festival returns, an event dedicated to traditional flavors, local products, music and fun. This year the festival began on 23 October and extends with an additional weekend, that of 15 November, to offer even more opportunities for a quick off-the-beaten-path escape in the name of taste. The star is naturally Taragna polenta, prepared with cornmeal and buckwheat flour, butter and cheese. The name derives from tarél, the traditional wooden staff used to stir the polenta in the cauldron. An ancient gesture that still tells the simplicity and authenticity of Bergamasque cuisine. Among the proposed dishes there will be mushroom stew and braised meat. To complete the gastronomic offering, also “The Orobie Platter,” a selection of cheeses from the Bergamasque valleys, designed to bring some of the region’s excellences to the table.
Flavors of the Roero in Alba (CN)
Sunday 1 November, in the prestigious Fenoglio Hall of Alba, at 3:00 PM as part of the International White Truffle Fair of Alba, Italy’s most famous Piemonte event, which runs until 6 December 2026, the Roero Food District presents “Flavors of the Roero,” a tasting journey that brings together dairy products, cured meats, garden preparations, honey and sweet specialties, paired with local wines. An occasion to discover the variety of productions of the Sinistra Tanaro and to understand the link between what reaches the table, a landscape of orchards, hazelnut groves, vineyards and woods, and a social fabric made up of growers, winemakers and artisans of transformation, custodians of ancient know-how and great culinary traditions. At the center of the event is, indeed, the work of producers and protection consortia, protagonists of a proposal dedicated to valorizating local supply chains.
FestivOl in Trevi (PG)
In Trevi, the spotlight returns to olive oil and extra virgin olive oil with the traditional FestivOl, included in the Frantoi Aperti 2026 program, Umbria’s event now in its 29th edition, running until 15 November 2026, which celebrates the new oil and the first pressing. The heart of FestivOl will be in Piazza Mazzini where, on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November 2026, from 10:00 to 18:00, the Exhibition and sale of new oil and the Market Show of local traditional products will take place, and the traditional bruschetta with new oil will be offered free to the public. The Slow Food Presidia of Umbria will again be featured, led by Trevi’s Black Celery, along with guests from several Italian regions. Numerous initiatives will focus on learning about EVO oil and the area’s excellent agro-food products, with opportunities to discover the peculiarities of the Trevi rural landscape included in the Assisi-Spoleto Olive Belt thanks to the Olive Walk to Manciano and the Olive Trekking among olive trees and mills.
Ciuìga Festival in San Lorenzo Dorsino (TN)
From 30 October to 1 November, the Ciuìga Festival returns, now in its 25th edition, a sausage made from pork and white turnips and a Slow Food presidium. Its origins date back to the second half of the 19th century, when peasants began adding white turnips to pork meat, easy to cultivate and considered “the bread of the poor.” The festival’s tale will be told through a village walk, enriched by a guided tour to Senaso, a demonstration of ancient Ciuìga preparation methods and theatrical interludes. The heart of the festival will come alive among the vaulted spaces of old farmhouses, cellars and the old buildings of Berghi and Pergnano, with a market of gastronomic products and local crafts. The format also involves taverns and inns run by local volunteers, each serving a traditional dish based on Ciuìga, paired with a Trentino wine. The program also includes guided tastings of wines, beers and typical products, street music, foliage-themed treks and family-friendly activities such as La Ciuìga dei Balocchi, with animated readings, old-time games and circus performances.
Festival of the Pink Apple of the Sibillini Mountains in Montedinove (AP)
During the weekend of October 31 and November 1, the picturesque medieval village of Montedinove celebrates Sibillini in Rosa – Festival of the Pink Apple of the Sibillini Mountains. Now in its sixteenth edition, the historic event is a delicious stop on the Marche Grand Tour 2026. The star fruit is the precious mountain apple, which finds its ideal habitat in these lands dominated by the imposing peaks of the Monti Sibillini National Park. Rich in taste and health benefits, the pink apple is a symbol of mountain biodiversity, suitable for both sweet and savory culinary preparations, and even for natural cosmetics. The market and the gastronomic stands dedicated to the pink apple and mountain products, open for lunch and dinner, will be available to guests on Saturday and Sunday, with opportunities to taste and buy regionally distinctive specialties. Alleys and squares of the historic center will come alive with street performers, and there will also be chances to win prizes in the “pink apple raffle.”
Gusto Walks in Nuxis, Santadi and Carloforte (SU)
On October 31 and November 1, the Sulcis Iglesiente region celebrates a journey between trails and gastronomy: Gusto Walks, an event promoted by the Foundation Santa Barbara Mining Path, now in its second edition. On Saturday, the itinerary stretches from Nuxis to Santadi, 8.5 km among olive groves of the Low Sulcis, a renowned winery in Sardinian enology and the flavors of a land that has made biodiversity a wealth. Here wine will meet other local biodiversity products in a gastronomic experience entrusted to chefs Ivano Congiu and pastry chef Barbara Congiu, who will cook in collaboration with students and teachers of the Sant’Antioco Hospitality Institute. A meeting between Sardinian traditions, creativity and education, in the spirit of regional ingredients and productions. On Sunday, the sea, fishing history, and red tuna take center stage in Carloforte, on the island of San Pietro; visitors can weave together walking, culinary culture and local identity, with a tour of the tuna fishery and sites that recount a fundamental part of the island’s history. The path will culminate at the table, with tuna prepared in three different ways and a dessert representing Ligurian tradition.
Eroico Rosso – Sforzato Wine Festival in Tirano (SO)
From October 31 to November 1, the twelfth edition of the festival celebrating the emblematic wine of Valtellina returns, featuring tastings, masterclasses, producer encounters and local flavors. A wine born from the drying of the finest Nebbiolo grapes from Valtellina, the patience of time and daily work on the Alpine terraces, the Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG is the grand wine of the Valtellina mountains and one of the most authentic expressions of Italian viticulture. The festival will bring producers, enthusiasts and visitors to the historic center of Tirano for a journey to discover Sforzato through tastings, meetings, masterclasses and in-depth moments.
