Ottobre Alessandrino 2026. La cultura fa Eco

Place: Various locations. Address: Various locations, 15121 Alessandria, AL “Culture makes Echo” is the title of the third edition of Ottobre Alessandrino: the festival of film, culture, performances and meetings thus pays tribute to the celebrated intellectual and writer Umberto Eco, born in Alessandria, ten years after his passing. The program for this festival is very rich and continuously updated, and can be consulted on the website of the Cultura e sviluppo association: it includes about 130 events in dozens of venues in Alessandria and the surrounding area, with over 100 guests and the involvement of more than 70 public and private organizations in the area. The main goal of Ottobre Alessandrino is to create a large, widespread and participatory event in which different disciplines and languages meet: film, theatre, music, literature, visual arts, with the contribution of training events involving young people and students as well. Guests include nationally and internationally known names such as Rita Pavone, Enrico Vanzina, Roberto Andò, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Alessandro Bergonzoni, Elio, Paolo Fresu, Andrea Pennacchi, Daniele Gattano, not to mention the famous Belgian composer Wi