Alba White Truffle Fair: October 10 to December 6

The 96th Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco d'Alba runs from October 10 to December 6, 2026 in Alba, organized by the Ente Fiera from its seat at Piazza Medford 3, with Autentiche Relazioni as the theme of the edition.

Almost two months, October 10 to December 6

The 2026 fair opens on October 10 and closes on December 6, which is its usual shape: from early October to early December. The organizer is the Ente Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco d'Alba, Piazza Medford 3, 12051³ Alba.

The Mercato Mondiale del Tartufo, the market where the truffles are actually sold, opens on weekends. Its 2026 hours are not on a page we could read, so confirm them with the Ente Fiera before you plan a weekday around it.

96 editions is not 96 years

The 2026 fair is the 96th edition, and the number tempts people to count back to a founding year. Don't: the fair has had interruptions, so the arithmetic lands on the wrong date.

No source we could read gives the first year, so we don't print one. If you see a founding date worked out from the edition number, treat it as a guess.

The hills are on the UNESCO list

The vineyard landscapes of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato have been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2014, under criteria (iii) and (v). The listing is a serial site of five wine-growing areas plus a castle.

What UNESCO protects here is the vineyard landscape, not the truffle. A truffle weekend and a vineyard weekend happen in the same Piedmont hills, and food in Piedmont covers what else comes out of them.

The fair in the calendar

The dates published by the Ente Fiera are the only ones used here: October 10 to December 6, 2026. The fair runs into December, which is why it also appears at events in December.

Prices at the market are not published anywhere we could read, and a truffle price quoted without a date and a source is worth nothing. The region as a whole is at Piemonte.

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