October: 27 events in the places we write about.
Here is what's happening this month in the places we have been. We have lined them up weekend by weekend, each with its page and the stops where you can sleep.
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Not to be missed · 7-11 Oct
Innsbrucker Herbstmesse
Innsbruck. The autumn fair, the oldest in Tyrol, held since 1923: five days at the exhibition grounds a short walk from the centre, with craftsmen, products of the region, things for the home and for winter and radio concerts. It is open every day from 10:00 to 18:00.
3 stops on the page
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| Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 |
4 events |
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Festa delle Cantine
Civita di Bagnoregio
In Bagnoregio, at the foot of the bridge, the cellars of the old town open in the evening with local wine, stalls of local produce and music in the squares.
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Frankfurter Buchmesse
Frankfurt
The Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest in the world, in the halls of the Messe.
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International Alba White Truffle Fair
Alba
In 2026 it is the ninety sixth, from 10 October to 6 December.
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4 Mijl van Groningen
Groningen
4 kilometres, from Haren to the Vismarkt: one Sunday in October, with the race for the little ones on the Saturday.
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| Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 |
6 events |
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International Alba White Truffle Fair
Alba
In 2026 it is the ninety sixth, from 10 October to 6 December.
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Jazz & The City
Salzburg
Four days of jazz all over the historic centre, in cafés, churches, shops and squares, with more than fifty concerts.
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Oktober'FAV
Colmar
The choucroute festival, which takes up the Choucroute Days born seventy years ago: two evenings at the exhibition grounds, with Alsace choucroute, beer, wines and music, at the table as at the festivals across the Rhine.
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Baccanale dei Borghi
Alba
The centre turns into a party, with the kitchens of the borghi and old games.
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| And 2 more this weekend |
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| Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 |
5 events |
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International Alba White Truffle Fair
Alba
In 2026 it is the ninety sixth, from 10 October to 6 December.
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Nuits de Champagne
Troyes
The French song festival, eight days of concerts in the halls of central Troyes and the surrounding towns: in 2026, the thirty-ninth edition, 47 concerts in 13 venues.
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Deutzer Kirmes
Cologne
Cologne's funfair, on the meadow on the right bank of the Rhine between the Deutz bridge and the Severin bridge, with the Cathedral opposite.
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Festival della Bandiera
Alba
In Piazza Risorgimento, beneath the towers, the flag-waving groups and the drums: solo routines with several flags at once, pairs moving in mirror image.
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International Alba White Truffle Fair
Alba
In 2026 it is the ninety sixth, from 10 October to 6 December.
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Deutzer Kirmes
Cologne
Cologne's funfair, on the meadow on the right bank of the Rhine between the Deutz bridge and the Severin bridge, with the Cathedral opposite.
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Konstanzer Jazzherbst
Konstanz
The jazz festival of the Konstanz Jazzclub, four evenings of double concerts at 20:00 in the Wolkenstein hall of the cultural centre next to the Münster.
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Lucca Comics & Games
Lucca
The comics and games festival, born in 1966 as the Salone internazionale dei Comics, which for five days takes over the Walls, the squares and the palaces of the centre with its pavilions, its cosplayers and more than two hundred thousand visitors.
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Valencian Community Day
Valencia
The regional holiday, with parades, traditional music and local food.
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Stegona Market
Brunico
The largest market in Tyrol, in the Stegona market square: three days of stalls with clothing, household goods and tools, livestock with the sellers in traditional dress, food stands, roast chestnuts and a funfair.
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Feast of Sant'Anastasia in Santa Severina
Crotone
The patron saint of Santa Severina.
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Open all month
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Make it at home
Kaiserschmarrn
The recipe from Bolzano: what you tasted there, at home.
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Just written
Crotone
the Kroton of the Achaeans and of Pythagoras on the Ionian Sea, with the castle of Charles V above the old harbour, the column of Hera at Capo Colonna and the Madonna who in May is accompanied on foot through the night.
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