Roccavignale living nativity 2026: three evenings in a Val Bormida village

On 22, 23 and 24 December 2026 the village of Roccavignale, in the hills inland from Savona, once again turns into a large living nativity scene. This is the 44th edition, dedicated to Giambattista Olivieri, who died in September 2025 and who came up with the idea in 1982 together with Giampietro Rubino and Claudio Bracco. Along the streets you meet costumed villagers, dances and shows, blacksmiths, carpenters and weavers at work, taverns serving Ligurian dishes and craft stalls. The Nativity hut moves to a different spot every year and has to be found by walking through the village. A curiosity: at the stalls you pay in talents, the nativity's own currency, exchanged on arrival. On all three evenings a shuttle bus leaves from Piazza della Libertà in Millesimo and runs a continuous loop from 6.30 pm to 12.30 am.