Venice events
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is one of the largest art events, worldwide speaking. In fact, it is one of the oldest even. The tradition started in 1895, first taking hold of...
Venice Biennale
Burano Regatta
The island of Burano is the birthplace of the Venetian lace production tradition. The presence of the Lace Museum on this island is, roughly speaking, the one sight which turns...
Burano Regatta
Historical Regatta
Tens of regattas are held in Venice all the year round, and each of them has its particular magnetism. The Historical Regatta, however, combines the thrills of a sports race...
Historical Regatta
Venice Biennale of Architecture
While the Venice Biennale draws huge flows of participants chiefly because it covers most of the fields of the artistic and cultural spectrum, the Venice Biennale of Architecture (which is...
Venice Biennale of Architecture
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival is organized by La Biennale di Venezia. It takes place each year in late August and, while its takes hold of most of the reputed cinema...
Venice Film Festival
Beach on Fire
The so-called Beach on Fire is largely deemed the most spectacular and the largest fireworks show in the world. It is held in the neighboring Cavallino-Treporti, but holidaymakers of Venice...
Beach on Fire
Pellestrina Regatta
The island of Pellestrina is located south of Lido di Venezia, and while it is not necessarily the ultimate tourist highlight of the Venetian Lagoon, it does have its range...
Pellestrina Regatta
Festa del Redentore
Festa del Redentore occasions what one might perhaps call the most spectacular fireworks show in Venice. Held each year in mid July, precisely on the weekend which marks the middle...
Festa del Redentore
Murano Regatta
As far as the competitors are concerned, the Murano Regatta is the most challenging of all the boat races held in the Venetian Lagoon. Surprisingly or not, the hub of...
Murano Regatta
San Pellegrino Cooking Cup
The San Pellegrino Cooking Cup is organized by the so-called Compagnia della Vella Venezia, a reputed sailing association founded back in 1911. The company organizes plenty of sports-related events all...
San Pellegrino Cooking Cup
Glasstress
The Venetian Lagoon is a world replete with all sorts of traditions, the production of Murano glass being one of the most celebrated of all. If purchasing a Murano...
Glasstress
Regatta of the Ancient Maritime Republics
The Regatta of the Ancient Maritime Republics, also widely known under its Italian name (Regata delle Antiche Repubbliche Marinare), is a boat race intended to evoke the rivalry between the...
Regatta of the Ancient Maritime Republics
Raid Pavia Venezia
The Raid Pavia Venezia is ideal for speedboat enthusiasts to plan a vacation in Venice in late May. Either as spectators or as competitors, the participants come in thousands to...
Raid Pavia Venezia
Vogalonga
The yearly calendar of Venice is replete with regattas, but Vogalonga seems to be one of the most popular of all boat races held in the lagoon. As a rule,...
Vogalonga
Mare Maggio
Mare Maggio is an event motivated, at least in part, by the great maritime past of Venice. While this event, which lasts only 3 days, maintains a strong connection to...
Mare Maggio
Festa della Sensa
Festa della Sensa is one of the most genuinely Venetian festivals held in the lagoon. “Sensa” is the Venetian term of “Ascension”, which is why a rough translation of this...
Festa della Sensa
Venice in Music
Venice in Music is set up by Interkultur, a reputed international structure which deals with the organization of worldwide choir competitions and festivals. In this context, Venice in Music is...
Venice in Music
Saint Mark’s Day
Saint Mark is the saint patron of Venice (ever since the 9th century, when the relics of the Evangelist were brought from Alexandria to Venice). The celebrations dedicated to this...
Saint Mark’s Day
Venice International Boat Show
During the Middle Ages, Venice was a fearful maritime power at continental scale, dominating the Mediterranean Sea with its thriving sea trade vessels. Its decline came no sooner than the...
Venice International Boat Show
Up and Down the Bridges
Up and Down the Bridges is an event the nature of which is difficult to tell. This is, in part, a sort of sports event, though it is not a...
Up and Down the Bridges
Children's Carnival
While the Venice Carnival is the most reputed event to be held each year in Venice, and a spectacular happening to leave a print in the memory of all people...
Children's Carnival
Cavalchina Grand Dance
The Cavalchina Grand Dance is yet another side event occasioned by the Venice Carnival. The difference is La Cavalchina is a highly exclusive event, with tickets which don’t exceed the...
Cavalchina Grand Dance
Ballo della Signoria
Ballo della Signoria is held at Villa Foscarini Rossi in Venice each year, in the same period as the much more reputed Venice Carnival (February or March, depending on the...
Ballo della Signoria
Venice Carnival
The Venice Carnival is, beyond all doubts, the unchallenged highlight of the annual calendar of the lagoon. This is also the one event which draws the attention of the entire...
Venice Carnival
Witches Regatta
Venice is a place where tens of regattas are organized throughout the year. The Witches Regatta, however, counts as one of the most spectacular of all, being, at the same...
Witches Regatta
New Year’s Eve in Venice
Spending the New Year’s Eve in Venice has its particular shine and effervescence and it often results into an unforgettable experience. Traditionally, locals (and tourists, for that matter) gather in...
New Year’s Eve in Venice
New Year’s Eve Concert
While there are plenty of things to do on New Year’s Eve in Venice, attending the concert held at Scuola Grande San Teodoro is one of the top choices, in...
New Year’s Eve Concert
Christmas of Glass
The island of Murano is the epicenter of the finest glass production in the Venetian Lagoon, and even worldwide, some might say. Given the centuries-old glass production tradition, it’s no...
Christmas of Glass
Viaggiandum Est
Culture and tourism have always been two of the main coordinates of Venice’s reputation worldwide. It’s true its centuries-old cultural reputation precedes its tourist prestige, but the bottom line is,...
Viaggiandum Est
Restaura
While Restaura is a major event held in Venice, it is not necessarily addressed to the large public. Restaura focuses on promoting the work of professionals who have actively and...
Restaura
Feast of Madonna della Salute
The Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute is not only one of the most splendid Baroque places of worship in Venice and, thus, an important tourist sight, but also a...
Feast of Madonna della Salute
Premio Venezia
The chiefdom of Teatro La Fenice on the scene of the performing arts in Venice is proven, amongst others, by the fact this theater is home to Premio Venezia, a...
Premio Venezia
FeniceDay
FeniceDay is organized each year on November the 5th by Teatro La Fenice. While this is largely and artistic event, it remains a fund raising happening meant to support the...
FeniceDay