Venicelocation-guides.com - location guide to Venice featuring Venice Festivals information, annual festival listing for Venice, Italy - Last updated 31/12/2008.
With festivals taking place all through the year in and around the city of Venice, many of the region's most popular fiestas are water-based, including sailing regattas and boating events, together with sporting championships, cultural fiestas, processions and concerts. Popular festivals in Venice include the following events.
Annual Venice Festivals
January: Regatta delle Befane, taking place each year on January 6th, being Venice's first boating event of the year
February: Carnevale, one of the most colourful and popular events in Venice, when many people wear traditional Venetian costumes and masks
April: Festa di San Marco, a range of celebrating marking the feast day of San Marco (Saint Mark), Venice's famous patron saint
May: Festa Medioevale del Vino Soave Bianco Soave, at the beginning of the month each year, with medieval-style parades through the city, together with live music
May: Vogalonga Rowing Regatta, a long race around the canals of central Venice, regularly attracting more than 3,000 participants
July: Opera Festival, with a range of events and performances taking place at the Roman Arena and a number of churches around Venice
August: Venice International Film Festival, with a range of screening at the Palazzo del Cinema, known locally as the Mostra del Cinema di Venezia
August: Festa dell'Assunta, lasting around nine days and including a mixture of live music and dancing in the Treviso area
December: New Year's Eve, with many services at prominent Catholic churches as the new year approaches
With festivals taking place all through the year in and around the city of Venice, many of the region's most popular fiestas are water-based, including sailing regattas and boating events, together with sporting championships, cultural fiestas, processions and concerts. Popular festivals in Venice include the following events.