Festa della Salute 2026 will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2026, in the beautiful and timeless city of Venice. This event – formally known as the Festa della Madonna della Salute – is one of the city’s most treasured traditions, a ritual of gratitude and hope that unites Venetians and pilgrims each year. On this annual feast day, thousands make their way to the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, crossing a specially constructed votive bridge spanning the Grand Canal, to offer prayers of thanks and seek ongoing protection for their city, their loved ones, and their health. While perhaps less flamboyant than the famed Carnival or regattas, Festa della Salute carries a weight of history, memory, and communal devotion that resonates deeply with anyone who experiences it. What is Festa della Salute 2026? Date & Significance Festa della Salute is celebrated every year on November 21, the liturgical feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 2026, November 21 falls on a Saturday, giving the city’s residents and visitors a weekend opportunity to take part in the ceremonies and pilgrimage. The event centers on the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, built as a Read more [...]
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Carnival of Venice 2027 – Dates, Events & Complete Travel Guide
The Carnival of Venice 2027 (Carnevale di Venezia 2027) is officially scheduled to take place in Venice, from January 23 to February 9, 2027. The Carnival of Venice is one of the oldest and most internationally recognized cultural festivals in the world, rooted in centuries-old Venetian tradition with public spectacles, masked parades, historical pageantry, and a schedule of events designed to animate the entire city. During the festival period, Venice’s principal public spaces – especially St Mark’s Square – transform into stages for street performances, costume exhibitions, and live music. Traditional Venetian masks and period costumes are worn by thousands of participants and visitors, reinforcing the visual identity of the Carnival as a celebration of history and craftsmanship. Key elements of the Carnival program typically include a series of scheduled events such as the Official Dinner Show, Festa delle Marie, and the Best Mask Contest. Venice’s canals and bridges become active venues for festive processions, and the festival’s calendar is structured to offer both free public events and ticketed cultural experiences. Many of the signature celebrations leverage Venice’s historic architecture and waterways, creating a multi-site experience that spreads from central squares to island locations during peak days of the Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Festa delle Marie 2027 - 23 January 2027
Festa delle Marie 2027 will be one of the most important historical celebrations within the Venice Carnival 2027, scheduled from January 23 to February 9. The event brings an old Venetian tradition into the modern Carnival through ceremonies, historical costumes, public appearances, and twelve young women chosen as the Marie. The celebration is more than a costume parade or competition. Its roots are connected with medieval marriage customs, devotion to the Virgin Mary, and the support offered to young brides from poorer families. Over time, these elements developed into a major religious and civic festival involving different parts of Venetian society. In its contemporary form, twelve young women are selected to represent the Marie throughout Carnival. They attend official ceremonies, cultural activities, and public events while wearing elaborate historical Venetian costumes, creating a direct visual connection between today’s festivities and traditions associated with the former Republic of Venice. The modern Festa unfolds through several clearly defined stages, beginning with the selection of the twelve Marie and continuing with the vestizione, public appearances, the election of the Maria of the Year, and the final presentation of the winner in Piazza San Marco on Shrove Tuesday. What Is the Schedule for Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Festa delle Marie 2027 - 30 January 2027
Festa delle Marie 2027 will be one of the most important historical celebrations within the Venice Carnival 2027, scheduled from January 23 to February 9. The event brings an old Venetian tradition into the modern Carnival through ceremonies, historical costumes, public appearances, and twelve young women chosen as the Marie. The celebration is more than a costume parade or competition. Its roots are connected with medieval marriage customs, devotion to the Virgin Mary, and the support offered to young brides from poorer families. Over time, these elements developed into a major religious and civic festival involving different parts of Venetian society. In its contemporary form, twelve young women are selected to represent the Marie throughout Carnival. They attend official ceremonies, cultural activities, and public events while wearing elaborate historical Venetian costumes, creating a direct visual connection between today’s festivities and traditions associated with the former Republic of Venice. The modern Festa unfolds through several clearly defined stages, beginning with the selection of the twelve Marie and continuing with the vestizione, public appearances, the election of the Maria of the Year, and the final presentation of the winner in Piazza San Marco on Shrove Tuesday. What Is the Schedule for Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Official Dinner Show 2027 - 30 January 2027
Buy tickets:VivaTicket The Official Dinner Show 2027 is one of the principal ticketed evening experiences of the Venice Carnival 2027. The event takes place inside Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, a Renaissance palace overlooking the Grand Canal, combining a formal dinner with live entertainment in one of Venice‘s most historically important private residences. The event is organized as an immersive Carnival evening rather than a conventional restaurant dinner. Guests enter the decorated rooms of the palace in period costumes and masks, becoming part of an environment created around Venetian Carnival traditions, theatrical entertainment, music, performance, and dining. For the 2027 edition, the program combines a menu prepared by the chefs of the Wagner Restaurant with live music, dancers, acrobats, magic, fakir performances, and tarot readings. The entertainment continues later in the evening with a DJ set, extending the event beyond the dinner itself. Ca’ Vendramin Calergi adds an important historical dimension to the experience. Built at the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries, the palace later became associated with several Venetian families, the composer Richard Wagner, and the Casinò di Venezia. Today, its Grand Canal rooms provide the setting for the official Carnival dinner. Unlike many public Carnival activities in Venice, Read more [...]
Carnival of Acireale 2027 – Dates, Parades, Floats & Travel Guide
The Carnival of Acireale 2027 will take place in Acireale, Sicily, from Sunday, January 31, to Sunday, February 14, 2027. The celebration transforms the historic centre into a large open-air stage dominated by monumental papier-mâché floats, mechanical figures, satire, music, lights, costumes, and public entertainment. Acireale’s winter carnival is particularly famous for its allegorical-grotesque floats, enormous creations built by specialised local craftsmen using papier-mâché, painting, mechanical systems, lighting, and sound. Their subjects frequently reinterpret contemporary politics, popular culture, social issues, and public figures through caricature, exaggeration, humour, and carefully constructed visual narratives. The floats are accompanied by individual masks, costumed groups, performers, music, and other activities spread through the central streets. The combination of moving sculptures and the city’s Sicilian Baroque architecture gives Acireale a visual character substantially different from carnivals based primarily on masks, balls, or static historical processions. Flower-covered floats also have a long history in Acireale, originating from decorated vehicles introduced during the 20th century. Today, however, the principal flower-float programme belongs to the separate Festa dei Fiori, held in spring, while the winter carnival concentrates primarily on the spectacular allegorical-grotesque papier-mâché creations. The event is deeply connected with local craftsmanship. Float construction involves sculpture, clay modelling, Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Official Dinner Show 2027 - 31 January 2027
Buy tickets:VivaTicket The Official Dinner Show 2027 is one of the principal ticketed evening experiences of the Venice Carnival 2027. The event takes place inside Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, a Renaissance palace overlooking the Grand Canal, combining a formal dinner with live entertainment in one of Venice‘s most historically important private residences. The event is organized as an immersive Carnival evening rather than a conventional restaurant dinner. Guests enter the decorated rooms of the palace in period costumes and masks, becoming part of an environment created around Venetian Carnival traditions, theatrical entertainment, music, performance, and dining. For the 2027 edition, the program combines a menu prepared by the chefs of the Wagner Restaurant with live music, dancers, acrobats, magic, fakir performances, and tarot readings. The entertainment continues later in the evening with a DJ set, extending the event beyond the dinner itself. Ca’ Vendramin Calergi adds an important historical dimension to the experience. Built at the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries, the palace later became associated with several Venetian families, the composer Richard Wagner, and the Casinò di Venezia. Today, its Grand Canal rooms provide the setting for the official Carnival dinner. Unlike many public Carnival activities in Venice, Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Official Dinner Show 2027 - 4 February 2027
Buy tickets:VivaTicket The Official Dinner Show 2027 is one of the principal ticketed evening experiences of the Venice Carnival 2027. The event takes place inside Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, a Renaissance palace overlooking the Grand Canal, combining a formal dinner with live entertainment in one of Venice‘s most historically important private residences. The event is organized as an immersive Carnival evening rather than a conventional restaurant dinner. Guests enter the decorated rooms of the palace in period costumes and masks, becoming part of an environment created around Venetian Carnival traditions, theatrical entertainment, music, performance, and dining. For the 2027 edition, the program combines a menu prepared by the chefs of the Wagner Restaurant with live music, dancers, acrobats, magic, fakir performances, and tarot readings. The entertainment continues later in the evening with a DJ set, extending the event beyond the dinner itself. Ca’ Vendramin Calergi adds an important historical dimension to the experience. Built at the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries, the palace later became associated with several Venetian families, the composer Richard Wagner, and the Casinò di Venezia. Today, its Grand Canal rooms provide the setting for the official Carnival dinner. Unlike many public Carnival activities in Venice, Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Official Dinner Show 2027 - 5 February 2027
Buy tickets:VivaTicket The Official Dinner Show 2027 is one of the principal ticketed evening experiences of the Venice Carnival 2027. The event takes place inside Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, a Renaissance palace overlooking the Grand Canal, combining a formal dinner with live entertainment in one of Venice‘s most historically important private residences. The event is organized as an immersive Carnival evening rather than a conventional restaurant dinner. Guests enter the decorated rooms of the palace in period costumes and masks, becoming part of an environment created around Venetian Carnival traditions, theatrical entertainment, music, performance, and dining. For the 2027 edition, the program combines a menu prepared by the chefs of the Wagner Restaurant with live music, dancers, acrobats, magic, fakir performances, and tarot readings. The entertainment continues later in the evening with a DJ set, extending the event beyond the dinner itself. Ca’ Vendramin Calergi adds an important historical dimension to the experience. Built at the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries, the palace later became associated with several Venetian families, the composer Richard Wagner, and the Casinò di Venezia. Today, its Grand Canal rooms provide the setting for the official Carnival dinner. Unlike many public Carnival activities in Venice, Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Official Dinner Show 2027 - 6 February 2027
Buy tickets:VivaTicket The Official Dinner Show 2027 is one of the principal ticketed evening experiences of the Venice Carnival 2027. The event takes place inside Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, a Renaissance palace overlooking the Grand Canal, combining a formal dinner with live entertainment in one of Venice‘s most historically important private residences. The event is organized as an immersive Carnival evening rather than a conventional restaurant dinner. Guests enter the decorated rooms of the palace in period costumes and masks, becoming part of an environment created around Venetian Carnival traditions, theatrical entertainment, music, performance, and dining. For the 2027 edition, the program combines a menu prepared by the chefs of the Wagner Restaurant with live music, dancers, acrobats, magic, fakir performances, and tarot readings. The entertainment continues later in the evening with a DJ set, extending the event beyond the dinner itself. Ca’ Vendramin Calergi adds an important historical dimension to the experience. Built at the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries, the palace later became associated with several Venetian families, the composer Richard Wagner, and the Casinò di Venezia. Today, its Grand Canal rooms provide the setting for the official Carnival dinner. Unlike many public Carnival activities in Venice, Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Official Dinner Show 2027 - 7 February 2027
Buy tickets:VivaTicket The Official Dinner Show 2027 is one of the principal ticketed evening experiences of the Venice Carnival 2027. The event takes place inside Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, a Renaissance palace overlooking the Grand Canal, combining a formal dinner with live entertainment in one of Venice‘s most historically important private residences. The event is organized as an immersive Carnival evening rather than a conventional restaurant dinner. Guests enter the decorated rooms of the palace in period costumes and masks, becoming part of an environment created around Venetian Carnival traditions, theatrical entertainment, music, performance, and dining. For the 2027 edition, the program combines a menu prepared by the chefs of the Wagner Restaurant with live music, dancers, acrobats, magic, fakir performances, and tarot readings. The entertainment continues later in the evening with a DJ set, extending the event beyond the dinner itself. Ca’ Vendramin Calergi adds an important historical dimension to the experience. Built at the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries, the palace later became associated with several Venetian families, the composer Richard Wagner, and the Casinò di Venezia. Today, its Grand Canal rooms provide the setting for the official Carnival dinner. Unlike many public Carnival activities in Venice, Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Festa delle Marie 2027 - 8 February 2027
Festa delle Marie 2027 will be one of the most important historical celebrations within the Venice Carnival 2027, scheduled from January 23 to February 9. The event brings an old Venetian tradition into the modern Carnival through ceremonies, historical costumes, public appearances, and twelve young women chosen as the Marie. The celebration is more than a costume parade or competition. Its roots are connected with medieval marriage customs, devotion to the Virgin Mary, and the support offered to young brides from poorer families. Over time, these elements developed into a major religious and civic festival involving different parts of Venetian society. In its contemporary form, twelve young women are selected to represent the Marie throughout Carnival. They attend official ceremonies, cultural activities, and public events while wearing elaborate historical Venetian costumes, creating a direct visual connection between today’s festivities and traditions associated with the former Republic of Venice. The modern Festa unfolds through several clearly defined stages, beginning with the selection of the twelve Marie and continuing with the vestizione, public appearances, the election of the Maria of the Year, and the final presentation of the winner in Piazza San Marco on Shrove Tuesday. What Is the Schedule for Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Official Dinner Show 2027 - 8 February 2027
Buy tickets:VivaTicket The Official Dinner Show 2027 is one of the principal ticketed evening experiences of the Venice Carnival 2027. The event takes place inside Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, a Renaissance palace overlooking the Grand Canal, combining a formal dinner with live entertainment in one of Venice‘s most historically important private residences. The event is organized as an immersive Carnival evening rather than a conventional restaurant dinner. Guests enter the decorated rooms of the palace in period costumes and masks, becoming part of an environment created around Venetian Carnival traditions, theatrical entertainment, music, performance, and dining. For the 2027 edition, the program combines a menu prepared by the chefs of the Wagner Restaurant with live music, dancers, acrobats, magic, fakir performances, and tarot readings. The entertainment continues later in the evening with a DJ set, extending the event beyond the dinner itself. Ca’ Vendramin Calergi adds an important historical dimension to the experience. Built at the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries, the palace later became associated with several Venetian families, the composer Richard Wagner, and the Casinò di Venezia. Today, its Grand Canal rooms provide the setting for the official Carnival dinner. Unlike many public Carnival activities in Venice, Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Festa delle Marie 2027 - 9 February 2027
Festa delle Marie 2027 will be one of the most important historical celebrations within the Venice Carnival 2027, scheduled from January 23 to February 9. The event brings an old Venetian tradition into the modern Carnival through ceremonies, historical costumes, public appearances, and twelve young women chosen as the Marie. The celebration is more than a costume parade or competition. Its roots are connected with medieval marriage customs, devotion to the Virgin Mary, and the support offered to young brides from poorer families. Over time, these elements developed into a major religious and civic festival involving different parts of Venetian society. In its contemporary form, twelve young women are selected to represent the Marie throughout Carnival. They attend official ceremonies, cultural activities, and public events while wearing elaborate historical Venetian costumes, creating a direct visual connection between today’s festivities and traditions associated with the former Republic of Venice. The modern Festa unfolds through several clearly defined stages, beginning with the selection of the twelve Marie and continuing with the vestizione, public appearances, the election of the Maria of the Year, and the final presentation of the winner in Piazza San Marco on Shrove Tuesday. What Is the Schedule for Read more [...]
Venice Carnival Official Dinner Show 2027 - 9 February 2027
Buy tickets:VivaTicket The Official Dinner Show 2027 is one of the principal ticketed evening experiences of the Venice Carnival 2027. The event takes place inside Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, a Renaissance palace overlooking the Grand Canal, combining a formal dinner with live entertainment in one of Venice‘s most historically important private residences. The event is organized as an immersive Carnival evening rather than a conventional restaurant dinner. Guests enter the decorated rooms of the palace in period costumes and masks, becoming part of an environment created around Venetian Carnival traditions, theatrical entertainment, music, performance, and dining. For the 2027 edition, the program combines a menu prepared by the chefs of the Wagner Restaurant with live music, dancers, acrobats, magic, fakir performances, and tarot readings. The entertainment continues later in the evening with a DJ set, extending the event beyond the dinner itself. Ca’ Vendramin Calergi adds an important historical dimension to the experience. Built at the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries, the palace later became associated with several Venetian families, the composer Richard Wagner, and the Casinò di Venezia. Today, its Grand Canal rooms provide the setting for the official Carnival dinner. Unlike many public Carnival activities in Venice, Read more [...]
Calendimaggio 2027 – Medieval Spring Festival in Assisi
Calendimaggio 2027 is expected to take place from Wednesday, May 5, to Saturday, May 8, 2027, in Assisi, the historic Umbrian town built on the slopes of Mount Subasio. The dates follow the established scheduling rule used for the annual four-day festival. For four days, the historic center becomes the setting for medieval processions, music, theatrical scenes, competitions, and ceremonies involving hundreds of local participants. Streets and squares are decorated with banners, shields, flags, flowers, torches, and other elements inspired by medieval Assisi. At the center of the festival is the rivalry between the Nobilissima Parte de Sopra and the Magnifica Parte de Sotto, the two traditional divisions of Assisi. Each Parte prepares its own historical reconstructions, processions, costumes, music, performances, and competitive events throughout the year. The objective is the Palio of Calendimaggio, awarded at the end of the festival after the performances of the two Parti are evaluated. The competition encompasses historical reconstruction, music, and theatrical presentation, transforming the festival into much more than a conventional medieval parade. Calendimaggio draws on several layers of Assisi’s cultural history: ancient celebrations of spring, medieval May songs, the political divisions of the city during the fourteenth century, and a modern festival Read more [...]
Infiorata di Noto 2027 – Sicily’s Baroque Flower Festival
Infiorata di Noto 2027, the 48th edition of one of Sicily’s best-known flower festivals, will take place from Friday, May 14, to Tuesday, May 18, 2027, in the historic center of Noto. The principal floral carpet will once again occupy the sloping Via Corrado Nicolaci. For several days, the street is transformed through large compositions made from flower petals and other plant materials. Artists work from previously selected designs, transferring their drawings onto the paving before filling the different areas with carefully arranged natural materials organized according to color, texture, and the requirements of each composition. The 48th edition will have a specific international historical theme. As part of Millenium 2027 – European Year of the Normans, the floral works will focus on the Norman history of Sicily and on the European territories that share elements of this medieval heritage. The designs are expected to explore aspects of the Norman period in Sicily, including historical personalities, monuments, decorative motifs, and the cultural interaction between Latin, Byzantine, Arab, and Jewish traditions. The project places the Noto event within a wider European program dedicated to Norman history and its legacy. The flower festival is traditionally one of the central events of Noto’s Read more [...]
Roma Summer Fest 2027 – Dates, Venue, Line-Up and Rome Travel Guide
Buy tickets:TicketOne Roma Summer Fest 2027 will return to Rome from June to September, bringing a new season of major Italian and international concerts to the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone. The festival is produced by Fondazione Musica per Roma and forms an important part of the capital’s summer cultural program. Rather than concentrating dozens of artists into a single weekend, Roma Summer Fest 2027 operates as an extended summer concert series. Individual shows are scheduled across several months, allowing visitors to choose specific performances while combining an evening at the festival with a longer stay in Rome. The 2027 edition will be particularly significant because the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone celebrates its 25th anniversary. The complex was completed in 2002 and has since developed into one of Rome’s principal venues for concerts, festivals, exhibitions, cinema, conferences, and other cultural events. The first artists announced for the 2027 festival illustrate its international character. Hayley Williams, Tokio Hotel, Take That, and Beth Hart are already confirmed, with concerts scheduled between June and July. Most of the summer concerts are associated with the Auditorium’s famous open-air Cavea, a travertine amphitheater positioned between the complex’s three principal concert halls. Its Read more [...]
I-DAYS Milano 2027 – Festival Dates, Venue, Lineup and Travel Guide
Buy tickets:VivaTicketTicketOne I-DAYS Milano 2027 will continue the evolution of one of Italy’s most established open-air music events. Created at the end of the 1990s, I-DAYS has developed from an alternative-oriented festival into a major concert series presenting internationally known performers from rock, pop, punk, metal, hip-hop, electronic music, and related genres. The I-DAYS Festival 2027 will follow an event whose identity has changed considerably throughout its history. Its earliest editions were built around dense lineups of alternative and underground artists, while the modern format generally gives greater prominence to individual headliners supported by carefully selected opening performers. The event also differs from a conventional camping festival. I-DAYS Milano 2027 is organized as a sequence of individual concert days within Milan, allowing visitors to combine a specific performance with accommodation, restaurants, museums, architecture, shopping, and other attractions available throughout Italy’s second-largest city. Each concert day normally has its own ticket, lineup, access procedures, opening time, and performance schedule. This system allows the organizers to build separate programs around artists with different audiences without requiring visitors to purchase admission for every show included in the wider I-DAYS Festival 2027 calendar. When will the I-DAYS Milano 2027 take place? I-DAYS traditionally Read more [...]
Rock in Roma 2027 – Dates, Venue, Line-Up and Travel Guide
Buy tickets:TicketOne Rock in Roma 2027 will mark the 17th edition of one of the Italian capital’s most established summer music events. Founded in 2009, the festival has developed into an important stop on European touring schedules, bringing major international performers and leading Italian artists to Rome during the city’s summer concert season. Unlike a conventional festival concentrated into a single weekend, Rock in Roma 2027 is organised as a series of separate concerts distributed across several weeks. Each performance has its own ticket, timetable, production, and audience, allowing visitors to choose individual shows without navigating simultaneous stages or purchasing admission for an entire multi-day event. Despite its name, the festival is no longer limited to rock. Previous editions have included metal, pop, electronic music, rap, hip-hop, urban music, singer-songwriters, and numerous Italian performers. The official festival history records more than three million spectators and over 300 concerts since the event was launched in 2009. The event is closely associated with the Ippodromo delle Capannelle, the historic racecourse that has served as its headquarters since the first edition. Its extensive outdoor areas can accommodate substantial concert productions, while several particularly large events in earlier editions have also taken place at Read more [...]
Palio di Siena 2027 – Dates, Traditions and Travel Guide - 2 July 2027
Palio di Siena 2027 will take place twice during the summer, on Friday, July 2, and Monday, August 16, following the traditional calendar established for Siena‘s two ordinary annual Palii. Both horse races are held in Piazza del Campo, at the center of Siena’s UNESCO-listed historic district. The July race is the Palio di Provenzano, dedicated to the Madonna of Provenzano, whose image is venerated in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Provenzano. The August race is the Palio dell’Assunta, associated with the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, historically central to Siena’s religious identity. Only ten of Siena’s seventeen Contrade compete in each race. The horses are assigned by lot three days beforehand, while every Contrada independently chooses its jockey. The race itself consists of three circuits of Piazza del Campo, covering approximately one kilometer on a specially prepared track. The Palio is organized by the Municipality of Siena, but its meaning extends far beyond race day. Contrade function throughout the year as territorial communities with elected institutions, museums, oratories, meeting places, ceremonies, celebrations, rivalries, and social activities that remain integral to everyday Sienese life. When Will Palio di Siena 2027 Take Place? The first race of 2027, the Read more [...]
Umbria Jazz Festival 2027 – Jazz in the Heart of Perugia
Umbria Jazz Festival 2027 will take place in Perugia from July 9 to July 18, 2027, bringing ten consecutive days of jazz and related music to the capital of Umbria. The dates have been officially confirmed for the festival’s main summer edition. The event combines major ticketed concerts with free performances in squares and gardens, specialist jazz programs in historic theaters, intimate indoor sessions, street parades, educational activities, and late-night music. This multi-venue structure allows performances to continue from daytime until late at night throughout central Perugia. Although jazz remains the artistic foundation of the festival, Umbria Jazz has long included blues, soul, funk, R&B, Brazilian music, pop, and rock alongside more traditional and contemporary forms of jazz. Different venues are used for different musical identities rather than presenting every genre on the same stage. Perugia itself is an essential part of the experience. Concerts take place around its medieval and Renaissance streets, historic squares, gardens, theaters, museums, and outdoor venues, creating a festival closely integrated with the urban landscape of the Umbrian capital rather than isolated within a single purpose-built festival site. When Will Umbria Jazz Festival 2027 Take Place? Umbria Jazz Festival 2027 will run from Friday, Read more [...]
Lucca Summer Festival 2027 – Dates, Venues, Line-Up and Travel Guide
Buy tickets:TicketOne Lucca Summer Festival 2027 will celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of Italy’s longest-running major summer music festivals. Since its first edition in 1998, the event has brought international stars and leading Italian performers to Lucca, combining large-scale live music with the extraordinary setting of a historic Tuscan city. The festival differs from conventional multi-stage events because its concerts are integrated directly into Lucca’s urban landscape. Performances have traditionally taken place in Piazza Napoleone and, for particularly large productions, beside the Renaissance city walls, placing audiences within or immediately alongside the historic centre. Over almost three decades, Lucca Summer Festival has hosted artists representing rock, pop, jazz, soul, electronic music and Italian popular music. Its past programmes have included Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Ennio Morricone and many other internationally recognised performers. Lucca Summer Festival 2027 is therefore more than an opportunity to attend major concerts. Visitors can combine the festival with Lucca’s churches, medieval towers, Renaissance fortifications, museums and traditional cuisine, while Pisa, Florence, Viareggio and other Tuscan destinations are accessible for day trips or longer itineraries. The historic centre is compact enough to explore primarily on foot, while Lucca’s walls Read more [...]
Palio di Siena 2027 – Dates, Traditions and Travel Guide - 16 August 2027
Palio di Siena 2027 will take place twice during the summer, on Friday, July 2, and Monday, August 16, following the traditional calendar established for Siena‘s two ordinary annual Palii. Both horse races are held in Piazza del Campo, at the center of Siena’s UNESCO-listed historic district. The July race is the Palio di Provenzano, dedicated to the Madonna of Provenzano, whose image is venerated in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Provenzano. The August race is the Palio dell’Assunta, associated with the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, historically central to Siena’s religious identity. Only ten of Siena’s seventeen Contrade compete in each race. The horses are assigned by lot three days beforehand, while every Contrada independently chooses its jockey. The race itself consists of three circuits of Piazza del Campo, covering approximately one kilometer on a specially prepared track. The Palio is organized by the Municipality of Siena, but its meaning extends far beyond race day. Contrade function throughout the year as territorial communities with elected institutions, museums, oratories, meeting places, ceremonies, celebrations, rivalries, and social activities that remain integral to everyday Sienese life. When Will Palio di Siena 2027 Take Place? The first race of 2027, the Read more [...]
