Venice Biennale 2026 stands as one of the world’s most anticipated cultural events, transforming the city of Venice into an expansive stage for contemporary art, cinema, theatre, dance, and music. Recognized globally as a benchmark for artistic innovation and international creative dialogue, Venice Biennale 2026 will unite institutions, curators, artists, performers, and audiences from around the world in a seven-month celebration of human expression and cultural exchange. As each edition reshapes the global artistic landscape, the 2026 program promises to reaffirm Venice’s role not only as a historical hub of artistic heritage, but also as a forward-looking laboratory of contemporary thought and experimentation. Taking place across multiple venues throughout the lagoon city – from the monumental Arsenale and the iconic Giardini to the Lido – Venice Biennale 2026 continues a tradition that dates back to 1895, when the first International Art Exhibition inaugurated a new era in culture. Today, the Biennale spans a constellation of artistic disciplines that extend far beyond its original format, creating one of the most comprehensive artistic ecosystems on the planet. With a program that includes the 61st International Art Exhibition, the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, as well as the Biennale’s festivals dedicated to theatre, Read more [...]
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Festa della Salute 2026 – Venice’s Annual Tribute of Faith
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Venezia Jazz Festival 2027 – Live Music Across Historic Venice
The Venezia Jazz Festival 2027 will bring another international music programme to Venice in summer 2027, continuing an event created by Veneto Jazz and developed around concerts staged across some of the city’s most distinctive historic and cultural locations. The upcoming edition will be the 19th edition of the festival. Since its creation in 2008, Venezia Jazz Festival has established a format that connects live music with Venice itself. Rather than relying on a single festival ground, previous editions have used theatres, churches, cultural institutions, hotels, public spaces and other historic venues, allowing each performance to acquire a different architectural and acoustic context. Although jazz remains fundamental to the festival’s identity, its programmes have never been limited exclusively to traditional jazz. Over the years, the event has incorporated soul, funk, world music, electronic music, contemporary composition and crossover projects, alongside performances by internationally recognised jazz musicians. The Venezia Jazz Festival 2027 is produced by Veneto Jazz, an organisation active in the region for decades and responsible for concerts featuring some of the most important figures in international jazz and contemporary music. Its activities extend beyond Venezia Jazz Festival and include concerts, special events, educational projects and collaborations with cultural institutions. Read more [...]
Simply Red @ Venezia Jazz Festival 2027
Buy tickets:TicketOne Simply Red will perform in Venice on Friday, June 25, 2027, as part of the Venezia Jazz Festival 2027. The concert will take place in Piazza San Marco, one of Italy’s most recognisable public spaces, and is scheduled to begin at 9:00 PM. The Simply Red concert in Venice will open the Italian section of the band’s Summer Funk ’27 Tour. The tour follows the group’s 40th-anniversary celebrations and will take Mick Hucknall and his musicians through major venues across the United Kingdom and continental Europe during summer 2027. The Venice performance is organised within Venezia Jazz Festival 2027 by Veneto Jazz and Vigna PR, in collaboration with the City of Venice and Vela. The return of the festival to Piazza San Marco places the British band in a venue previously used for some of Venice’s most important large-scale summer concerts. The show has been presented as an energetic celebration of Simply Red’s catalogue, with Fairground, Something Got Me Started and Money’s Too Tight (to Mention) among the songs specifically highlighted for the tour. Mick Hucknall remains the central figure of a band whose career now extends beyond four decades. Simply Red Simply Red emerged in Manchester Read more [...]
