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January 2027
06.01.–10.01.
🎪 Dolomiti Balloonfestival
Dobbiaco, Italy · Festival · Drei Zinnen Dolomiten — tourist board ↗
In early January, hot-air balloons fill the sky above Dobbiaco. Weather permitting, visitors can take to the air themselves above the snow-covered Pustertal and the Dolomites — advance booking required — while children can enjoy miniature balloon models and evening balloon illuminations. The festival follows on from the end of the Christmas market.
18.01.–20.01.
🎪 Dolomite Snow Sculpture Festival in San Candido
San Candido, Italy · Festival · Dolomitenregion 3 Zinnen, official tourism ↗
An international snow sculpture festival: artists from around the world spend three days transforming the centre of San Candido into an open-air gallery. The sculptures remain on display after the festival, weather permitting.
April 2027
25.04.
🕯 Liberation Day Public holiday Non-working day
Italy · entire country · Commemoration · Camera dei Deputati — festività nazionali ↗
May 2027
01.05.
🕯 Labour Day Public holiday Non-working day
Italy · entire country · Commemoration · Camera dei Deputati — festività nazionali ↗
08.05.
🕊 Saint Nicholas — Patron Saint's Day of Bari
Bari, Italy · Religious event · INAIL — chiusura sede di Bari per festività del Santo patrono ↗
The celebration lasts three days, from 7 to 9 May, with a maritime procession in which the statue of the saint is carried out to sea.
15.05.
🎊 Race of the Candles in Gubbio
Gubbio, Italy · Traditional event · Comune di Gubbio — Festa dei Ceri ↗
Three wooden structures weighing around three hundred kilograms each are carried at a run for four kilometres up the mountain to the basilica — a ritual eight centuries old.
June 2027
02.06.
🕯 Republic Day Public holiday Non-working day
Italy · entire country · Commemoration · Camera dei Deputati — festività nazionali ↗
On this day in Rome, a military parade takes place along Via dei Fori Imperiali, accompanied by an aerobatic display over the city centre.
24.06.
🕊 Saint John the Baptist — Florence's Patron Saint Day
Florence, Italy · Religious event · Comune di Firenze ↗
The same day features the final of the Calcio Storico Fiorentino and an evening fireworks display over the Arno, viewed from Piazzale Michelangelo.
24.06.
🕊 Saint John the Baptist — Turin's Patron Saint Day
Torino, Italy · Religious event · Comune di Torino ↗
24.06.
🕊 Saint John the Baptist — Genoa's Patron Saint Day
Genoa, Italy · Religious event · Comune di Genova ↗
29.06.
🕊 Saints Peter and Paul — Rome's Patron Saint Day
Rome, Italy · Religious event · INAIL — chiusure per festività patronali ↗
July 2027
15.07.
🕊 Saint Rosalia — Palermo's Patron Saint Day
Palermo, Italy · Religious event · Comune di Palermo ↗
On the eve of the public holiday, on 14 July, a Baroque triumphal float parades through the city and fireworks light up the sea — the Festino is the city's largest celebration of the year.
August 2027
15.08.
🕊 Ferragosto (Assumption of Mary) Public holiday Non-working day
Italy · entire country · Religious event · Camera dei Deputati — festività nazionali ↗
September 2027
19.09.
🕊 San Gennaro — Naples' Patron Saint Day
Naples, Italy · Religious event · Italia.it ↗
On this day, the whole city gathers in the cathedral to witness the miracle of the liquefaction of the saint's blood — a Neapolitan ritual unlike anything else in the world.
November 2027
01.11.
🕊 All Saints' Day Public holiday Non-working day
Italy · entire country · Religious event · Camera dei Deputati — festività nazionali ↗
Usually takes place during this period

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January–December
📅 Free Sunday at State Museums date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Other · Ministero della Cultura — domenicalmuseo ↗
On the first Sunday of every month, entry to state museums and archaeological parks is free — including the largest ones.
January–March
🎭 Battle of the Oranges in Ivrea date not confirmed
Ivrea, Italy · Carnival · Storico Carnevale di Ivrea ↗
For three days, oranges are hurled through the streets of the city — a carnival ritual with no parallel in Europe.
January–December
📅 Heavy Vehicle Driving Bans date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Other · Luceverde (ACI) — restrictions calendar ↗
January–March
🎭 Carnival of Viareggio date not confirmed
Viareggio, Italy · Carnival · Carnevale di Viareggio — official website ↗
Six parades featuring enormous allegorical floats made of papier-mâché along the seafront promenade — the largest carnival of its kind in Italy.
January–December
📅 Periods When Railway Strikes Are Prohibited date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Other · AGENS — sectoral discipline for the railway sector ↗
During certain fixed windows throughout the year, railway strikes are prohibited by law — travelling by train during these periods is protected from this type of disruption.
January–December
📢 Transport Strikes date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Strike · MIT — Prospetto degli scioperi dei trasporti ↗
January
🏅 Alpine Ski World Cup — Cortina date not confirmed
Kortina d'Ampeco, Italy · Sports event · Cortina d'Ampezzo — Alpine Ski World Cup ↗
Women's races on the Olympic Olimpia delle Tofane course, set beneath the most iconic Dolomite rock faces.
January–March
🎭 Venice Carnival date not confirmed
Venice, Italy · Carnival · Carnevale di Venezia — official website ↗
Eighteen days of masks, water parades, and historical processions along the Grand Canal and St. Mark's Square — the most famous carnival in Europe.
03.02–05.02
🕊 Festa di Sant'Agata date not confirmed
Catania, Italy · Religious event · Visit Sicily — Festa di Sant'Agata ↗
Three days and three nights of processions through Catania, with a silver reliquary hauled through the streets by the faithful — one of the largest religious gatherings in Europe.
February
🎤 The Sanremo Festival date not confirmed
Sanremo, Italy · Concert · ANSA Liguria — Festival di Sanremo ↗
Italy's biggest music festival turns the entire city into a stage — a free open-air performance on the main square and events throughout the streets, not just inside the theatre.
February–September
🛍 Milan Fashion Week date not confirmed
Milan, Italy · Fair or market · Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana — calendar ↗
Alongside the runway shows, which are closed to the general public, over two hundred fringe events take place across the city, some of which are open to visitors.
March–April
🕊 Processione dei Misteri date not confirmed
Trapani, Italy · Religious event · Misteri di Trapani — official website ↗
Twenty sculptural groups are carried through the city almost continuously for an entire day and night, accompanied by funeral marches — making this the longest procession in Italy.
March
🏅 Rome Marathon date not confirmed
Rome, Italy · Sports event · Turismo Roma — Run Rome The Marathon ↗
March–October
📅 Seasonal Lake Ferry Timetables date not confirmed
Lake Como, Italy, Streza, Italy · Other · Navigazione Laghi ↗
March–April
🕊 Easter date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Religious event · Camera dei Deputati — festività nazionali ↗
March–April
🕊 Easter Monday date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Religious event · Legge 27 maggio 1949, n. 260 ↗
April–May
🏅 Internazionali BNL d'Italia date not confirmed
Rome, Italy · Sports event · Turismo Roma — Internazionali d'Italia ↗
Italy's largest tennis tournament, held at Foro Italico; tickets for the early rounds are affordable and give access to all courts.
April
🛍 Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone date not confirmed
Milan, Italy · Fair or market · Salone del Mobile.Milano ↗
Alongside the furniture fair runs the Fuorisalone — hundreds of free installations and exhibitions spread across the entire city, open to everyone.
April
🛍 Vinitaly date not confirmed
Verona, Italy · Fair or market · Vinitaly ↗
The main fair is trade-only, but the fringe programme opens Verona's historic centre to visitors — tastings in squares and palazzi.
May
🏅 Giro d'Italia date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Sports event · Giro d'Italia ↗
Three weeks across the entire country; a stage passing through your area is a free roadside spectacle.
May–June
🏅 Italian Grand Prix at Mugello date not confirmed
Skarperija, Italy · Sports event · Mugello Circuit ↗
A circuit winding through the Tuscan hills, with one of the loudest crowds on the racing calendar.
May–November
🎨 Venice Biennale date not confirmed
Venice, Italy · Cultural event · La Biennale di Venezia ↗
Six months of exhibitions across the Giardini and the Arsenale — art in even years, architecture in odd ones. For many visitors, this is the sole reason to come to Venice.
June
🎊 Calcio Storico Fiorentino date not confirmed
Florence, Italy · Traditional event · Comune di Firenze — Calcio Storico ↗
A Renaissance game played between the city's four historic quarters on the sand of Piazza Santa Croce, complete with a historical procession through the city centre. The final is held on the feast day of the city's patron saint.
June–September
🛠 Summer Rail Works date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Roadworks · FS News — cantieri estivi ↗
June
🏅 Mille Miglia date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Sports event · 1000 Miglia ↗
Four hundred historic cars pass through art cities across five stages — a procession you can watch for free from the street.
June–September
🎨 Opera at the Arena di Verona date not confirmed
Verona, Italy · Cultural event · Arena di Verona Opera Festival ↗
An opera festival held in a first-century Roman amphitheatre, running from June to early September — tickets start at the price of a cinema ticket.
June–October
📅 Odd and Even Number Plates on the Amalfi Coast date not confirmed
Amalfi, Italy, Positano, Italy, Vjetri sul Mare, Italy · Other · Distretto Turistico Costa d'Amalfi — ANAS ordinance ↗
June–September
📅 Seasonal Ferry Timetable to the Islands date not confirmed
Favinjana, Italy, Lipari, Italy · Other · Liberty Lines — timetables ↗
July
🎊 Festa del Redentore date not confirmed
Venice, Italy · Traditional event · Comune di Venezia — Festa del Redentore ↗
A spectacular fireworks display over the St Mark's Basin and a floating bridge stretching over three hundred metres, erected for this one night only.
July–August
📅 Summer Traffic Surge on the Roads date not confirmed
Italy · entire country · Other · CCISS Viaggiare Informati (MIT and Ministry of the Interior) ↗
July–September
🎪 Mahler Music Weeks date not confirmed
Dobbiaco, Italy · Festival · Euregio Kulturzentrum Gustav Mahler Toblach ↗
A festival dedicated to Gustav Mahler, who spent three summers in Toblach and composed his final works there. Held annually since 1981, and since 1999 at the Grand Hotel Cultural Centre: symphonic and chamber concerts in the hall named after Mahler, lectures, exhibitions, and a concert beside his composing hut in the forest.
July
🏅 Maratona dles Dolomites date not confirmed
Korvara, Italy · Sports event · Südtirol — Maratona delle Dolomiti ↗
02.07–16.08
🎊 Palio di Siena date not confirmed
Siena, Italy · Traditional event · Comune di Siena — Palio ↗
A horse race run by the city's contrade around Piazza del Campo, with several days of trials and ceremonies leading up to it — the most famous traditional race in Italy.
July
🎤 Umbria Jazz date not confirmed
Peruđa, Italy · Concert · Umbria Tourism — Umbria Jazz ↗
Ten days of jazz in Perugia, with big names performing in the arena and free concerts on the main square and in the city's parks.
August
🎊 Val Gardena Traditional Costume Parade date not confirmed
Dolina Gardena (Ortisei, Italy · Traditional event · DOLOMITES Val Gardena — tourist board ↗
A festive procession in which local residents wear the traditional costumes of the Val Gardena valley, accompanied by brass band concerts and folk dancing. It is held alternately in one of the valley's three villages — Ortisei, Santa Cristina, or Selva.
August
🎤 La Notte della Taranta date not confirmed
Melpinjano, Italy · Concert · La Notte della Taranta ↗
The closing concert in Melpignano draws the largest audience of any festival in Italy; before it, the tour visits around twenty venues across the Salento peninsula.
August–September
🛍 UNIKA — Val Gardena Sculpture Fair date not confirmed
Ortisei, Italy · Fair or market · UNIKA / DOLOMITES Val Gardena ↗
The annual fair of the UNIKA association, where woodcarvers, gilders, and painters from Val Gardena exhibit hand-crafted wooden sculptures. The best place to see the contemporary face of the craft for which Ortisei is renowned.
August–September
🎨 Venice Film Festival date not confirmed
Venice, Italy · Cultural event · La Biennale di Venezia — Cinema ↗
The oldest film festival in the world, held on the Lido; a selection of screenings is open to the public with a ticket.
September–October
🎪 Culinarium Urtijëi date not confirmed
Ortisei, Italy · Festival · DOLOMITES Val Gardena — tourist board ↗
Ortisei's autumn gastronomy programme: restaurants and rural homesteads throughout the valley serve traditional Ladin and Gardena dishes, alongside a harvest fair and events exploring the roots of peasant cuisine.
September
🎊 Regata Storica date not confirmed
Venice, Italy · Traditional event · Comune di Venezia — Regata Storica ↗
A procession of historic sixteenth-century boats and rowing races along the Grand Canal, held on the first Sunday of September.
September
🏅 Italian Grand Prix at Monza date not confirmed
Monca, Italy · Sports event · Autodromo Nazionale Monza ↗
The fastest circuit on the calendar and one of the oldest motor racing venues in the world, set in a park just outside Milan.
October
🏅 Barcolana date not confirmed
Trieste, Italy · Sports event · Italia.it — Barcolana ↗
The world's largest sailing regatta by number of vessels; ten days of events turn Trieste into the nautical capital of the Mediterranean, and the race itself can be watched from the shore free of charge.
October
🛍 Genoa International Boat Show date not confirmed
Genoa, Italy · Fair or market · Italia.it — Genova International Boat Show ↗
The largest boat show in the Mediterranean, open to the public, held at the redeveloped Waterfront.
October–November
🛍 Lucca Comics & Games date not confirmed
Lucca, Italy · Fair or market · Lucca Comics & Games ↗
The largest comics and gaming festival in Europe transforms the entire walled city into a stage, drawing around two hundred thousand visitors.
October–December
🛍 White Truffle Fair in Alba date not confirmed
Alba, Italy · Fair or market · Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco d'Alba ↗
The world's premier white truffle market, with tastings and a full programme of events every weekend throughout autumn — the main reason to visit the Langhe in October and November.
October
🏅 Venice Marathon date not confirmed
Venice, Italy · Sports event · Venicemarathon ↗
The route enters St Mark's Square and crosses the Grand Canal via a pontoon bridge erected specially for the race.
November–January
🎊 South Tyrol Christmas Markets date not confirmed
Bolcano, Italy, Bresanone, Italy, Merano, Italy, Trento, Italy · Traditional event · Mercatini di Natale Alto Adige ↗
Bolzano, Merano, Bressanone, Brunico and Trento host the most celebrated Alpine Christmas markets in Italy, running from late November through Epiphany.
November
🛍 Eurochocolate date not confirmed
Peruđa, Italy · Fair or market · Comune di Perugia — traffic measures ↗
A chocolate festival that takes over the entire historic centre of Perugia for around ten days, drawing tens of thousands of visitors.
November–June
🚧 Winter Closure of Alpine Passes date not confirmed
Prevoj Rombo, Italy, Prevoj Stelvio, Italy · Closure · Provincia autonoma di Bolzano — mountain pass closures ↗
December–April
📅 Ski Season in the Dolomites date not confirmed
Kortina d'Ampeco, Italy, Korvara, Italy · Other · Dolomiti Superski ↗
December
🏅 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup — Alta Badia date not confirmed
Korvara, Italy · Sports event · Ski World Cup Alta Badia ↗
The men's giant slalom on the Gran Risa slope kicks off the winter season in the Dolomites; watching from the side of the course is free of charge.
December
🏅 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup — Night Slalom in Madonna di Campiglio date not confirmed
Madona di Kampiljo, Italy · Sports event · Campiglio Dolomiti — 3Tre ↗
A night slalom run under floodlights on the Canalone Miramonti, held just before Christmas — one of the most spectacular sights of the ski season.
December–February
🏅 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup — Sestriere date not confirmed
Sestrijere, Italy · Sports event · Vialattea — World Cup ↗
Races on the Kandahar piste in Via Lattea, with crowds that can exceed thirty thousand spectators.