FESTIVALS
Canelli under Attack
Canelli, Italy - June - 2 days
Corsa dei Ceri
Gubbio, Italy - May - 1 day
Festa de Noantri Rome, Italy - July - 8 days
Festa del Redentore Venice, Italy - July - 2 days
Giostra del Saracino Arezzo, Italy - September 3 - 1 day
Il Palio Siena, Italy - July 2 and August 16 - 2-4 days including associated festivities
Palio of Asti Asti, Italy - September - 1 day
Regatta of the Four Maritime Republics Amalfi, Genoa, Pisa, Venice, Italy - May or June - 1 day
Sa Sartiglia Oristano, Sardinia - February or March - 3 days
Spoleto Festival Spoleto, Italy - July - 2 weeks
Venice Carnival Venice, Italy - February - 10 days
Viareggio Carnival Viareggio, Italy - January and February - 4 days
HOLIDAYS
January 1 New Year's Day
January 6 Epiphany
March 21 Good Friday
March 23 Easter Day
March 24 Easter Monday
April 25 Liberation Day
May 1 Labour Day
June 2 Anniversary of the Republic
August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
November 1 All Saints Day
December 8 Immaculate Conception's Day
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 St Stephen's Day
* Sunday is a holiday anyway, but holiday pay rules apply.
Some Major Events
January Fair of Sant'Orso in Aosta
February Feast of the almond-blossom in Agrigento
February-March Carnival in Venice, Viareggio and Ivrea
March-April "Scoppio del carro" in Florence
May Candle race in Gubbio ;Cavalcata sarda" in Sassari ;Maggio musicale" in Florence
May-June "Festival of the Two Worlds" in Spoleto
June Flower festival in Genzano
July "Palio" horserace in Siena; ;Festa del Redentore" in Venice ;Umbria Jazz"
August Quintana tournament in Ascoli Piceno in Siena ana tournament in Arezzo
August-September "Settimane musicali" in Stesa al & Opera seasons in Milan and Verona
September Historical regatta in Venice Game in Marostica in Asti national Cinema Festival in Venice
October Grape feast in Merano
November Feast of the Madonna della Salute in Venice
December Franciscan crib in Greccio
Please Note:
In addition to the above, local feast days are celebrated in honour of town patron saints, generally without closure of shops and offices. These are:
Turin/Genoa/Florence: Jun 24 (St John the Baptist).
Milan: Dec 7 (St Ambrose).
Siena: Jul 2 and Aug 16, Palio horserace.
Venice: Apr 25 (St Mark).
Bologna: Oct 4 (St Petronius).
Naples: Sep 19 (St Gennaro).
Bari: Dec 6 (St Nicholas).
Palermo: Jul 11 (St Rosalia).
Rome: Jun 29 (St Peter).
Trieste: Nov 3.
Weekend - Saturday, Sunday
