Cool jazz can heat up winter in Umbria. As sister festival to the summer jazz event held in Perugia, this festival spreads jazz throughout the city in myriad forms -- evening concerts, jazz-accompanied lunches, outdoor and indoor concerts, and more, with all flavors and styles of jazz showcased. Highlights include twice-daily marching parades featuring Funk Off, the New Year's Eve ...
The skies above Turin light up with fireworks on New Year's Eve, at the Piazza Vittorio Veneto on the River Po. Get your FREE copy of Dream of Italy's Christmas in Italy Guide
On December 31, Rome's Piazza del Popolo fills with revelers who party throughout the night to celebrate the coming of the new year. When all these big kids go to bed on the morning of January 1st, the little kids are free to come out and celebrate in the Piazza, as clowns, acrobats, masked performers, and other charming events abound ...
A classical concert performed by the enlarged ensemble (14 musicians), including Flavia Bernardi (soprano), the Massimo Cagnin (tenor) and Nico Mamone (baritone). Held at 9:30 at the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro, Venice. Dream of Italy readers can save 10% on tickets for this event using the promo code: Dream-of-Italy Get your FREE copy of Dream of Italy's Christmas in Italy Guide
The "Violini a Venezia" concert series by the string orchestra Interpreti Veneziani combines harmony, classical music and tradition at the splendid ancient venues of Venice. Held at 8:30 p.m. at Chiesa di San Vidal, Venice. Refer to the website below for performance dates.
On snowy, icy roads in Madonna di Campiglio, vintage cars built before 1968 and outfitted with spiked tires race 231 miles through major mountain passes in the Dolomites.
The Viareggio Carnevale is famous for its floats, which carry 200 people in costumes and satirize political figures, and its huge, papier-mâché Trojan horse-like puppets. The Carnevale also is an excuse for people to play practical jokes, so watch out!
Cioccolentino is held in honor of Valentine's Day in Terni, the town where St. Valentine rests. The handcrafted chocolate festival features tastings and the Milky Way, a competition that sees master chocolatiers create a 70-metre-long chocolate block in less than two hours.
Verona, the town where Romeo and Juliet lived, is decorated with red heart-shaped lanterns for Valentine's Day and offers free romance-themed concerts in Piazza dei Signori. Note: Dates have not been confirmed. Please check the official event website for updates.
The Venice Carnevale is the grandest and most extravagant Carnevale in Europe, hosting processions, concerts, masquerades, balls, theatre performances, and ceremonies over a two-week period of revelry. Visitors can enjoy the spectacle as onlookers or be part of the action by dressing up in masks and period costumes and attending masquerades and gala dinners.
