Have a good Carnival time!

SATURDAY 15th

Floating Venetian Show 1st part – 06:00 pm The floating “Festa veneziana” that opens, as usual, the Carnival, doubles,offers an outstanding evening show made of music, fun and “fantastic creatures” will take place on the banks of Cannaregio.

SUNDAY 16th

Floating Venetian Show 2nd part – 10:30 p.m. Water parade sailing along the Canal Grande to the folkloristic district of Cannaregio, where the audience will watch these unique boats and where the eno- gastronomic stalls, with the traditional carnival delicacies, will offer venetian food specialities.

MONDAY 17th to Friday 21st Ice Skating in Campo San Polo

SATURDAY 22nd Piazza San Marco Walking Theatre “Secrets of Venice” – 11:00am / 02:30pm / 04:30pm

Actors of the theatre company “Pantakin”, will guide you through the maze of mystery that belongs to the lagoon. Shows available in Italian, English and French. The Best Masked Costume contest – 11:00am / 3:00pm

The competitors parade on stage, defying each other by fantasy break and costumes, masks and wigs, feathers and caps.

Festa delle Marie – 02:30 pm

Well-structured in different days, allows to admire the traditional venetian period costumes. Inauguration today with the parade of the twelve girls selected in the previous weeks.

SUNDAY 23rd Piazza San Marco

Walking Theatre “Secrets of Venice” – 11:00am / 02:30pm / 04:30pm

Volo dell’Angelo – 12:00 am

A traditional event that goes back to the ‘700 when an unknown guest of Venice, flying along a rope from San Marco bell tower to the middle of the square, offered homage to the Doge, and will be greeted by the crowded parterre of the period costumes parades of the Historical Re-enactments.

The Best Masked Costume contest – 03:00pm /06:00pm

 

MONDAY 24th Piazza San Marco TUESDAY 25th

WEDNESDAY 26th

THURSDAY 27th

FRIDAY 28th

SATURDAY March 1st

Walking Theatre “Secrets of Venice” – 11:00am / 02:30pm / 04:30pm

The Best Masked Costume contest – 11:00 / 01:00pm / 03:00pm / 06:00pm

 

SUNDAY March 2nd

Walking Theatre “Secrets of Venice” – 11:00am / 02:30pm / 04:30pm

The Best Masked Costume contest – 11:00/13:00

The Best Masked Costume contest “The Grand Finale” – 02:30pm / 05:30pm

The Gran Finale of the Best Masked Costume Contest is one of the most attended show of the Carnival. The qualifiers will parade with their costumes, colors, creativity, to win prestigious prizes.

The qualifiers will be selected by a jury of experts, who will decide the two winners of the Best Masked Costume and the Mask who will interpretate at best the theme of the Carnival 2014,“Natura Fantastica”.

The Donkey flight – Piazza Ferretto – 12:00

The Volo dell’Asino parody of the “flight of the Angel”in Piazza San Marco,comes back again at Piazza Ferretto, Mestre, with a new, sensational edition full of surprises.

The Eagle flight – Volo dell’Aquila Piazza S. Marco – 12:00

Even in the 2014 edition of the Carnival, the great show of the “flight” or, better, the “svolo”, multiplies

with a new spectacular flight from the bell tower to the stage, giving new emotions to the people standing at the Gran Teatro.

MONDAY March 3rd Piazza San Marco Walking Theatre “Secrets of Venice” – 11:00am / 02:30pm / 04:30pm

The Best Masked Costume contest – 11:00am / 01:00pm

Gran Finale – Special International Prize for the Best Face Mask “La natura fantastica” 03:00pm / 06:00pm

At San Marco Square will take place the Gran Finale of the Special International Prize for the Best Face Mask “La Natura Fantastica”.

The 20 selected qualifiers will parade on Gran Teatro stage to win 3 prestigious prizes: the Special Prize “La Natura Fantastica” and 2 special mentions, for the to the material and the manufacture ability, for the plasticity and the ability in artistic expression.

TUESDAY March 4th Piazza San Marco Walking Theatre “Secrets of Venice” – 11:00am / 02:30pm / 04:30pm

The Festa delle Marie 2014 – Award Ceremony

The award ceremony for the 2014 winning “Maria” will stage in San Marcov Square, where the 12 Marie will arrive by boats, leaving from Campo San Giacomo dell’Orio.

At 4.30 pm, there will be the “crowining ceremony” of the Maria of this Carnival.

The “Svolo del Leon”

Let’s celebrate the highest tribute to the Lion of San Marco, painted on a large canvas, symbol of our city that, exceptionally, will fly up to the bell tower over the audience in the square.

To welcome him, on stage at the Gran Teatro of San Marco, twelve young ladies from Venezia, the “Marie” will salute the flag.The event is a ritual full of emotions, to say goodbye to the Carnival of Venice.