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Festival dates are among the most frequently copied and outdated facts on the travel web. Every date here carries its source, confidence label and the day it was last checked.
The Strasbourg Christmas Market runs from late November to Christmas Eve. The most recent edition took place in 2025, with daily hours from 11:30 am to 9 pm, except on Christmas Eve when it closed at 6 pm. For the upcoming edition, dates are expected to be similar, but official confirmation is pending.
Colmar's six themed Christmas markets fill the historic old town with lights, crafts, and Alsatian flavors. This guide covers typical dates, opening hours, locations, parking, and tips for a magical visit.
The Festival d'Avignon transforms the city each July with theatre, dance, and performance. This guide covers when it runs, how to buy tickets online, by phone, or on site, and how to use discount cards like the Carte Festival and Carte 3 clés.
Autumn gives you summer's weather without summer's crowds, plus the sagre, the truffle season and the film festivals. Here is how September to November runs.
Naples visits the sepolcri on Holy Thursday; Procida carries 40-60 tableaux through the streets at dawn on Good Friday. How Campania does Easter.
How Holy Week works in Rome: which papal ceremonies need free Vatican tickets, which do not, where the Via Crucis happens, and what closes over Easter.
Milan programmes the Castello Sforzesco's courtyard from June to September — theatre, concerts, dance and open-air cinema. What runs, and what else is on.
Estate Fiorentina spreads concerts, cinema and theatre across Florence's gardens and cloisters from June to September. What it covers and how to find it.
Estate Romana turns Rome's ruins and riverbanks into venues from June to October. What the programme covers, what is free, and how to find the schedule.
Florence's festival year: the Easter cart explosion, the 24 June patron saint day and Calcio Storico, the summer programme, and the September lantern festival.
December in Italy splits in two: a month of Christmas markets, then a near-total shutdown from 24 December. Here is what runs, what closes, and when.
Naples opens palaces, cloisters and churches for a month each May with 200+ mostly free events. How the programme works and why booking matters.
