July 23rd – 31st 2011

Great expectations for the fourth edition of the Venice Jazz Festival, scheduled July 23rd to 31st 2011. In addition to such a major international event as the presence of Sting with the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Fenice, which will play in the unique setting of Piazza San Marco on July 29th, also some other concerts by some other important musicians of the international jazz scene: the Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora, to be hosted on July 26th at the Teatro La Fenice

Venezia Jazz Festival
July 23rd – 31st, 2011

The Venezia Jazz Festival, which will be held in the Laguna from the 23rd to the 31st of July, 2011 is one of the most important festivals in Italy and combines a rich and exclusive program with the unique beauty of the locations. This year, one of the highlights of the event will be Sting, accompanied by orchestra and band, on July 29th, 2001 in Piazza San Marco . The Symphonicity Tour will include Sting’s biggest hits presented with symphonic arrangements, all-time greatest pieces, as well as those from The Police, such as “Every Little Thing She Does Is

From 9th to 10th June 2011

The lead acts for the 2011 Heineken Jammin’ Festival have finally been announced: 9th June COLDPLAY, 10th June NEGRAMARO and on 11th June VASCO.

As in past years the kermesse musical event will take place in the striking location of Parco San Giuliano, a large green space over looking the Venice

31st December 2010
Venice, St.Mark Square

At last it was announced the timetable for the New Year’s Eve 2010 in Venice, which includes the installation of a wonderful Cassarmonica, designed by Mariano Light, famous worldwide for its lights, a brilliant carousel- shaped stage topped by a cupola, which will provide a perfect acoustic amplification so that the sound is audible from anywhere in the Square, where the show “Love 2011” will start from 10.30 p.m., presented by the speaker

From 23rd to 28th December 2010
St. Mark’s Square

This year Venice Marketing and Events will contribute to divulgate “Winter in Venice”, a rich and detailed proposal of events that will take place in Venice from 8th December 2010 to 8th January 2011 including also the event “Lights and music in St. Mark’s Square“: five absolutely free classical music concerts that will take place between Christmas Eve and the Boxing Day, in the incredible scenery of the most romantic square in the world.

Malibran Theatre
6th -14th November 2010

From the prestigious stage of the Malibran Theatre the fourth edition of “Veneziaindanza’’ organized by the Venetian company Tocnadanza e by the Municipality of Venice, under Michela Barasciutti’s artistic direction, will start on 6th November 2010.

12th September – 23rd October 2010
Various locations

“The sites of Baldassarre“, Galuppi and Music Festival, presents, for 2010 too, a rich program, divided into the usual two sections of oratorio and concerts.

The Rare Instruments Section will be enriched, this year, with the presentation of an unusual instrument: the Alphorn (or Swiss horn), usually used as a bird call in alpine pastures or for folk music, but in this context it will be presented in its concert capacity in texts written just for such instrument of which Alessio Benedettelli is the most

3rd September 2010

On September 3rd 2010 the Great Hall of Palazzo del Cinema host the ceremony to John Woo’s for Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement at the 67th International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art in Venice.

30th August,
Arena Campo San Polo,
screening of ‘Vittorio tells Gassman’

The 67th International Film Festival of Venice will pay homage to Vittorio Gassman, one of the most extraordinary personalities of Italian cinema, on the tenth anniversary of his death, with a special programme consisting in a world premiere screening on the 1st September (Gassman’s birthdate) in the Sala Perla, of ‘Vittorio tells Gassman’, Una Vita Da Mattatore (80’) a ‘confession-film by Vittorio Gassman’ full of unknown sequences, realized by Giancarlo Scarchilli with the collaboration of

From 23 july to 1 august 2010

The  jewel in the crown of the Veneto Jazz calendar is the  Venice Jazz Festival in its third season scheduled for  July 23 – August 1, 2010.
The line-up includes a series of concerts in the prestigious  Teatro La Fenice, in Piazza San Marco and in other significant areas around the city, with a carnet of collateral events that will take place in locations  and in the public “campi”  around Venice, using a formula of audience involvement  in varying hours of the day and night.