Events in Venice, Italy
November in Venice brings 5 events from the official calendar, 3 concerts and 6 exhibitions, and the dated listings run from 15 November to 16 December. On the official calendar are Biennale Arte 2026 (9 May to 22 November) and Players, games and video games at M9 (14 October to 14 February 2027). Music runs from Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons on 22 November to Gaia Banfi - L'ultima Maccaia tour on 16 December. In the museums, the list includes Michael Armitage, The Promise of Change at Palazzo Grassi until 10 January 2027. Every listing below has its own dates and a link to find out more.
Official Venice events in November
The events below come from Venice's official events calendar, and each card links to the organiser for dates, times and locations. For the sights that stay open all year, see the guide to visiting Venice.
Biennale Arte 2026
When: 9 May to 22 November
Where: Giardini and Arsenale, Venice
The 2026 Art Biennale runs from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026.
Players, games and video games at M9
When: 14 October to 14 February 2027
Where: M9 Museum, Mestre
The M9 Museum exhibition Players spans a century of video game history, open until 14 February 2027.
Arte Laguna Prize 2026
When: 6 to 29 November
Where: Arsenale Nord, Venice
The Arte Laguna Prize 2026 exhibition shows works by 120 finalist artists at the Arsenale Nord.
Festa della Madonna della Salute
When: 21 November
Where: Basilica of Salute, Venice
The feast of the Madonna della Salute is held on Friday 21 November 2026 in Venice.
Art exhibitions and museum shows in Venice
Erwin Wurm, Dreamers
Until: 22 November
Where: Museo Fortuny
The first major monographic show of the Austrian sculptor in Italy, from the One Minute Sculptures to the swollen volumes of Fat Car and Fat House.
Jenny Saville
Until: 22 November
Where: Ca' Pesaro
The first major exhibition of Saville's work in Venice brings over 30 paintings and drawings, from the 1990s to a new cycle made in homage to the city.
Paulo Nazareth, Algebra
Until: 22 November
Where: Punta della Dogana
Paulo Nazareth's Algebra is on show at Punta della Dogana from 29 March to 22 November 2026.
Spiral Economy, Charrière and Canova
Until: 22 November
Where: Museo Correr
Julian Charrière sets his sculpture, video and sound against Antonio Canova's marbles in the Canova rooms, a meditation on matter, erosion and deep time.
Michael Armitage, The Promise of Change
Until: 10 January 2027
Where: Palazzo Grassi
Forty-five paintings and over one hundred studies by the Kenyan-British painter, spread across two levels of the palazzo.
Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka and the Body in Contemporary Art
Until: 14 February 2027
Where: MUVEC, Mestre
The new House of Contemporaries opens with the three Viennese masters of the body, carried forward through Manzoni, Gina Pane and later artists.
Venice tickets and tours
Bank holidays and local festivities in Venice
Public holidays change a visit more than most travellers expect. Public offices and banks close, shops and museums often move to a holiday timetable and boat and bus services can run to a different frequency, so a day built around one museum can fall apart. Italy fixes its civil holidays by national law, and the list grew for 2026: a law passed in October 2025 added 4 October, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of Italy, from 1 January 2026. The same law counts every Sunday as a holiday, which is why Easter Sunday, on 5 April 2026, is not listed separately. Venice adds one day of its own.
National holidays in Italy 2026
- 1 January New Year's Day (Capodanno)
- 6 January Epiphany (Epifania)
- 6 April Easter Monday (Lunedì dell'Angelo)
- 25 April Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione)
- 1 May Labour Day (Festa del Lavoro)
- 2 June Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica)
- 15 August Assumption Day (Ferragosto)
- 4 October Saint Francis of Assisi (San Francesco d'Assisi)
- 1 November All Saints' Day (Ognissanti)
- 8 December Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione)
- 25 December Christmas Day (Natale)
- 26 December Saint Stephen's Day (Santo Stefano)
Local holidays in Venice 2026
Saint Mark is the patron saint of Venice and his feast falls on 25 April, the day the whole country already keeps as Liberation Day. The city therefore takes its patron saint holiday on 21 November, the feast of the Madonna della Salute, and state offices based in the Comune di Venezia close that day.
- 21 November Madonna della Salute, the city patron saint holiday, local
Venezia Unica publishes a single daily opening time for each of the five IAT points, and it gives them no separate holiday timetable. The only holiday note in the whole listing sits on the Mestre counters for fines and resident parking permits, which open Monday to Saturday, public holidays excluded, so anyone travelling on one of these dates should check the office page on the day.
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