3 events — A Riviera-level selection: dates, venues and how to get in.

• Saturday 6 February 2027 (official date announced on ilballodeldoge.com). The theme of the 2027 edition has not yet been revealed; the venue is announced by the authorised ticket office (Scuola Grande della Misericordia), the official website does not yet name it.
  Il Ballo del Doge 2027 — masked gala ball of the Venice Carnival
  Venice's most closed-door masked ball: four hundred guests in period costume, gala dinner, dancing and performances unti
• 9 May - 22 November 2026 (open throughout August)
  Biennale Arte 2026 — In Minor Keys (61st International Art Exhibition)
  A public Biennale, yet a magnet for collectors, houses and private jets, with satellite private dinners.
• 9 May - 23 November 2026 (open in August)
  Helter Skelter: Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince (Fondazione Prada Venice)
  Palazzo Prada on the Grand Canal, Jafa and Prince on show, the Prada ecosystem, public access.