Concerts
july 3nd:
Aerosmith
Cranberries
july 4th
Green Day
30 Second To Mars
Rise Against
july5th:
Black Eyed Peas
Massive Attack
july 6th:
Pearl Jam
Ben Harper & The Relentless
Skunk Anansie
Gossip
Wolfmother
From 23 February 2010 to 7 June 2010
Heineken Jammin Festival 2010 Venice
From 31 December 2009 to 28 February 2010
Giorgione
Five hundred years after his death, a great event celebrates the genius and greatness of an artist who has created some of the most emblematic works of the Italian Renaissance. Castelfranco Veneto, along with the Veneto Region and Province of Treviso, is undertaking a broad and ambitious project.
The celebrations began in May 2009 with the inauguration of the Museo Casa Giorgione, a museum where the enigmatic figure of the artist and the cultural context surrounding him find concrete expression in works, places and architectural reconstructions. The Altarpiece in the Cathedral and the frieze of The Liberal and Mechanical Arts are the most important items in the heritage of the city and both are prominent features of the museum exhibition, along with the 15th-century House, the venue for the collection, which is where the Master used to work.
An unusual feature of the celebratory project is the extraordinary exhibition running from December 2009 to May 2010.
For the first time ever, the genius, greatness and charm of Giorgione’s early works are displayed in his hometown. A new and original survey enables visitors to admire the masterpieces from the first phase in Giorgione’s career, alongside those by artists he was in contact with during his short life, including Giovanni Bellini, Lorenzo Costa, Carpaccio, Perugino, Sebastiano del Piombo, Palma the Elder, Leonardo, Raphael and Titian.
Major national and international museums are contributing in homage to the great master from Castelfranco Veneto: among others, the State Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, the Uffizi of Florence, the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana of Milan, the Louvre of Paris, and the National Gallery of London. The exhibition represents a unique occasion for visitors to approach the enigma, mystery and myth surrounding the artist in the very land where he grew up and from which he drew his inspiration.
From 26 June 2009 to 31 December 2009
Market Fair of Antiques in Venice
Every second Sunday and Monday of the month Ticket prices: free
From 20 June 2009 to 31 December 2009
THE ANTIQUES MARKETS IN TREVISO AND PROVINCE
Treviso Cose di altri tempi: this antiques market’ll take place in Borgo Cavour, care of Porta Santi Quaranta on the fourth Sunday of the month, except for July.
Asolo, The antiques markets takes place on the second Sunday of every month, except for July and August.
Badoere, This event takes place on the first Sunday of evey month, except for August care of Rotonda, in the centre of Badoere.
Collalto di Susegana, It’ll take place on the second Sunday of every month, except for April, October and August.
Conegliano, There’ll be the market on the fourth Sunday of every month, except for September.
Godega di Sant’Urbano, The event’ll take place on the third Sunday of the month, except for July and August.
Monastier, The antiques market will take place on the first Sunday of every month, except for January, July and August.
Oderzo, There will be this event on the first Sunday of the month, except for January, July and August.
Paese, The antiques market takes place on the third Sunday of the month, except for July and August.
Portobuffolè, It’ll take place on the second Sunday of the month, except for August.
Preganziol, There will be the antiques market on the third Sunday of the month, except for July, August, November and December
Roncade, The event’ll take place on the second Sunday of the month in the centre, except for January, July, August and September.
San Biagio di Callalta There will be the market on the first Sunday of every month.
Spresiano, The second-hand market takes place in the centre on every Sunday of the month.
San Zenone degli Ezzelini, The event’ll take place on the third Sunday of the month, except for July and August.
Villorba, The antiques market takes place only on January 30, May 29, July 31 and October 30 in Piazza Aldo Moro.
Vittorio Veneto, care of the district called “Serravalle”, The open-air market takes place the first Sunday of every month.
Vittorio Veneto, care of the district called “Ceneda”, The event takes place on the second Sunday of every month, except for August.
From 6 September 2009 to 6 September 2009
The Historical Regatta
Water is the element that most characterises Venice and it is no coincidence that the most famous and spectacular festivity in the city takes place on the waters of the Grand Canal. The earliest historical evidence of rowing races dates from the second half of the 13th Century. However, it is probable that similar events were already popular: Venice was essentially a seafaring city and ready reserves of expert oarsmen were a prime necessity.
The champions regatta in “gondolini”
It is one of the most eagerly awaited sporting events of the year: the best-known rowing champions compete, having been chosen from a long and complex selection in August. The competition is for gondolini, agile, quick boats used only in this regatta. Given the boat’s characteristics, what you need are: natural balance, innate technical ability for the stern oarsman and great strength for the front oarsman, plus a pinch of cunning and a profound knowledge of the currents. For all these reasons it is not unusual to see rowers in their fifties triumph in this competition: experience often has the upper-hand over physical strength.
From 18 July 2009 to 19 July 2009
The Redentore Feast-day
The Redentore is one of the Venetians’ most treasured festivities, and is a tourist attraction thanks to the spectacular firework display in the evening. It falls on the third Sunday in July, when Holy Mass is held in the presence of the Patriarch, followed by a religious procession. But the special moment of the festivity takes place on Saturday night: with the unbeatable backdrop of Saint Mark’s Basin, a play of lights and reflections produce a kaleidoscope of colours with the silhouetted spires, domes and bell towers of the city behind. In the three years between 1575 and 1577 the Serenissima was tormented by the plague: aided by the high density of the population, the disease spread through the city, causing terrible losses. Almost 50,000 died, which was more than a third of the city’s inhabitants. On September 4, 1576, the Senate decided that the Doge should announce the vow to erect a church dedicated to the Redentore (Redeemer), in return for help in ending the plague. On July 13, 1577, the plague was declared definitively over and it was decided that the city’s liberation from the terrible disease should be celebrated on the third Sunday in July. The Redentore today:Tradition dictates that at sunset the well illuminated boats, decorated with boughs and coloured balloons, begin congregating in Saint Mark’s Basin and the Giudecca Canal. In the boat, there are either carefully prepared or hastily put-together tables laden with traditional Venetian dishes for dinner. Everyone eats, drinks, dances and jokes whilst waiting for the firework display, which begins at 11.30pm and lasts until after midnight.
Then the boats slowly set off for home or for the Lido, to wait for sunrise. Whilst thousands of tourists watch the firework display from the banks of the Giudecca and along Saint Mark’s Basin, Venetians traditionally watch it from their specially decorated boats which are illuminated with coloured paper lanterns. The surface of the water is literally teeming with thousands of lights and boats.
