BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Global Social Season//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Global Social Season — Venice X-WR-CALDESC:The international calendar of where to be and when REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:P1D BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-438@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160946Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270912 SUMMARY:Venice International Film Festival — 84th edition (expected) LOCATION:Palazzo del Cinema\, Lido di Venezia\, Venice Lido\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The oldest film festival in the world\, held on the Lido eac h September and the effective opening of the awards season.\nhttps://gl obalsocialseason.com/events/venice-film-festival\nDates: Not yet announ ced. La Biennale had published no 2027 Mostra dates at the time of writ ing. The estimate follows the festival's settled pattern of eleven days opening on a Wednesday and closing on a Saturday in the window that st raddles late August and early September (2024: August 28 - September 7\ ; 2025: August 27 - September 6\; 2026: September 2-12). Dates are norm ally confirmed in the winter\, with the program announced in late July. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/venice-film-festival STATUS:TENTATIVE CATEGORIES:Film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-286@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160946Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123 SUMMARY:Venice Biennale — 61st International Art Exhibition LOCATION:Giardini della Biennale and Arsenale\, with pavilions across th e city\, Venice\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The oldest and largest international art exhibition: a hundr ed national participations across Venice for six months of every even y ear.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/venice-biennale\nDates: The 61st edition\, In Minor Keys\, conceived by Koyo Kouoh\, opened to the public on Saturday 9 May 2026 and runs to Sunday 22 November 2026. The pre-opening ran 6\, 7 and 8 May. It is open at the time of writing. 11 0 invited participants\, 100 National Participations and 31 approved co llateral events\; seven countries take part for the first time. La Bien nale has said the Golden Lions ceremony will be held on the closing day \, 22 November\, rather than at the opening. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/venice-biennale STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-436@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160946Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270210 SUMMARY:Carnival of Venice LOCATION:Piazza San Marco and the historic centre\, Venice\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Eighteen days of masks\, water processions and public specta cle in Venice\, ending on Shrove Tuesday and run by the city itself.\nh ttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/venice-carnival\nDates: The offici al site lists Carnevale di Venezia 2027 as 23 January to 9 February 202 7\, closing on Shrove Tuesday. The city has in recent years run an open ing week before the main programme in order to spread visitors\, and so me listings therefore give 30 January as the start of the principal per iod\; both readings share the 9 February close. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/venice-carnival STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-116@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160946Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 SUMMARY:Homo Faber — An Island of Light (fourth edition) LOCATION:Fondazione Giorgio Cini\, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore\, Venic e\, Italy DESCRIPTION:A month-long exhibition of craftsmanship on the island of Sa n Giorgio Maggiore\, staged every second September by the Michelangelo Foundation.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/homo-faber\nDates: T he organizer publishes Homo Faber 2026 as September 1–30\, 2026 at th e Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore\, under the title An Island of Light. It is the fourth edition. Es Devlin hold s the artistic direction and has made fifteen installations across the Cini's buildings and grounds\, bringing together the work of more than 500 artisans from over 70 countries\, with live demonstrations\, worksh ops and guided routes alongside. Tickets are sold on the event's own pl atform. At the time of writing the exhibition is open and has about thr ee and a half weeks left to run. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/homo-faber STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Design END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-388@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160946Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270717 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270719 SUMMARY:Festa del Redentore LOCATION:Bacino di San Marco and the Giudecca canal\, Venice\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Venice's plague-thanksgiving festival: a bridge of boats to Palladio's Redentore\, fireworks over the basin on Saturday night\, and rowing races on Sunday.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/festa-d el-redentore\nDates: Fixed by tradition rather than announced: the Rede ntore always falls on the third Sunday of July\, which is 18 July 2027\ , with the fireworks on Saturday 17 July 2027. The Comune di Venezia pu blishes the detailed programme - bridge opening\, regatta start times\, water-traffic restrictions - in late June or early July. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/festa-del-redentore STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gss-284@globalsocialseason.com DTSTAMP:20261023T160946Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271122 SUMMARY:Venice Architecture Biennale — 20th International Architecture Exhibition LOCATION:Giardini della Biennale and Arsenale\, with pavilions across th e city\, Venice\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The architecture half of La Biennale\, held in odd years in the same Giardini and Arsenale buildings as the art exhibition.\nhttps: //globalsocialseason.com/events/venice-architecture-biennale\nDates: La Biennale has published 8 May to 21 November 2027 for the 20th edition\ , with a pre-opening on 6 and 7 May. Curated by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu o f Amateur Architecture Studio under the title Do Architecture - For the Possibility of Coexistence Facing a Real Reality. URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/venice-architecture-biennale STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR