Events
Christmas Concert by Italian Air Force Band
December 15th, 2018
Opera Season 2019/20
December 19th, 2019; January 10th, 12th; February 7th and 9th; April 21st ; May 3rd, 4th, 7th and 23rd, 2020
The Season offers both traditional works and new proposals, to make feel people “home”, and also encourage young people to get to know theatre
On horseback in the heart of Po Delta Park
From January to December
Excursions organised by Po Delta Tourism
Cribs in Comacchio
From December, 14th, 2018, to January, 31st, 2019
Suggestive cribs set up in the streets and squares, under the arches of the bridges and along the canals of the historic center of Comacchio
Guided tour at the Pomposa Abbey
November, 30th; December, 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 26th, 28th, 29h
Excursions by boat in the Comacchio Lagoons
Boat excursion on the Lagoon with a stop at the traditional “casoni”
Rebel women. Renata di Francia and Giulia Gonzaga
From the December 15th, 2017 to March 11th, 2018
A contemporary point of view on the female side of Renaissance. On display, precious miniatures by Agnieszka Kossowska, for the first time in Ferrara, to remind us the story of Renata di Francia, Giulia Gonzaga and other “rebel” women of the Italian Renaissance.
The Crèche on the water
Monday, December 24th 2018
Organized by Gruppo Subacqueo Ferrarese. A torchlight parade of scuba divers who will deliver the Holy Child in his traditional crèche, on the moat of the Castle.
L’arte per l’arte – Painting the affections: Sacred art in Ferrara from the 16th to the 18th Centuries
January 26th-December 26th, 2019
“L’arte per l’arte” returns to the Este Castle. Following a project formerly organized by Comune di Ferrara, here is presented a little known artistic heritage of great significance for our city and a journey through time from the sunset of the Este dynasty up to the Enlightment
Concert Season 2019/2020
September, 21st, 2019 – May 8th, 2020
The program 2019-2020 of the Concert Season of Ferrara Musica proposes nine months of appointments in the sign of the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven and the great orchestras of Claudio Abbado, together with a lot of chamber music and piano concerts of great interest
Nativities in the world
December, 24th, 2017 – January, 6th, 2018
Ada Vecchi Simani shows her collection of over a thousand Nativity scenes from all over the world.
New Year's Celebration
December 31st, 2019 - January 1st, 2020
New Year’s Eve in Ferrara is one of the most peculiar events in Italy: a big party in the city centre and the great fireworks show on the Castle
Christmas in Comacchio
From 1st December to 6th January 2020
Christmastime in Comacchio: concerts, choirs, nativity scenes, guided tours and many more activities
Market of Stellata
Second Sunday of each month.
Street market with more than 200 stalls selling furniture, clothes, coins, records, books, crafts, accessories.
Winter Wonderland
December, 25th, 2018 – January, 6th, 2019
January 12nd, 13rd, 19th and 20th, 2019
Christmas on a carousel 2018-2019. The largest indoor amusement park in Italy
Articles from the Old days - Antiques and Craft Market
First Saturday and Sunday of every month (except August).
Street market for antiques and objects to collect.
Comacchio: Carnival on the water
February, 16th and 23rd 2020
Parade of boats and masks on the streets and canals of Comacchio
Internazionale a Ferrara 2020
October 2nd-4th, 2020
A series of free lectures and meetings held by journalists and authors from all over the world
De Nittis and the revolution of seeing
1st December 2019 – 13th April 2020
De Nittis, like Boldini, was a prominent figure on the late-nineteenth-century Parisian scene throughout his career, first as avant-garde exponent of the realist school in southern Italy, and later as a full-fledged part of the Parisian innovators with whom he shared interests in photography and Japanese art, fields that profoundly influenced his work.
Friday Farmer’s Market
Every Friday
Natural fresh products from our countryside.
Boat excursion in the moat of the Estense Castle
Every Saturday, Sunday and Holidays
Boat excursion in the moat, to see the Castle from a different point of view
Comacchio. Nativity on the water
24th December 2019
Nativity scene at Piazzetta Trepponti. An event with light and water games, many colours and traditions
Gospel concert The Charleston Mass Choir
23rd December 2019
Gospel concert
New Year's Eve at Comacchio
31st December 2019
Great event on the main bridge of Comacchio, with fireworks display at midnight on the Trepponti
