On Epiphany afternoon Malamocco burns the panevin, a wooden pyre seven metres high, and passes vin brule, bagigi and sweets round it while the Befana hands candy to the children.
Dates and details checked September 24, 2026 by Elliot Marsh against the organiser's site.
Hotels in Venice around 6 January 2027, dates pre-filled. Prices and availability open on the partner site.
Festa della Befana di Malamocco runs 6 January. These are the food tours and tastings in Venice to book for the days around it; most cancel free up to 24 hours ahead.
Private tour · 2 hours
Visit to the convent complex with its Renaissance church, cloisters and enclosed area that has housed the oldest urban vineyard in Venice since 1254, with a guided tas...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Embark on a bacaro food tour in Venice and savor Spritz, Prosecco, cicchetti, warm dishes, and gelato while discovering local culinary traditions with a guide.
Guided tour · 2h 30m
Taste your way through Venice's bacari culture, crossing the Grand Canal like a local and discovering the neighborhoods where Venetians gather for cicchetti, wine, and...
Address: Isola di Malamocco, Lido di Venezia, Venice
25 Apr 2027
Festa di San Marco
Risi e bisi, baccala mantecato, sarde in saor, fritoe
7-14 Jun 2027
Festa di Sant'Antonio a San Francesco della Vigna
Bigoi in salsa, lasagne, fried fish with polenta
23 Jan to 9 Feb 2027
Carnevale di Venezia
Frittelle and galani pastries
17-18 Jul 2027
Festa del Redentore
Sarde in saor, bigoli in salsa eaten on boats
24 May 2027
Vogalonga
Post-row lunches at the bacari, Soave and Prosecco
5 Sep 2027
Regata Storica
Long lunches by the Grand Canal
15 Jan to 1 Mar 2027
EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
Orlando
27-31 Jan 2027
Key West Food & Wine Festival
Key West
25-27 Jan 2027
Millésime Bio
Montpellier
16-18 Jan 2027
Naoussa, the City of Wine (Xinomavro Festival)
Thessaloniki
25 Jan to 7 Feb 2027
Providence Restaurant Weeks (Winter)
Providence
16-17 Jan 2027
Sant Antoni
Palma