Cavallino-Treporti Events 2026 — Palio Remiero, Motoraduno, Sagre and the Summer Programme
In a nutshell: Cavallino-Treporti offers a wide-ranging events programme in 2026, spread across all four districts. The top event of the season is the 24th Palio Remiero on 27 June — a rowing-boat regatta with a street-food festival and music. Add the XXXIII° Motoraduno Lagunare (33rd motorcycle rally, 30–31 May), the Sunset Run on 27 June, the Estate letteraria literary series with Marilù Oliva (9 June) and Paolo Roversi (17 July), and the traditional sagre — the Sagra di Ca’Vio, the Sagra Madonna del Carmine in Saccagnana and the Sagra di Santa Filomena in Treporti. For concerts, see the separate concerts page.
Top event 2026 — the 24th Palio Remiero
On Saturday, 27 June 2026 from 4 pm, Piazza S.M. Elisabetta in Cavallino hosts the 24th edition of the Palio Remiero — the peninsula’s most important folk festival, designated an “Evento Top” by the Comune. The programme: a rowing competition in traditional boats between the teams of the four districts, plus a street-food festival with local specialities (fish, vongole, sarde in saor), live music and a closing fireworks display.
The regatta commemorates the old tradition of the vegetable farmers of Sant’Erasmo, Vignole and Cavallino, who once rowed to Venice’s Rialto market every morning. In its modern competitive form the Palio has been held since the early 2000s and celebrates the independent identity of the peninsula, which separated from Venice in 1999. The participating boats are the typical Venetian sandolo and caorline from the local boatyards.
Seasonal highlights month by month
May 2026 — season opening with the Motoraduno
- 30–31 May 2026 — XXXIII° Motoraduno Lagunare (Parco Urbano di Cavallino): the 33rd international motorcycle rally, with a bikers’ welcome on Saturday and tours along the Cavallino-Treporti coast with refreshment stops on Sunday. One of northern Italy’s established motorcycle events (in cooperation with the FMI)
June 2026 — Palio Remiero and festivals
- 9 June, 9 pm — Estate letteraria with Marilù Oliva (Piazza Papa Giovanni Paolo II, Ca’ Savio): the crime writer reads from her latest novel
- 11 June, 5:30 pm — Ca’ Savio Summer Night Street Market 2026: first of the seasonal Thursday-evening markets
- 13 June, 7 pm — Sagra di Ca’Vio (Chiesa Sacro Cuore di Gesù): traditional festival with grilled specialities and live music
- 16 June, 9 pm — Festival Organistico, 3rd edition (Chiesa SS. Trinità Treporti, see the concerts page)
- 27 June, 4 pm — 24th Palio Remiero (Evento TOP, Piazza S.M. Elisabetta)
- 27 June, 7:30 pm — Sunset Run (Cavallino-Treporti): running event at sunset in the lagoon
July 2026 — Litorale Jazz and sagre
- 17 July, 9 pm — Estate letteraria with Paolo Roversi (Ca’ Savio): Italian crime-writing tradition
- 18 July, 7 pm — Sagra Madonna del Carmine (Pra’ di Saccagnana): traditional sagra with procession, street food and dancing
- 20 July, 9 pm — Litorale Jazz Festival (Piazza Papa Giovanni Paolo II, see the concerts page)
August 2026 — high season and the Treporti sagra
- 8 August, 7 pm — Sagra di Santa Filomena (Piazza SS. Trinità Treporti): the third traditional district festival of the season, with music and dancing
- 11 August, 9 pm — Estate letteraria with Nello Cristianini, “Forma Mentis”: a discussion on AI with the renowned Italian scientist (Ca’ Savio)
- Ferragosto weekend (14–17 August): local celebrations and beach programme in all districts
Recurring events
- Mercato di Cavallino — every Tuesday morning (see the weekly market page)
- Ca’ Savio Summer Night Street Market — every Thursday evening from June to September
- Festival Organistico — nine organ concerts spread across the summer
- Bimbimbici Cavallino — bicycle rally for families, annual
How Cavallino-Treporti events differ from Venice
Cavallino-Treporti maintains a very local, village-style festival culture — the sagre are not tourist events but genuine folk festivals with a parish-community character. Street food, live music in the beer tent, processions with statues of the Madonna. If you are after an authentic Italian experience, there is more substance here than in Jesolo (tourist-driven) or Bibione (resort-oriented).
Plus: thanks to the vaporetto link, Cavallino-Treporti events combine easily with Venice events on the same day — breakfast in Cavallino, a morning in Venice (St Mark’s Square), back by midday, sagra afternoon in Ca’Vio.