What's on in February 2026

February in Italy is usually quiet.

Not this year.

With the Winter Olympics pulling half the country into orbit, everything else has shifted around it — Carnival, Sanremo, medieval festivals, and one of the largest religious processions in the world, all compressed into a few weeks.

In this episode: Olympic Italy, masked Venice, an organised orange battle, and a calendar that doesn’t quite make logistical sense.

These are the things actually worth your time in Italy this February.

Let’s begin.