Northern Italy consists of 8 regions :
 
   
~ Veneto ~
 
Venice Carnival - Last week of January to the first week of February (date might change).
Venice - First week of April  - Su' e giu' per i ponti (su e zo  per i ponti - up and down the brigges). An exciting race  through the canals. .
 
Venice - April 25 - Feast of St Mark, the city’s patron saint, coincides with Liberation Day.
 
Biennale - Venice - June -September - World's biggest exhibition of temporary art -Takes places during  odd numbered years only.
 
Regata Storica -  Venice - First sunday of September - A parade of historic boats and gondolas.
 
Marostica - (Vicenza province) Real Life  Chess  game - 2nd week of September. A costume game held in front  of the medieval castle.
Festa della Salute - Venice - Third week of November - Thanks to the Virgin Maria in memory of the 1630 plague.
 
 
~ Trentino Alto  Adige ~
 
Val di Fiemma - Dolomiti Sky Jazz Festival - Mid March 
Festa dello Speck - Bolzano - Late  May.  A celebration of the famed 'prosciutto' .
Festa dell'uva - Bolzano - Various dates - October - November - Allegoric cars - music , dance , costumed procession.

~ Piedmonte ( Piemonte) ~
  
Turin -  Mid June - Festa San Giovanni , the city patron saint.
Asti  - The Palio - Third Sunday of September - Bareback horse racing and  a costume medieval  procession.
 
Tartufo exhibition - Alba - Between October and November - A  variety of events concentrating on  the local grown white truffle.