Rome

Holidays and Festivals

JANUARY
Epiphany

FEBRUARY
Lenten season

MARCH
Ides of March

APRIL
Easter (The Pope says mass on Holy Friday at the Colosseum.)
Natale di Roma (Rome's birthday is celebrated with fireworks.)
Liberation Day
International Horse Show
Rome Masters Golf Tournament

MAY
Labour Day
Foro Italico (Roman International Tennis Championship)
Spanish Steps Azaleas Display

JUNE
Derby Horse Racing
Anniversary of the Republic
St. Peter's Square papal benediction (Sundays)
Crew race between teams Oxbridge and Aniene

JULY
Expo Tevere (artisan fair)

AUGUST
Assumption of the Virgin Mary

OCTOBER
National Golf Championship

NOVEMBER
All Saints Day
National Unity Day
Premio Roma horse race

DECEMBER
Birth of the Virgin Mary
Feast of St. Stephen