Venice will host 18 days of Carnevale this year, with events taking place along the city's canals and across its bridges and squares from 14 February until 4 March. The theme of the 2025 edition of the Carnevale di Venezia is Il tempo di Casanova and is devoted to the colourful Venetian figure Giacomo Casanova on the 300th anniversary of his birth.

The city's mayor Luigi Brugnaro said this year's carnival will be a journey through the 18th-century Venice of Casanova, "a man who embodies the charm, freedom and passion that characterise the soul of La Serenissima". Famed as a womaniser, Casanova was a tireless adventurer who spent his life travelling through Europe, mingling with royalty and cardinals, and constantly changing his role from cleric to spy, con man to diplomat.