Carnival in Acireale

The Carnival in Acireale, defined as The most beautiful Carnival in Sicily, is one of the oldest on the island, and takes place every year in the city of Acireale.
The the stupendous streets and squares of the historic center of Acireale become the setting for a show that reaches its peak with the parades of allegorical-grotesque floats, through which the Acireale artisans express their imagination and artistic prowess. The floats are made of paper mache and are illuminated by thousands of bulbs and lights. The floats, during the exhibition, perform spectacular movements creating ever-changing scenery. The allegorical floats parade on the three Sundays of the Carnival of Acireale, on Shrove Thursday and every day from the last Saturday to Shrove Tuesday.
In addition to the papier-mâché floats, the last week of Carnival also parades the flower's floats, large floats where the figures are made up of hundreds of thousands of flowers with movement and lights. They are also equipped with mechanical movements and lights. The flowered floats of Acireale arise from the tradition of covering cars with flowers and for this reason they are still called the flower's cars.

Dates and Scheduling

4 Mar 2025

Entrance ticket

Exhibition of miniature carts at the Maugeri Theater (full day).

10:00 Exhibition of allegorical carts and display of isolated masks.

13:00 Musical entertainment.
 Piazza Duomo

15:00 Parade of allegorical carts, masked groups and isolated masks.

21:00 Mania 90 Da Radio 105 con Dario Micolani, Emanuele Caponetto, Elenoir.
 Piazza Duomo

22:00 Spettacolo Musicale Antipasto all’Italiana PIAZZA INDIRIZZO

23:30 Awards ceremony for the various competing competitions.

24:00 Burning of King Joker and See you at the Flower Festival.

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