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  • Ai Musicanti

    The top-class orchestra and singers perform opera highlights by Verdi and Rossini, music by Vivaldi and Mozart, and Italian folk music.

  • This converted cinema regularly stages live ethnic and other music, free of charge. The day’s programme is generally posted on the door.

  • An enthusiastic multilingual welcome is extended to all visitors in this lively wine bar that never seems to close. It boasts almost non-stop service, an extended “happy hour” from 4–7pm and a delicious assortment of Spanish-style tapas snack meals to accompany the wine.

  • However late in the evening, you can turn up here and count on live music, a good glass of wine and a crusty crostino topped with anchovies or cheese. On summer evenings locals row up to the waterside entrance.

  • Casinò Municipale, Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi

    A magnificent start to an exciting evening – a special ACTV launch from Piazzale Roma transports hopeful clients down the Grand Canal to the landing stage of the beautiful Renaissance palace, alias City Casino, for a glittering night at the tables or the slot machines. It is also a short walk from the San Marcuola ferry stop.

  • Centrale

    A thoughtful use of candles and soft music helps to create a pleasant and welcoming ambience to this lounge bar and restaurant. They serve imaginative and sometimes somewhat innovative Mediterranean cuisine each evening until 2am.

  • While listening to the uplifting notes of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons , or a masterpiece from Bach or Benedetto Marcello take a moment to unwind and relax from the day’s sightseeing. The Church of San Vidal was rebuilt around 1700 and has a spacious interior.

  • One of the many lively music bars that can be found in Campo S Margherita. Chet Bar is a popular joint and is, as the name clearly indicates, dedicated to that great trumpet player Chet Baker.

  • Youthful but expert singers and musicians perform comic operas at the Scuola dei Carmini (see Scuola Grande dei Carmini). It makes for a memorable evening.

  • Visconti’s film starring Dirk Bogarde is now as classic as the Thomas Mann novel on which it is based (see Death in Venice, Thomas Mann).

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