October: Historic Boat Festival Regatta Storica (the first Sunday in September) This day all Venice's most distinctive celebrations use boats and gondola all travel on the Grand Canal, all participants will wear formal costumes, is the most popular traditional festival after Carnival. November: Salvation Day Festa della Salute (November 21) The locals in Venice valued the festival, thank the Virgin for the salvation, then will build a pontoon bridge above the Grand Canal until the Basilica of Santa Maria Save (Santa Maria della Salute). December: San Stefano Festival Santo Stefano (December 26)