6 January Epiphany Calvacade of the Three Kings, starting at the Palazzo Pitti and winding through the centre of Florence, reproducing the 15th-century Calvacade of the Magi that the Medici once held—not unlike the famous fresco in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi.
January Pitti Immagine Uomo, Men's Fashion Fair in the Fortezza da Basso
February Carnevale, with a parade of floats from Ognissanti to the Piazza della Signoria
March 25 Florentine New Year, on the Feast of the Annunciation, with lots of medieval costumes, food and music, centred on the Santissima Annunziata
Image by Matteo Gazzarri