Carnival 2027: Fat Thursday and Shrove Tuesday dates

Pick the year: the tool works out Fat Thursday, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and the end of the Ambrosian Carnival, starting from the date of Easter.

Time left until Shrove Tuesday 2027, 9 February 2027

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Shrove Tuesday (Martedì grasso) 2027

9 February 2027

The Roman-rite carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday; Milan's Ambrosian carnival on 13 February 2027.

Fat ThursdayThu 4 February
Shrove TuesdayTue 9 February
Ash WednesdayWed 10 February
Ambrosian carnival SaturdaySat 13 February
Easter SundaySun 28 March
How this is calculated
Carnival in the coming years
YearFat ThursdayShrove TuesdayAmbrosian Saturday
20274 February 20279 February 202713 February 2027
202824 February 202829 February 20284 March 2028
20298 February 202913 February 202917 February 2029
203028 February 20305 March 20309 March 2030
203120 February 203125 February 20311 March 2031
20325 February 203210 February 203214 February 2032
203324 February 20331 March 20335 March 2033

Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Law 260/1949 and amendments checked on 28 October 2026

In 2027 Carnival comes early, because Easter falls on 28 March. Fat Thursday (giovedì grasso) is 4 February, Shrove Tuesday (martedì grasso), the last day of Carnival, is 9 February and Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is 10 February. In the diocese of Milan and other areas following the Ambrosian rite, Lent starts the following Sunday and Carnival ends with Fat Saturday, 13 February. All of these dates come from counting back from Easter: 52 days for Fat Thursday, 47 for Shrove Tuesday, 46 for Ash Wednesday. Carnival is not a national holiday in Italy: people work and schools stay open, except in regions that include it in their school calendar. In 2026 Shrove Tuesday was 17 February; in 2028, a leap year, it falls on 29 February.

Carnival dates in the coming years

Dates derived from each year’s Easter
YearFat ThursdayShrove TuesdayAsh WednesdayAmbrosian Fat Saturday
202612 February17 February18 February21 February
20274 February9 February10 February13 February
202824 February29 February1 March4 March
20298 February13 February14 February17 February
203028 February5 March6 March9 March

How it is worked out

Carnival has no fixed date because it is tied to Lent, which precedes Easter by forty days, Sundays excluded. So you start from Easter, computed with Gauss's algorithm and checked against the PTB tables, and count back: Ash Wednesday is 46 days earlier, Shrove Tuesday 47, Fat Thursday 52. Shrove Tuesday can fall between 3 February and 9 March.

Carnival is not on the list of holidays in Law 260 of 1949: for workers it is an ordinary day. Schools follow the regional calendar; the Ministry summary shows Carnival suspensions in some regions.

Easter Sunday 2027

Easter Sunday 2027

28 March 2027

Ash WednesdayWed 10 February
Palm SundaySun 21 March
Good Friday (not a holiday)Fri 26 March
Easter Monday (holiday)Mon 29 March
The Easter that Carnival depends on →

The date of Easter and the steps of the calculation are on Easter 2027; every date of the year in the calendar 2027.

Common questions

When is Shrove Tuesday 2027 in Italy?

Tuesday 9 February 2027, 47 days before Easter. The next day, 10 February, is Ash Wednesday. In Milan and other Ambrosian-rite areas the celebrations go on until Saturday 13 February. Carnival is not a public holiday, although some regional school calendars close schools for a few days.

Are Italian schools closed for Carnival?

Carnival is not a national holiday, so as a rule schools and workplaces are open. Some regions and autonomous provinces do add one or more days of suspension to their school calendar, and individual schools can use the days at their disposal. The tool on the school calendar page lists suspensions region by region.

Why does Carnival last longer in Milan?

Because in the Ambrosian rite, followed in the diocese of Milan, Lent begins on Sunday rather than Ash Wednesday. Carnival therefore ends on Fat Saturday, four days after the Roman rite's Shrove Tuesday. The difference goes back to the tradition of St Ambrose.

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