If you don’t want to count it, we’re just fine with that. This one, on the other hand, tries too hard to be fun, packing in endless Mr. Freeze puns and silly costumes and excessive carnival-clown ...

Viareggio is also home to the Burlamacco, a masked carnival clown created in 1930 by the futurist painter Uberto Bonetti. For details of the 2025 celebrations see Viareggio Carnevale website.