Events

The promenade, bulwark by bulwark, note by note, association by association ... The access and the route are free, but starting the walk from the cafe delle Mura, as the architect Nottolini had thought when in the nineteenth century the Urban Walls were transformed from a military building into an original urban park, the welcome … Continue reading And the Stars Were Shining – Walk along the Walls with Music performances & Associations opening their doors

Lucca Jazz Donna is a festival dedicated to showcasing female musicians. The frequency is annual and its purpose is to identify, select and enhance women in jazz: in singing, in … Continue reading Lucca Jazz Donna – Female Jazz Festival

The Tango Querido association returns Every Thursday for 17 years. And it will be in the beautiful Piazza San Frediano to host the Free Milonga In front of the Caffe … Continue reading Argentine Tango Social Dance – Note new location

August 12-15 Piazza Napoleone Beautiful Handicraft Market Exhibition on 12-13-14-15 August. As always, it will be a success with especially foreign audiences who flock to the city in those days. Precious artifacts of all kinds and materials. Knitwear, tailoring, leather goods, woodworking, headgear, ceramics, organic companies and much more. A mid-August in the city as … Continue reading Piazza in Arte

Aquilea soup festival in the Village of Aquilea in the hills of Lucca  5-6-7-12-13-14-15 August 2022 The Aquilea soup is the only one with a recipe included in the PAT list (traditional agri-food product), in the Showcase of Tuscan specialties and Aquilea the only soup town !!! Soup and wine pairing .. Divine !! In … Continue reading Soup Festival in Aquilea

TURANDOT 12 and 20 August Turandot surrenders to Love! Puccini’s unfinished opera, the work with which he delves deeply into the human soul, remained unfinished because the Maestro hesitated for so long over how to render the transformation of the Princess of Frost who, from her natural predisposition towards death, finally opens up to life … Continue reading Puccini Festival – Turandot

The program includes eight concerts, every Friday evening at 9.15 pm, from July 1st to August 19th inclusive . The public will have to pay for access to the botanical garden, which for the evenings has been specially reduced to the sum of 3 euros. It is possible and advisable to book, using the Summae platform or directly … Continue reading Concert in the Botanical Garden

August 12th, Villa Bottini - ELVIS From his rise to fame to his unprecedented superstardom, rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley maintains a complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, over the course of 20 years. Central to Presley's journey and happiness is one of the most influential people in his life -- … Continue reading Open Air Summer Movie Festival – Elvis (Original version with subtitles)

Dancing under the stars of Aquilea -12-13-14-15 August 2022 Where to dance in August in Lucca? Here is where the music festival starts again in the fantastic location of the Lucca hills. In the renewed track of the sports area of ​​the town of Aquilea, artists from the most varied musical experiences will alternate; from … Continue reading Aquilea – Festival of Music

TOSCA 13 and 26 August Tosca is undoubtedly Puccini’s most dramatic opera, cruelty and sadism provide the backdrop for the story of love and death set in Rome in the 1800s. At the Puccini Festival 2022 it will be presented in a production by Pier Luigi Pizzi, with Enrico Calesso on the podium of the … Continue reading Puccini Festival – Tosca

Surreale moves to Villa Reale for 3 summer evenings in which food, beauty and music will create the perfect mix! As you know last year a new adventure began with the opening of the Bistrot Surreale in the historic center of Lucca and on the occasion of the first anniversary, we decided to celebrate where … Continue reading Barbecue in the Park of Villa Reale