Events

Saturday (August 27) returns to the Saturday of the Environment, the monthly watercourse cleaning appointment promoted by Consorzio 1 Toscana Nord together with local associations, municipal administrations and waste removal companies. Also this month, many volunteers from Lucca have met along the waterways to remove waste and abandoned plastics. Lucca, Porta Santa Maria, with the … Continue reading Saturdays of the Environment (Monthly Event)

Nights at the museum . Between Caravaggio and Paolini Friday 24 June, Thursday 21 July and Saturday 27 August we are waiting for you with three extraordinary evening openings of the exhibition “Pittori della Luce. From Caravaggio to Paolini” curated by Vittorio Sgarbi at the Cavallerizza of Lucca. Reduced ticket to €12 for everyone, audio … Continue reading Painters of Light – Night at the Museum

The Barga Jazz Festival - Teatro dei Differenti The Festival includes, in addition to the concerts, the International Arrangement and Composition Competition for Jazz Orchestra, the Barga Jazz Contest, educational activities and some collateral events. The program: August 22- Barga  - MINGUS 100 ro celebrate the occasion 100 years since the birth of Charles Mingus … Continue reading Last Night of the Barga Jazz Festival

As part of the White Night celebrations the Real Collegio will open the space of Santa Caterina cloister to music.

JULY 15-AUGUST 27 The Puccini Festival is one of the most important opera festivals in Italy and the only one in the world dedicated to Puccini. It takes place in the summer, in the months of July and August, in the places that were inspirational for the Maestro. The Festival offers the opportunity to listen … Continue reading The Puccini Festival

LA RONDINE 27 August “Posterity will see what a bijou!” The opera that Puccini composed between May 1914 and April 1916 for the Carltheater in Vienna will be presented in a production that is the result of a collaboration with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, but which, due to the war, was not staged in Vienna … Continue reading Puccini Festival – La Rondine

Gara di Balla -Dance Competition Piazza Gudiccioni,Lucca 9 pm performance by Mirco and Milena from the dance association MMPASSIONEDANZA  followed by a ballroom dance contest with a twist. Each participant can choose any dancer who is a friend or relative or acquaintance etc etc and participate in a new and fun competition with one or … Continue reading Dance Competition

After two years of darkness, the Notte Bianca returns to Lucca on August 27th the last Saturday of August.  The event, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary, is a party for the whole city: an event that in the past has attracted thousands of people to the historic center, representing an important driving force … Continue reading Notte Bianca – White Night

The stage from Lucca to Montecatini (120 kilometers long) will again conclude the 2022 edition of the international women's cycling tour of Tuscany , from 25 to 28 August. The stage will take place on the 28th of August with departure at 12 from Lucca and arrival at around 16 on Viale Verdi. All this after having committed three … Continue reading Women’s Giro d’Italia Lucca – Montecatini stage

ENTRANCE TO THE LAVENDER FIELDS 30,000 Square Meters of Organic and Biodynamic Lavender Cultivation. FLORA invests in Italy, in Tuscany, in a responsible way to protect the environment IN CASE OF WET FIELDS AND ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, ENTRANCE TO THE LAVENDER FIELDS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: Hours 9-13 / 16-20 … Continue reading Lavender Days

A Sagra is a local food festival specialising on local, home made specialties. Often combined with live music performances of local artists. For more details check your local news paper. … Continue reading Sagre of all kinds near Lucca – last days

August 29. Villa Bottini - BULLET TRAIN Five assassins find themselves on a fast moving bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with only a few stops in between. They discover their missions are not unrelated to each other. Buy. tickets here click here for program 28.6.-31.7. - All films are in Italian except where noted … Continue reading Open Air Summer Movie Festival – Bullet Train (Original version with subtitles)