Events

57th CITY CUP OF LUCCA 29 - 30 JULY 2022 REGISTRATION OPEN - Wed 29 June 2022, 8 a.m. ENROLLMENT CLOSED - Sat 23 July 2022, midnight

Treat yourself to the thrill of experiencing the gardens of Villa Reale in the suggestive light of the sunset with a chicnic with a starry character like that of the renowned Butterfly restaurant in Marlia which from this year collaborates with Villa Reale for picnics outside the city and with the bistro SurReale in the historic center. Thanks to … Continue reading Picnic at Sunset in the Park of Villa Reale

On the two weekends of 29-30-31 July and 5-6-7 August, in Sant'Angelo in Campo, a hamlet of the municipality of Lucca, the feast of the Tordello di Sant'Angelo will be held. They will be evenings in the open air to be spent in the company of traditional hand-made tordelli, accompanied by a tasty mixed grill, … Continue reading Tordello Festival

TOSCA 29 July 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 … Continue reading Puccini Festival – Tosca

Concert for the Adolfo Betti award July 29  Municipal Gardens, Bagni di Lucca Performance by the winning String Quartet of the Competition within the Virtuoso & Belcanto 2022 Festival  Co-produced with: Voces Intimae - Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival

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

Pablo Atchugarry, one of the most important exponents of the international contemporary art scene, presents "The Awakening of Nature". Palazzo del Esposizioni. 6pm The meeting with the curator of the exhibition GianGuido Grassi is at the reception at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni ( Piazza S. Martino, n.7) where we will find the amazing sculptures in … Continue reading Atchugarry Exhibition – Free Guided Tour

MADAMA BUTTERFLY August 6 Torre del Lago -open-air theatre on the shores of Lake Massaciuccoli Giacomo Puccini spent three long years documenting and minutely studying the customs and traditions of Japan to shape Cio Cio San, his heroine who, 117 years after her first performance (Milan’s Teatro alla Scala on 17 February 1904) retains all … Continue reading Puccini Festival – Madama Butterfly

Starting from 19 March 2022, the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Musei del Bargello will be hosting Donatello, The Renaissance. This historic, once-in-a-lifetime exhibition sets out to reconstruct the outstanding career of one of the most important and influential masters of Italian art of any age, juxtaposing his work with masterpieces by other Italian Renaissance masters such as … Continue reading Donatello Exhibition Florence – Final day

Menu: Prosecco Crostini with anchovies butter Mussels alla Maria Sea food pasta with lemons Stuffed Seppia with potato salad Dessert Limoncello, caffee Wine, Water Vegetarian option available

Sunday July 31st New appointment with the crossbowmen from Lucca who are back in action on the shooting ranges by organizing the 4th edition of the Giostra Ghibellina. The name of the tournament is inspired by the well-known Lucca leader Castruccio Castracani, Ghibelline par excellence, who was the first to use a huge force of … Continue reading Giostra Ghibellina – Crossbowmen Tournament