Events

The program is very rich. It starts with The Road Swing Band at 9.15pm. At 10.15pm it will be the turn of The Royal Highland Company Ceilidh Band . Bagpipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards will escort towards midnight. Great concert finale with the arrival of the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra which will see on stage the soloists Silvana Froli, Rachael … Continue reading New Year’s Eve Concert “Nessun Dorma”

The highlight of New Year's Eve is at 10pm on Saturday (December 31st) in Piazza Santa Maria. To welcome 2023, the city will gather for an evening of fun and light-heartedness. The show will see the famous singer and TV presenter Luisa Corna on stage with a musical itinerary specially packaged for the most awaited night of the year … Continue reading New Year’s Eve Celebration in piazza Santa Maria

List of places is Tuscany that offer a free visit every first Sunday of the month:   TOSCANA   Arezzo Antiquarium nazionale di Sestino Sestino ( AR ) Basilica di San Francesco Arezzo ( AR ) Casa museo Ivan Bruschi Arezzo ( AR ) Museo archeologico nazionale “Gaio Cilnio Mecenate” e Anfiteatro romano Arezzo ( … Continue reading Free Museum Sunday

The meeting point for the march is in Piazza S. Frediano, on the afternoon of 1 January 2023 at 3.45 pm and after a brief moment of prayer, the participants will parade through the main streets of the city, until arriving in Piazza S. Martino where will conclude with the Archbishop 's blessing .  Mass will then … Continue reading Peace March “Together For Peace”

NEW YEAR'S CONCERT Claire Coolen, soprano Amadi Laga, tenore Maestro Alberto Veronesi, direttore d'orchestra Orchestra del Festival Puccini Georges Bizet | Carmen Preludio Manuel de Falla | Danza ritual del fuego Johann Strauss Jr. | Kaiser-Walzer John Philip Sousa | The Stars and Stripes Forever Giacomo Puccini | Edgar "Orgia, chimera dall’occhio vitreo" "Addio mio dolce amor" Giacomo Puccini | Le Villi "Non … Continue reading New Year’s Day Concert

Click here for a list of open museums in Tuscany.   In Lucca Palazzo Mansi and Museo Villa Guinigi are open.

An exhibition that tells the work of the artist Leonardo Dudreville and the activity of the New Trends group which, alongside Futurism, helped to change the aesthetics of the early … Continue reading New trends Leonardo Dudreville and the avant-garde in the 1910s (final week)

8 class room photography lessons and 2 practical lessons for beginners. €180 for 10 lessons

La Befana, an old witch dressed in rags flying in the sky on her broom, brings sweets and presents to all the good children and coal to those who have been bad. Once again this year the popular committee of Piazza San Francesco in collaboration with the firefighters of Lucca and the Coop of Sant'Anna is organizing … Continue reading La Befana