Events

MOMIX Known throughout the world for its shows of exceptional inventiveness and beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancers-illusionists directed by Moses Pendleton . His fame is linked to the ability to evoke a world of surreal images by interacting with human bodies, costumes, tools, plays of light. The company takes its name from a solo conceived by Pendleton - … Continue reading MOMIX Marina di Pietrasanta

Wednesday August 3. at 8pm Presented by Art Ehi. - Via San Georgio 87, Lucca Art Ehi is a community space located in Lucca. Hosting exhibitions, classes, information sessions, and ArtNight. An experience to meet new people, gain new skills and drink wine. Art Ehi is an ethical venture incessantly considering the environment. Using a … Continue reading Art Night – Multimedia

MOMIX Known throughout the world for its shows of exceptional inventiveness and beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancers-illusionists directed by Moses Pendleton . His fame is linked to the ability to evoke a world of surreal images by interacting with human bodies, costumes, tools, plays of light. The company takes its name from a solo conceived by Pendleton - … Continue reading MOMIX Marina di Pietrasanta

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 Zita. A corner of Buenos Aires is recreated where the tango expresses itself in all its essence And "la Strada" returns to its origins. Where … Continue reading Argentine Tango Social Dance – Note new location

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

TURANDOT 5,12 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

Friday 5. August at 9 pm S. Caterina Cloister, Real Collegio Lucca Dance Italia gives a free performance  At the end of an international advanced training contemporary dance workshop, from New York under the Artistic Direction of Stefanie Nelson. Every year more than 50 dancers, teachers, choreographers and artists on the national and international contemporary … Continue reading Dance Italia – From New York to Lucca -Free Performance

Summer Music Review Real Collegio - Cloister of Santa Caterina 06/08/2022 - 9pm Solo piano Francesco Xaverio Geminiani  Pièces de clavecin (I. Prélude-Lentement; II. Gayment; III. Vivement; IV. Tendrement; V. Vivement); César Franck - Prélude, Choral et Fugue; Fryderyk Chopin - Barcarolle op. 60; Franz Schubert - Impromptu, op. 142, n. 3; Georg Friedrich Händel … Continue reading Summer Music Review

Solo Piano Concert - Cristian Monti Place Cloister of Santa Caterina - Real Collegio - 9pm Categories Concert Solo piano Francesco Xaverio Geminiani - Pièces de clavecin (I. Prélude-Lentement; II. Gayment; III. Vivement; IV. Tendrement; V. Vivement); César Franck - Prélude, Choral et Fugue; Fryderyk Chopin - Barcarolle op. 60; Franz Schubert - Impromptu, op. … Continue reading Classical Concert

MADAMA BUTTERFLY July 30 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) … Continue reading Puccini Festival – Madama Butterfly

 ORGAN CONCERT BY FRANZ JOSEF STOIBER August 7, 6:30pm A rich program of concerts by Choirs and Organists in the Cathedral of San Martino from June 3 to November 22, with world-renowned names and established musicians, holders of famous cathedrals and churches.   FLAM - Lucchese Federation of Musical Associations www.musicaincattedralelucca.com www.maurus1958@virgilio.it

August 8. 2022 Villa Bertelli - Forti dei Marmi The historic English progressive band Jethro Tull will be in Italy for a series of unmissable events. Jethro Tull have carved out a space in the history of music with their folk-rock-prog characterized by the unmistakable transverse flute of Ian Anderson.   Link to buy tickets … Continue reading Jethro Tull concert in Forte dei Marmi

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 composition and arrangement, in the use of various instruments and musical styles. It was born in March 2005 to fall in the period in which … 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 Zita. A corner of Buenos Aires is recreated where the tango expresses itself in all its essence And "la Strada" returns to its origins. Where … Continue reading Argentine Tango Social Dance – Note new location

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

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

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)

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

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 Zita. A corner of Buenos Aires is recreated where the tango expresses itself in all its essence And "la Strada" returns to its origins. Where … Continue reading Argentine Tango Social Dance – Note new location

Under The Tower - Michaela Kasparova Palazzo Guinigi, via Sant'Andrea 43, Lucca. From 16 July to 19 August 2022 "Under the Tower": a personal exhibition of the Bohemian-born artist and adopted Lucchese Michaela Kasparova. Michaela plays with the unpredictable, sometimes with the absurd; he delights in fairy tales and legends, suggestions and melodies, a dance … Continue reading Art Exhibition – Sotto Le Torre (Under the Towers)

LA RONDINE 19 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

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

Gala di Danza Saturday August 20 Teatro La Versiliana An unmissable appointment awaits you! The Soloists and Principal Dancers of the Teatro alla Scala will be the protagonists of this fantastic show under the stars, in a most magical place at the Versiliana Grand Stage! Buy your ticket on Ticket One 👇 https://www.ticketone.it/.../gala-di-danza-solisti-e.../

FROM UKRAINE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE OPERA LA BOHEME BY THE LVIV THEATRE STAGED ON 23 AUGUST IN TORRE DEL LAGO'S GRAND OPEN-AIR THEATRE Music as a vehicle for peace and solidarity. Support for artists in a country at war A tribute also to the great Ukrainian soprano Solomija Krusceniski, a citizen of Viareggio, … Continue reading La Boheme by the Lviv Theatre from Ukraine

August 25th 9.30 pm - Piazza Cittadella | Puccini lyric recital Puccini evenings in the historic center of Lucca. Evening appointments with recitals for singing and piano in the square in front of the birthplace, enliven the Lucca summer every year. The review is dedicated to selections of arias, duets and concertos accompanied on the … Continue reading Puccini Lyric Recital

Thursday 25.August 6:30pm San Martino Cathedral Leonardo Ciampa As an organ recitalist, Ciampa has made a dozen European tours encompassing Italy, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. He is particularly admired in Italy, where he has played in numerous international festivals (Festival Perosiano, Festival Biellese, Organi Storici della Valsesia, Le Voci della Città, Festival Organistico Lauretano, Reate … Continue reading Cathedral Music Organ Concert – Leonardo Ciampa

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 composition and arrangement, in the use of various instruments and musical styles. It was born in March 2005 to fall in the period in which … Continue reading Lucca Jazz Donna – Female Jazz Festival

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

TOSCA 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 Puccini Festival … Continue reading Puccini Festival – Tosca

WAW (acronym of We are women) which will be staged on Friday 26 August at 9 pm in the Cloister of S. Caterina (Real Collegio - Lucca) It tells the meeting between two opera singers who, intoning famous opera arias, show how complicated it is to be a woman and to dialogue with the male … Continue reading We Are Women

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

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

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)

Meeting of the Millepiedi Run 🐛 in Lucca on the walls in front of the ancient Ristorante Caffe del Mura  at 07.30 on Sunday 04 September 😎 For all those who want to do charity by running, the Cuoricini Group in collaboration with @omar ciutto Ambassador of Dynamo Camp organize the Millepiedi Run ❤: a … Continue reading Millepiedi Run for Charity

Summer Music Review 04/09/2022  5:30pm String quintet with piano  -The Franz Peter Schubert - Quintet Franz Peter Schubert - Quintet «The Trout» D 667 Valentina Ciardelli - Quintet n. 1 Leonard Bernestein - Two themes from West Side Story - (arr. Valentina S. Ciardelli) Manuel De Almeida-Ferrer, violin Ignazio Alayza, viola Antonio Gervilla Diaz, cello … Continue reading Summer Music Review