Events
Calendar of Events
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 events,
INSTALLATIONS 4 installations in as many iconic places in the historic center of Lucca curated by international contemporary artists. The multimedia artist Francesco Zavattari will sign with his unmistakable sign the installation Baluardo di Neve e di Stelle in the basement of the bastion San Martino and the Lucense Christmas tree in Piazza Guidiccioni. The Belgian architect, but naturalized from Lucca, Michel Boucquillon … Continue reading Christmas Installations (final week)
-
Igudesman & Joo Igudesman & Joo , the comedy and musical duo formed by the Russian violinist Aleksej Igudesman and the Anglo-Korean pianist Hyung-ki Joo, famous all over the world for their brilliant executive and interpretative ability and for having captivated millions of people by creating comedy shows that unite classical music to popular culture, will … Continue reading Puccini Days: Igudesman and Joo Comical Concert for Violin and Piano
€17,00
|
5 events,
-
8 class room photography lessons and 2 practical lessons for beginner and intermediate level. €180 for 10 lessons
€180,00
|
7 events,
-
Presentation of the new Slow Food Guide "Osterie d'Italia 2022" incl. dinner prepared by eight restaurants/chefs from Lucca and the surrounding area.
€40,00
-
Drink, Speak Share Every Wednesday 9pm-11pm Luccalibri Libreria Caffe - near Lucca Train Station Come on down and meet some lovely locals. A language exchange group from Italy that started 5 years ago and since then we meet regularly to practice languages in Lucca. The idea behind “Drink, Speak and Share” is to connect locals … Continue reading Drink, Speak, Share – Language Exchange
Free
|
6 events,
-
Please confirm time and cost when making your reservation at 366 175 8719 |
7 events,
CHRISTMAS MARKET AND OTHER MARKETS On holidays, go around the artisan markets to find the latest and most original gifts. In Lucca, the Christmas Market is in Piazza San Frediano, from 2 to 24 December , with lots of handicraft products and Christmas decorations.
Free
-
A fundraiser for the Counseling Center for Families in Lucca. The ACF has been offering services for families, couples, women and children for more than thirty years through “La Famiglia” counseling center – Centro Accoglienza alla Vita (CAV) What are the services offered by the “La Famiglia” counseling center FREE consultancy, clarification and support interventions, … Continue reading Variety Show (Fundraiser for Families and Children in Need)
€10,00
|
14 events,
Fashion in Flair will feature the work of craftsmen responsible for the best in Italian-made quality clothing, jewels, accessories, furniture and art. The event will also offer creative, wellness and beauty workshops as well as entertainment, food and wine. Guests, too, will feel right at home, and will have the chance to enjoy a few relaxing … Continue reading Fashion In Flair – Christmas Artisan Market
Free
MARKET EXHIBITION OF QUALITY PRODUCTS: FUN, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT. Il Desco is the most awaited market exhibition dedicated to agri-food products of the year, the reference point for those who love quality, traditions and culture related to food. The event is held in the historic setting of the Real Collegio in Lucca during the two … Continue reading Il Desco Regional Food Show
Free
Best wishes from us who are far away The Province of Lucca, together with the Paolo Cresci Foundation for the history of Italian emigration, has set up an exhibition on Lucchese plaster nativity scenes in Palazzo Ducale made from 1800 to the present day It will be open from 3 December to 8 January … Continue reading Exhibition of Plaster Nativities (final week)
Free
GANZO FEST was born. Stuff, ideas and sustainability A weekend of sustainability, conviviality and music ... at zero kilometer! Things? 👉 A micro festival of reuse and sustainable craftsmanship designed to share products and ideas with high social and environmental sustainability. What will you find? 🙌 Sustainable craftsmanship, recovered objects, workshops, music and conviviality. … Continue reading Ganzo Fest: Things, Ideas and Sustainability |
14 events,
-
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
Free
|
7 events,
Concerts and lectures dedicated to Lucca's most famous son Giacomo Puccini at Teatro del Giglio, several churches and the Puccini Museum. Visit the Teatro del Giglio website for the detailed program |
8 events,
-
8 class room photography lessons and 2 practical lessons for beginner and intermediate level. €180 for 10 lessons
€180,00
|
10 events,
On 7 and 8 December 2022, a new edition of the event entirely dedicated to the masters of cocoa returns to Barga. Two days for the historic center of Barga in which you can find many special chocolate-based specialties and tastings. Initiatives for young and old will frame the "Chocolate". In addition, lights, colors and … Continue reading Chocolate Fair in Barga
-
-
Drink, Speak Share Every Wednesday 9pm-11pm Luccalibri Libreria Caffe - near Lucca Train Station Come on down and meet some lovely locals. A language exchange group from Italy that started 5 years ago and since then we meet regularly to practice languages in Lucca. The idea behind “Drink, Speak and Share” is to connect locals … Continue reading Drink, Speak, Share – Language Exchange
Free
|
16 events,
Magico Natale is the first edition of Villa Reale in which adults and children will be able to immerse themselves in the magical Christmas atmosphere by visiting the park and museums of Villa Reale during the last two opening weekends of 2022: #savethedate 8, 9, 10, 11, 17 and 18 December with extraordinary hours 9:30 … Continue reading Magical Christmas at Villa Reale
€15,00
Christmas atmosphere for all ages and families. Music, workshops, games and entertainment for adults and children in the Santa Claus House, from 8 December to 8 January at the Scuderie Ducali and the San Romano Auditorium. On 10 December, Natale all'Orto with Christmas workshops dedicated to children at the Casermetta San Regolo of the Lucca Botanical Garden. Leaves, pine cones and … Continue reading Santa Claus House and Christmas Workshop (final week) 
Guided tours of the city's churches for the Christmas period Thanks to the Prefecture and the Parish of the historic center and the collaboration with the city tourist guide associations, the tourism office of the Municipality of Lucca has organized a calendar of dates for this holiday period, from 8 December to 8 January, in … Continue reading Guided Tours of Churches (final week) 
The Christmas Factory A completely new village for Lucca, with initiatives suitable for all ages, to experience the magic of the Christmas holidays and tradition together The new Fabbrica del Natale opens on 8 December, in a space which for the first time is included in the circuit of city events linked to the Christmas … Continue reading The Christmas Factory (final week)
Free
-
-
Bryan Adams in Concert Nelson Mandala Forum - Florence. - December 8. After a wait of almost two and a half years, Italian fans will be able to embrace Bryan Adams again in 3 concerts in the sports halls of our country. The Canadian songwriter will present himself on our stages with the songs from … Continue reading Bryan Adams in Concert
€30
|
13 events, |
16 events,
MARKET EXHIBITION OF QUALITY PRODUCTS: FUN, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT. Il Desco is the most awaited market exhibition dedicated to agri-food products of the year, the reference point for those who love quality, traditions and culture related to food. The event is held in the historic setting of the Real Collegio in Lucca during the two … Continue reading Il Desco Regional Food Show
Free
-
Fun twilight excursion with a front flashlight and Christmas hat! A 7 km loop, starting in the afternoon and arriving after dusk, accompanied by the first darkness of winter evenings. Everyone will receive a welcome pack with Santa Claus hat and front flashlight The route is a dive into the northernmost part of the Comune … Continue reading Merry Walk – Santa Claus Hike in Massarosa
€10,00
|
21 events,
PATH OF CRIBS AND CHRISTMAS TREES A tour of the cribs set up in churches and historic buildings is an opportunity to rediscover the pleasure of the Christmas atmosphere. In Lucca, you cannot miss the historic nativity scene in the baroque church of Santa Maria Corteorlandini Nera (via Santa Maria Corteorlandini 10A) from 11 December … Continue reading Path of Cribs and Christmas Trees – Lucca Magical Christmas (final week)
Free
-
The "Christmas Run" organized by the Archconfraternity of Mercy of Lucca returns on Sunday 11 December 2022, the non-competitive march valid for the Lucchese Podistico Trophy and the 3 Provinces Trophy. Meeting place of the event, departure and arrival, at the "Foro Boario" of Monte San Quirico, near Borgo Giannotti, a few hundred meters from … Continue reading Christmas Run
Free
-
-
Also this year the usual Christmas Cosplay gathering is back, to spend a nice carefree day all together ❤️ *10/10:30 meeting at the skating rink *10:30/12:30 skating!✨ *15-15.30/16.30 afternoon meeting at the fountain, to give the photographers the opportunity to take some shots! 📸 *From 4.30 pm we go to Piazza San Michele to … Continue reading Christmas Cosplay
Free
|
12 events, |
16 events,
-
8 class room photography lessons and 2 practical lessons for beginners. €180 for 10 lessons
€180,00
-
Four dance events for the Dance 2022-2023 concert series offers dance fans a thrilling series of dance performances at Teatro Giglio December 13, 8pm Mbira tries to take stock of the complex relationship between our culture and that of Africa. Mbira first of all raises a question: how much has Africa contributed to making us … Continue reading Dance 2022-2023
€18
-
Mbira di Roberto Castello / ALDES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2022 AT 9 PM – 10:30 PM Teatro del Giglio UBU Award 2019 finalist - best dance show A concert of music, dance and speech which, by combining scores and improvisations, writing and orality, has a party as its epilogue. Mbira is a Shona word around … Continue reading Mbira di Roberto Castello / ALDES |
14 events,
-
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S MUSIC ... and then there's the music from the Christmas and New Year's concerts. on 14 December at 21:00, appointment at the Auditorium del Suffragio for Christmas greetings with the ISSM Boccherini Orchestra with the Christmas Concert of the historic Music Institute of Lucca. on 17 December at 21:00, at the Auditorium del Suffragio, greetings from the … Continue reading Christmas Concert
-
Drink, Speak Share Every Wednesday 9pm-11pm Luccalibri Libreria Caffe - near Lucca Train Station Come on down and meet some lovely locals. A language exchange group from Italy that started 5 years ago and since then we meet regularly to practice languages in Lucca. The idea behind “Drink, Speak and Share” is to connect locals … Continue reading Drink, Speak, Share – Language Exchange
Free
|
16 events,
How do we create a new world free of pollution, environmental disasters, and global warming? The Lebanese-Canadian artist Marya Kazoun answers through an installation inspired by the Nativity scene: the protagonists are the almost tree-like silhouettes of the Magi, made of cotton wadding - 2.60 metres high - and covered in a milky white fabric. They … Continue reading Maryam Kazoun-First Act Contemporary Art Exhibit in Palazzo Pitti Florence
€10,00
CELEBRATE WITH MUSIC Inside the mighty city walls, in the beautiful squares and streets of the historic center full of Christmas lights, in the churches, the theater and in the historic buildings, Lucca, the city of music, is ready to celebrate Xmas with lots of music and many concerts, most of them free! From gospel to … Continue reading Celebrate With Music (final week)
Free
|
17 events,
-
The Jamerry Christmas Concert will take place on Friday 16 December at 21.00 at the San Romano auditorium (Piazza San Romano, Lucca, historic centre), a Christmas concert organized by the Jam Academy. With a journey through the most famous Christmas pop music, the Jam Academy teachers will perform together with some students and the singing … Continue reading Christmas Concert
Free
|
24 events,
The Mercato Antiquario Lucchese is an inevitable fixed appointment in Lucca for all fans of the topic every third weekend of the month, Today more than 220 exhibitors from all over Italy participate and it is the second oldest antique market in Italy. The stands of the exhibitors unfold inside the historic center of the city … Continue reading Antiques Market
Free
Magico Natale is the first edition of Villa Reale in which adults and children will be able to immerse themselves in the magical Christmas atmosphere by visiting the park and museums of Villa Reale during the last two opening weekends of 2022: #savethedate 8, 9, 10, 11, 17 and 18 December with extraordinary hours 9:30 … Continue reading Magical Christmas at Villa Reale
€15,00
Artisans selling hand made clothing, jewellery, accessories, pottery, gifts, etc.
Free
-
Two appointments with music and art at the National Museums of Lucca in the company of the staff of the National Museums and Concertus Lucensis: on December 17th at 4.00 pm The music of angels and shepherds at the Villa Guinigi Museum, on December 18th Christmas at Palazzo al museo of Palazzo Mansi. At the Puccinimuseum , on the other hand, Gioca … Continue reading Christmas Concert “The Music of Angels and Shepherds” |
28 events,
-
✅ Live the experience with the movement that has been revolutionizing the world of sport walking for years. 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗭𝗢𝗡𝗘®, #LEADER IN #ITALIA AND IN MANY EUROPEAN CITIES‼ ️ ❏ 18 … Continue reading Walkzone on the Wall
€10,00
|
19 events,
-
-
The musical greeting of the Association Firenzen Suomi-Seura / Associazione Culturale Italo-finlandese . In the Church of San Paulino with a program of traditional European and Northern European songs accompanied by organ music. .
Free
|
16 events,
-
8 class room photography lessons and 2 practical lessons for beginners. €180 for 10 lessons
€180,00
|
19 events,
-
Concerto grosso “fatto per la notte di Natale” di Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso n.1 op.6 in Sol maggiore di Georg Friedrich Händel Concerto per due violini di Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto n.4 op.8 “L’inverno” (tratto dalle “Quattro stagioni”) di Antonio Vivaldi. Apericena starts at 19.00, the concert starts at 20.30. Apericena and concert € 20,00., only concert € 10,00. How to make a reservation: For apericena and concert … Continue reading Christmas Concert
€10,00
-
Drink, Speak Share Every Wednesday 9pm-11pm Luccalibri Libreria Caffe - near Lucca Train Station Come on down and meet some lovely locals. A language exchange group from Italy that started 5 years ago and since then we meet regularly to practice languages in Lucca. The idea behind “Drink, Speak and Share” is to connect locals … Continue reading Drink, Speak, Share – Language Exchange
Free
|
19 events, |
19 events,
'How much sky, how much sun, how much sea' – The charm of Japan in European opera Yasko Sato , soprano Ana Victoria Pitts , mezzo-soprano Dave Monaco , tenor Jonathan Brandani, Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic conductor «On March 31, 1854, under great pressure from the Western colonial powers, Japan signed the Convention of Kanagawa with the United States, a … Continue reading Concert “How Much Sun, How Much Sky, How Much Sea”
€18,50
|
14 events, |
14 events,
-
A red tide! SUNDAY MORNING hats and white beards! A solid group that gathers to exchange Christmas greetings! Christmas morning parkrun is just the thing! We are waiting for you as usual to celebrate together and above all to have fun! --------------- You can run, walk, march, you can do your pace as you feel … Continue reading Christmas Park Run on the Wall
€10,00
|
14 events,
-
List of places is Tuscany that offer a free visit on Boxing Day: Thirty-one museums of the Regional Directorate of Tuscany will be open for Boxing Day and other holidays and twenty-seven on 1 January free for the usual initiative of Sunday at the museum , all museums will be closed on 25 December. 1-Museums open in Florence In Florence there will be numerous festive … Continue reading Free Museum Monday
Free
-
On the feast day of Santo Stefano, the hilltop village of Ruota is transformed into a small Bethlehem, welcoming citizens and visitors among its narrow streets who have the opportunity to live for a day in a medieval village. In the middle of the Christmas holidays, in the municipality of Capannori, there is a living … Continue reading Living Nativity in Ruota near Lucca |
13 events,
-
8 class room photography lessons and 2 practical lessons for beginners. €180 for 10 lessons
€180,00
|
13 events,
-
Drink, Speak Share Every Wednesday 9pm-11pm Luccalibri Libreria Caffe - near Lucca Train Station Come on down and meet some lovely locals. A language exchange group from Italy that started 5 years ago and since then we meet regularly to practice languages in Lucca. The idea behind “Drink, Speak and Share” is to connect locals … Continue reading Drink, Speak, Share – Language Exchange
Free
|
16 events,
-
ANGELA GHEORGHIU , the most glamorous opera singer of our time (New York Sun), has a magnificent voice and a splendid stage presence, elements that have made her a one-of-a-kind international opera superstar. In Lucca, for the Puccini Days, Mrs. Gheorghiu, accompanied on the piano by Alexandru Petrovici , will perform a selection of chamber arias and opera … Continue reading Angela Gheorghiu, recital for voice and piano
€18,50
|
13 events,
-
|
13 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”
€200,00
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
Free
|
16 events,
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
€22,00
-
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
Free
-
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”
Free
|
