

On-Going Events
This is where we list events that are on-going or take place nightly or weekly such as the nightly Puccini concerts, art and museum exhibitions both in Lucca and major exhibitions further afield in Pisa and Firenze so be sure to check here too.

Paradiso Perduto Art Exhibition
The exhibition “Paradiso perduto” of the works of Paolo Pelosini opens on Friday 16 May 2025, at 5:30 pm, and will remain open until Sunday 15 June 2025.

French Regional Market
New appointment with the French Regional Market. Awaiting you will be a little corner of France with excellent food and wine specialties and traditional French artisan products.

Festa del Pesce
Celebrate all things fish and seafood at the Festa del Pesce in Empoli less than an hour away

Sagra della Fragola
Just 30 minutes from Lucca, the 46th Strawberry Festival in Sant'Andrea in Pescaiola with the patronage of the Municipality of San Giuliano Terme this year the event will be held

Montecarlo Medieval
Montecarlo returns to the Middle Ages 🏰 Waiting for you: soldiers, archers, nobles, farmers, commoners, carpenters, tinsmiths, basket makers, painters, fortune tellers, sculptors! The Tamburini Group with their new drums will accompany you during these days with their melodies and choreograph

Lucca Medievale 2025
Lucca Medievale 2025 Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May 2025 Baluardo San Paolino with demonstrations, dancing and more all weekend long,

Concert & Aperitivo in the House of the Artists
Discover art and music in the heart of the Lucca hills. "La Sala della Musica" offers a unique experience in a suggestive location, where the beauty of nature blends with the mastery of the artists.

English Mondays in Lucca
English Mondays is back this week for a catchup and a drink at Bar La Casermetta on the wall from 4pm

Movie in English - Eraserhead
Henry Spencer, a printer, lives alone in a squalid apartment amidst the hallucinations that his sick mind visualizes.

Movie in English - Eraserhead
Henry Spencer, a printer, lives alone in a squalid apartment amidst the hallucinations that his sick mind visualizes.

Movie in English - Boiling Point
Boiling Point, the film directed by Philip Barantini, stars Andy Jones (Stephen Graham), a Chef under stress: it's Christmas Eve and a health inspector arrives unexpectedly to check his restaurant, one of the most popular in London.

Drink Speak Share
Drink, Speak and Share: the first language exchange community in Lucca! | Practise different languages, meet locals, have fun and share your culture.

Movie in English - Eraserhead
Henry Spencer, a printer, lives alone in a squalid apartment amidst the hallucinations that his sick mind visualizes.


Open Mic at MOC
An evening open to creativity in all its forms: music, words, comedy, readings, improvisation

Sara Calaone - Italian Comics Exhibition
Palazzo Blu - a new exhibition dedicated to Italian comics. This time, our rooms will host a special tribute to Sara Colaone, one of the most significant voices of contemporary comics. Sara Colaone.

Baroque Evening
"Sonate Lucchesi". Second meeting. 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗹𝗲, with discussions on many different aspects of the Baroque, from Lucca and elsewhere, at the Convictus! An exclusive dinner conceived on the theme, organized and realized by Italian Cuisine

Lucca Fashion Weekend
Four days of fashion and craftsmanship in Lucca from May 29th to June 1st in three programs.

Lucca Pottery Festival
One of the most anticipated events for those who love ceramics and craftsmanship is back: the Lucca Pottery Festival reaches its seventh edition and brings artists and ceramists from all over Italy and abroad to the splendid setting of Piazza del Giglio.

Women of Villa Reale
Two female figures who have characterized the past of Villa Reale: Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi and Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt.Three events dedicated to them

Concert & Aperitivo in the House of the Artists
Discover art and music in the heart of the Lucca hills. "La Sala della Musica" offers a unique experience in a suggestive location, where the beauty of nature blends with the mastery of the artists.


Wom Fest
After opening concerts for Phoenix in Milan, Paris and the United States, and the Asian tour that took him to Beijing, Tianjin and Hong Kong, passing through Mexico City, Giorgio Poi arrives in Lucca

Creart Artisan Market
From June 6th to 8th Piazza Napoleone will come alive with the Mercato Creart Lucca: - imagine the lively atmosphere with about forty exhibitors of crafts and typical products.

Sagra Musicale Lucchese - Antiquorum habet fida relatio
Great music returns to Lucca with 62nd edition of the Sagra Musicale Lucchese, a historic festival of sacred music.An original project conceived by the Martini-Dominguez Duo for the Sagra Musicale Lucchese 2025)

Wom Fest
After almost 10 years of tireless activity, in 2025 the WØM Fest returns to Lucca .Giorgio Pesenti, aka okgiorgio, is the second big name who will perform on the WØM stage

Mercatino Usato
Lucca Invita presents a market where used and recycled objects are sold and bartered, encouraging ethical consumerism.

Concert & Aperitivo in the House of the Artists
Discover art and music in the heart of the Lucca hills. "La Sala della Musica" offers a unique experience in a suggestive location, where the beauty of nature blends with the mastery of the artists.

Animando Concert Season
The program continues with the Aperitif Concert on Sunday 8 June , in collaboration with the Pinturicchio , where Maria Novella Malfatti (soprano), Roberto Lorenzi (bass) and Stefano Teani (piano) will once again perform Paganini's music.

The Future is Now - 1984 Theatrical Performance
The Future Is Now is an intense, physical and sensorial theatrical performance, inspired by 1984, George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece. (IN ITALIAN)


Concert & Aperitivo in the House of the Artists
Discover art and music in the heart of the Lucca hills. "La Sala della Musica" offers a unique experience in a suggestive location, where the beauty of nature blends with the mastery of the artists.

Lucca Historiae Fest 2025
The festival of the city history organized by the Municipality of Lucca 20-21-22 JUNE 2025 Urban Walls Lucca is a city with over two thousand years of history, studded with extraordinary events that have engraved its name in the Timeline. Lucca Historiae Fest wants to tell this journey using the bastions of the Walls as a clock of time. A journey through history in a turn of the hands. T

Sagra Musicale Lucchese - The first jubilee of the new millennium
Great music returns to Lucca with 62nd edition of the Sagra Musicale Lucchese, a historic festival of sacred music.The first jubilee of the new millennium. Niccolò Bartolini: organ Luca Bacci: conductor

Lucca Antiques Market
Taking place on the third Saturday and Sunday of the month the Lucca Antiques Market attracts visitors from far and wide searching for that elusive treasure. Spread across Piazza Napoleone ,Piazza Giusti, Piazza San Martino and surrounding streets it is a delight if you are looking for quirky items , traditional antiques and one of a kind treasures.

Toscana Pride
Toscana Pride in Prato in 2025 celebrating inclusion for the LGBTQIA+ community!!

La Via delle Erbe e dei Fiori
5km route to discover the excellences of the Massarosa area. Starting from the town center, you will travel along dirt or secondary roads, visiting farms and flower and plant nurseries, with the possibility of purchasing products, and enjoying naturalistic landscapes of considerable ecological and environmental interest.

Concert & Aperitivo in the House of the Artists
Discover art and music in the heart of the Lucca hills. "La Sala della Musica" offers a unique experience in a suggestive location, where the beauty of nature blends with the mastery of the artists.

Animando Concert Season
Real Collegio will host the concert I Borbone a Lucca , with the Dulce in Corde quartet, accompanied by Lorenzo Phelan on the cello and Giacomo Martinelli on the guitar, who will perform music by Boccherini and Puccini .

La Via delle Erbe e dei Fiori
5km route to discover the excellences of the Massarosa area. Starting from the town center, you will travel along dirt or secondary roads, visiting farms and flower and plant nurseries, with the possibility of purchasing products, and enjoying naturalistic landscapes of considerable ecological and environmental interest.

Concert & Aperitivo in the House of the Artists
Discover art and music in the heart of the Lucca hills. "La Sala della Musica" offers a unique experience in a suggestive location, where the beauty of nature blends with the mastery of the artists.

La Via delle Erbe e dei Fiori
5km route to discover the excellences of the Massarosa area. Starting from the town center, you will travel along dirt or secondary roads, visiting farms and flower and plant nurseries, with the possibility of purchasing products, and enjoying naturalistic landscapes of considerable ecological and environmental interest.

Lucca Summer Festival - Thirty Seconds to Mars
Thirty Seconds to Mars, known for their energetic and engaging performances, will bring their iconic hits and new hits to a crowd of fans from all over the world.

Women of Villa Reale
Two female figures who have characterized the past of Villa Reale: Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi and Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt.Three events dedicated to them

Baroque Evening
From wood to sound meeting on the relationship of Baroque instruments. Music of Barsanti, Geminiani, Handel with the option of a special dinner.

Lucca Summer Festival -Till Lindemann
Till Lindemann, poet, artist and frontman of the famous industrial metal band Rammstein, announces the first ever date in Italy of his solo project.


Fossi dell’Arte
Saturday 17 May from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm appointment with the cultural and artistic initiative fossi dell'arte, in Piazza San Francesco historic center.

Animando Concert Season
At 6 pm, the Parco dell'Infinito will host the concert Paesaggi e culture , with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Versilia conducted by Stefano Teani and the participation of mezzo-soprano Olympia Hetherington , for a selection of pieces by Berio , Debussy and Jongen . Admission is free.
Puccini Festival 2025
The Puccini Festival of Torre del Lago thus confirms itself once again as one of the most eagerly awaited events in the cultural offer of Tuscany. MORE INFO COMING SOON

Lucca Antiques Market
Taking place on the third Saturday and Sunday of the month the Lucca Antiques Market attracts visitors from far and wide searching for that elusive treasure. Spread across Piazza Napoleone ,Piazza Giusti, Piazza San Martino and surrounding streets it is a delight if you are looking for quirky items , traditional antiques and one of a kind treasures.

Lucca Summer Festival - Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys will return to Lucca Summer Festival on Sunday 20 July for their only Italian date of 2025 on this tour.

Lucca Summer Festival - Simple Minds
Simple Minds one of the most famous and symbolic bands of the Eighties and beyond will perform at LSF

Festa della Tordelli
Celebrate Lucca’s famous dish Tordelli at the Festa della Tordelli.

Animando Concert Season
The Betti Award ceremony will be held, in collaboration with Virtuoso & Belcanto . The star of the evening will be the Arola Quartet (Samuel Hirsch, Alla Ternova, Viktoria Vanteeva and Zoia Sudnis), with a program dedicated to chamber music. Admission is free.

Baroque Evening
From Lucca to Venice the Italian Silk Road. Music of Gasparini, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Music of Barsanti, Geminiani, Handel with the option of a special dinner.


Fossi dell’Arte
Saturday 17 May from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm appointment with the cultural and artistic initiative fossi dell'arte, in Piazza San Francesco historic center.

Baroque Evening
Discussions on many different aspects of the Baroque, from Lucca and elsewhere, at the Convictus! Soloist concert with music

Lucca Antiques Market
Taking place on the third Saturday and Sunday of the month the Lucca Antiques Market attracts visitors from far and wide searching for that elusive treasure. Spread across Piazza Napoleone ,Piazza Giusti, Piazza San Martino and surrounding streets it is a delight if you are looking for quirky items , traditional antiques and one of a kind treasures.

Lucca Art Fair
The Lucca Art Fair 2025 will be held from 26 to 28 September 2025 at the Real Collegio di Lucca . This ninth edition confirms its cultural relevance, positioning itself in the heart of autumn, a period that also hosts other significant events such as the Lucca Film Festival .

Sagra Musicale Lucchese - The first jubilee of the new millennium
Great music returns to Lucca with 62nd edition of the Sagra Musicale Lucchese, a historic festival of sacred music.The first jubilee of the new millennium. Niccolò Bartolini: organ Luca Bacci: conductor

Baroque Evening
Discussions on many different aspects of the Baroque, from Lucca and elsewhere, at the Convictus! Soloist concert with music with music of Geminiani and Bach.

Fossi dell’Arte
Saturday 17 May from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm appointment with the cultural and artistic initiative fossi dell'arte, in Piazza San Francesco historic center.

Lucca Musica Association 61st Season - Trio Hermes e Simone Gramaglia
The LMA presents TRIO HERMES Ginevra Bassetti, violino Francesca Giglio, violoncello Marianna Pulsoni, pianoforte Simone Gramaglia, violino Robert Schumann Trio n° 1 in re minore per violino, violoncello.

Mercatino Usato
Lucca Invita presents a market where used and recycled objects are sold and bartered, encouraging ethical consumerism.

Lucca Antiques Market
Taking place on the third Saturday and Sunday of the month the Lucca Antiques Market attracts visitors from far and wide searching for that elusive treasure. Spread across Piazza Napoleone ,Piazza Giusti, Piazza San Martino and surrounding streets it is a delight if you are looking for quirky items , traditional antiques and one of a kind treasures.

Animando Concert Season
Abitare due continenti will be held, with the Nuove Assonanze Orchestra, directed by Enrique Mauricio Radillo , and the pianist Luigi Borzillo , for a repertoire that combines Rachmaninoff , Mozart and traditional Mexican music.

Lucca Musica Association 61st Season - Il Rossignolo
The LMA presents Virtuous! l Rossignolo is a group specialized in the study and performance of ancient music on instruments historians, founded and coordinated by the flautists Marica Testi, Martino Noferi and the harpsichordist Ottaviano Tenerani, who is also its director.

Lucca Musica Association 61st Season - Two Times Percussion Duo
The LMA presents Two Times percussion duo.

Mercatino Usato
Lucca Invita presents a market where used and recycled objects are sold and bartered, encouraging ethical consumerism.

Animando Concert Season
The Real Collegio will host Fiabe, danze e dialoghi , a concert for two pianos with Giovanni Passalia and Claudio Cantini , who will perform works by Ravel and Mozart-Grieg .

Lucca Antiques Market
Taking place on the third Saturday and Sunday of the month the Lucca Antiques Market attracts visitors from far and wide searching for that elusive treasure. Spread across Piazza Napoleone ,Piazza Giusti, Piazza San Martino and surrounding streets it is a delight if you are looking for quirky items , traditional antiques and one of a kind treasures.

Lucca Musica Association 61st Season - Quartetto Guadagnini
The LMA presents Quartetto Guadagnini

Animando Concert Season
The review will conclude on Sunday 14 December , at 6pm, with the traditional Christmas Concert , where the pianist Cristian Monti will perform pieces by Geminiani , Schumann , Roussel , Debussy and Ravel

Lucca Antiques Market
Taking place on the third Saturday and Sunday of the month the Lucca Antiques Market attracts visitors from far and wide searching for that elusive treasure. Spread across Piazza Napoleone ,Piazza Giusti, Piazza San Martino and surrounding streets it is a delight if you are looking for quirky items , traditional antiques and one of a kind treasures.

Musica Ragazzi
Musica Ragazzi - A party for Luigi Boccherini with the school orchestras on the occasion of the annual “TRIBUTE TO BOCCHERINI


Gorilla Jam
Gorilla Craft Food & Beer restaurant in Lucca presents a jam session project open to all ages, all levels of talent and various genres is about to begin starting Saturday 24/5!

Sagra Musicale Lucchese - A Piano Towards the Divine
A Piano Towards the Divine part of the Sagra Musicale Festival, an immersive and spiritual experience. The protagonists of the evening are baritone Mitchell Hutchings and pianist Fabio Menchetti


Concerto Aperitivo
Special event this Friday evening : Nuovo Quintetto Boccherini: Marco Fiorini -violino, Biancamaria Rapaccini -violino, Elisa Ardinghi- viola, Pietro Bosna- violoncello, Alessandra Montani - violoncello

Drink Speak Share
Drink, Speak and Share: the first language exchange community in Lucca! | Practise different languages, meet locals, have fun and share your culture.

Parole in Villa
“Parole in Villa” is a review that aims to make Villa Bernardini a prestigious meeting place, with a series of events dedicated to culture, art and the sharing of ideas

The Invention of Barsanti & Matteucci
170 years after the ignition of the first internal combustion engine designed and built by the two scientists from Lucca, Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteuccia a group of enthusiasts has succeeded in reconstructing and making the faithful reproduction of the one patented in 1857 by Barsanti and Matteucci wor

Language Exchange Walk on the Walls
Dear language friends, every Wednesday at 10 am we meet outside Bar San Colombano on the Walls of Lucca for a revitalising walk! Cari amici di lingua, ogni mercoledì alle 10 del mattino ci incontriamo all'altezza di Bar San Colombano sulle Mura di Lucca per una rigenerante passeggiata!

Forest School. Choir
24 choristers, accompanied by three teachers, will perform a repertoire mainly of sacred music including Vivaldi's ‘Gloria’, Mozart's ‘Laudate Dominum’ and some traditional songs.

Giro d'Italia in Lucca 2025
In 2025 Lucca will once again be a protagonist in the Giro d'Italia.The date to be circled in red on the calendar is May 20th, the day on which the 28.6 kilometers of the Lucca-Pisa time trial will take place.

English Mondays in Lucca
English Mondays is back this week for a catchup and a drink at Bar La Casermetta on the wall from 4pm

Animando Concert Season
Paganini non ripeti with the Orchestra Nuove Assonanze , conducted by Alan Freiles, who will accompany the violinist Christian Sebastianutto in a program entirely dedicated to Paganini. Admission is free.

Dance for the Giro d'Italia
5Ritmi Dance for the Giro D’Italia || dance for those who think they can’t dance!!

Flag Tournament
The group of Flag-wavers and Musicians of the City of Lucca 25th Flag Tournament.

Tuscany Spirit Festival
Tuscany Spirit Festival is the only event that brings together in a single event the best Tuscan producers of gin, vermouth, bitters, vodka, china, bitters, cocktails, aromatized wines, fortified wines, liqueurs and spirits.

The Magic Market
The Magic Market is coming: an enchanted day at the Drappoverde Urban Farm!

Festa di Primavera
The @Centro commerciale Naturale di Sant' Anna (Lucca) invites everyone to the 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔 𝗗𝗜 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔 in the S.Anna neighborhood in Lucca

Dance 2025 - Giselle Around the Villi
As part of Teatro del Giglio’s Dance Season 2025 - The two operas Le Villi and Giselle have many things in common: obviously the subject, the young age of the composers, the fact of being two important people in the musical world and in the private life of their respective authors. In fact, while Giselle is the first score written for a ballet, Le Villi is the first opera that projects Puccini into the great operatic world.

Alchemical Places
Saturday 17th May 2025 at 5:30 pm at Palazzo Pfanner, the free-entry conference focused on the Alchemical tradition continues with: “Alchemical Placesl”. (In Italian)

Lucca Record Fair
On Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May 2025, at the Real Collegio di Lucca, collectors and all those who love good music will be able to enjoy two free days, full of music, for a journey through the magic of 33, 45 rpm vinyl, MIX and CDs.

Concerto a Palazzo
A concert at Palazzo Mansi “La Pittura che Suona” a dialogue between music and art.

Fossi dell’Arte
Saturday 17 May from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm appointment with the cultural and artistic initiative fossi dell'arte, in Piazza San Francesco historic center.

Via Vinaria
During the event, the farms and wineries of Montecarlo will open their doors to the public, offering guided tastings of their DOC wines. To facilitate travel between the cellars, the free "Wine Bus" service has been activated, departing from Piazza d'Armi


Lucca Antiques Market
Taking place on the third Saturday and Sunday of the month the Lucca Antiques Market attracts visitors from far and wide searching for that elusive treasure. Spread across Piazza Napoleone ,Piazza Giusti, Piazza San Martino and surrounding streets it is a delight if you are looking for quirky items , traditional antiques and one of a kind treasures.

Lemon Festival
Every year in May, when the lemons are at the top of their ripening season Monterosso village turns YELLOW and surprises all visitors with the colors and the scents of its famous tasty lemons.

National Piano Competition Auditions
We are thrilled to announce the opening of registrations for the IV Edition of the National Piano Competition "Città di Lucca", a unique opportunity for young talents to test themselves and live a high-level artistic experience.

Choral Concert - Frost Chorale from Florida
The award-winning American choir Frost Chorale, from Florida and directed by the talented Dr. Matthew D. Brady, will delight you with about 45 amazing voices and a melody enriched by the notes of a piano.