From February 3 to 5 and on February 18 also Lucca will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Viareggio Carnival with great events and initiatives for 3 days + 1 of celebration and entertainment.
Friday February 3
at 5:00 pm under the loggia of Palazzo Pretorio
Lucca, storie di carrozze e Carnevali inauguration of the exhibition.
June, poppies and fireflies. When they come to light up the nights, it's dark that summer has arrived, you can be outside in the evening with friends and family and they are one of the most beautiful natural spectacles of the summer period.
We see them twirling in the night sky in the fields or woods, but also near the city, if conditions permit you can see those little yellow-green lights flashing on and off in a courtship dance.
We invite you to take a walk after dark, in search of summer.
In the streets and squares of small villages, in the theatres, churches and parish churches in the countryside and on the hills, for Christmas there are great celebrations in the Piana di Lucca.
Markets, concerts, theatrical performances, nativity scenes, workshops for children, Santa Claus and the Epiphany. Many events under the sign of tradition, in the magical atmosphere of the end of the year celebrations.
Also Villa Reale in Marlia, a few kilometers from the historic center of Lucca, celebrates Magical Christmas.
A Christmas tree or a crib? You don't always have to choose.
The historic center of Lucca is the location for displays and installations for everyone and we invite you to a walk through innovation and tradition in Lucca's Magical Christmas.
The new Christmas factory opens on December 8, in the former Comics Museum and the auditorium in Piazza San Romano. An entire month of events dedicated to music, theatre, reading, workshops, games and entertainment for adults and children.
From 8 December, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, the former Comics Museum and the Auditorium will host activities aimed at children, with theater performances, puppets, music, games with soap bubbles, cooking and painting workshops, readings , dice games, all based on the Christmas theme.
The celebrations organised to say goodbye to 2022 and welcome 2023 all together, citizens and guests, will be packed with music.
New Year's Eve in the square
End of the year with special guests for a music night between the 70s and 00s and a toast to the new year.
From 10.00 pm on Saturday 31 December, Piazza Santa Maria will celebrate the end of 2022 and welcome 2023 and bring citizens and guests together for an entertaining party.
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 jazz, from classical to opera, from evergreen pop to traditional songs and nursery rhymes for children, the music of orchestras and philharmonics, but also DJ playlists will be in the program.
The happy Christmas atmosphere is spread in the streets and squares of Lucca.
It's time to disconnect from work and pass your time with family and friends and your favourite things, small habits to be preserved throughout the year, or just a hot chocolate in a cosy place with smiling faces.
Lucca welcomes you for a magical Christmas, with small and big events to make your end-of-year holidays an unforgettable experience.
On Saturday 26 November at 5:30 pm in piazza Del Giglio
The biggest event of transmedia culture is just around the corner!
If you still have any doubts about the access to the city, parking lots, and everything you need to know to experience the city from October 28 to November 1, find all information you are looking for
on the website of the City of Lucca - LC&G - da sapere
and on the Lucca Comics & Games website - Lucca Comics & Games - Info
The Ninth Art and the new arts on show: the exhibitions at palazzo Ducale, the first stage of the countdown to HOPE.