Agenda | What's happening in the next few days...
A selection of what's happening in Lucca and throughout Tuscany in the coming days — festivals, markets, music, history, gastronomy, and activities to enjoy the region like a local.
📅 Events Calendar | Lucca
✨ 🎶 PUCCINI MARCHING BANDS
📍 Historic center of Lucca
Sunday, September 20th · 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Musical bands parade through the streets and squares of the historic center, passing by some of the city's most emblematic places and ending at Piazza Cittadella, next to the Puccini monument.
✨ 🌿 STREETS OF LUCCA BIKE DAY
📍 Piana di Lucca → historic center of Lucca
Sunday, 20/09 · from 8am
A large group bike ride through the paths of the Piana di Lucca, passing through different towns and ending at the Walls of Lucca. Free registration.
🛍️ SUNDAY FAIR
📍Borgo Giannotti
Sunday, 9/20 · 9am–7pm
One of the traditional markets of September in Lucca, which transforms Borgo Giannotti into a bustling Sunday market.
🛍️ SAN MATTEO FAIR
📍Borgo Giannotti
Monday, September 21st · 9am–7pm
Another one of the old Lucchese September fairs, part of a tradition that is repeated every year in the city.
✨ 🎭 LUCCA ART FAIR
📍Royal College
25–27/09 · 10h–20h
The Lucca Modern and Contemporary Art Fair brings together exhibitions, meetings, guided tours, and collecting in one of the city's historic spaces. Admission: €5–10.
✨ 🎭 LUCCA FILM FESTIVAL
📍 Historic center and other areas of Lucca
From September 26th to October 4th
International films, premieres, short films, meetings, masterclasses, and guest speakers will occupy different spaces in the city during the festival.
✨ 🎭 LUCCA CINEMA NIGHT EFFECT
📍Historic center of Lucca
Saturday, September 26th, starting at 9 PM
The streets and squares of the city center are transformed into large cinematic sets, with performances, theater, dance, installations, and references to different film genres. Free admission.
✨ 🌿 FROM THE NOTTOLINI AQUEDUCT TO SANTALLAGO
📍 Lucca → Nottolini Aqueduct → Santallago
Sunday, September 27th · 10am–5pm
A guided walk that starts in Lucca, passing by the historic Nottolini Aqueduct and continuing through the woods to the Spuntone di Santallago. Reservations required.
🌿 OTHER EVENTS IN TUSCANY WORTH A TRIP
✨ 🎭 RENAISSANCE IN THE VILLA
📍Villa Poggio Reale, Rufina (FI)
September 19–20 · Saturday from 4:30 PM; Sunday from 9:30 AM
Two days of Renaissance festivities in a historic villa, featuring dances, flags, sword fights, a historic arch, natural dyeing workshops, guided tours, and shows.
✨ 🎭 THE BRIDGE REVIVAL
📍Medici Bridge of Cappiano, Fucecchio (FI)
Saturday and Sunday, September 19–20
A historic festival that revives the period when the ancient Mediceo Bridge of Cappiano gained commercial importance and was fortified under the Medici.
🍷 TORTELLO AND PORCINO MUSHROOM FESTIVAL
Scarperia and San Piero (FI)
September 19–20 and 26–27 · Saturday 7pm; Sunday 12pm and 7pm
One of Mugello's most traditional combinations: potato tortello and porcini mushrooms, served in the historic center of Scarperia.
✨ 🍷 HONEY BANK
📍Borgo de Mulazzo (MS)
September 19–20 · starting at 10 AM
The Little Lamb of Lunigiana celebrates local PDO honey with producers, tastings, workshops, a market, gastronomy, shows, and music.
✨ 🎭 FEAST OF ST. MICHAEL
📍Carmignano (PO)
25–27/09
The streets of Carmignano become the stage for the theatrical contests of the four rioni, in a festival deeply linked to the community's identity. In 2026, the traditional Palio dei Ciuchi will not be held.
✨ 🎭 100th IMPRUNETA GRAPE FESTIVAL
Buondelmonti Square, Impruneta (FI)
Sunday, September 27th · Parade starting at 2:30 PM
One hundred years of tradition: the four rioni of Impruneta present their floats in one of the most characteristic community festivals in Tuscany.
✨ 🎭 MEMORIES FROM THE PAST
📍Lucignano (AR)
26–27/09
The historic center of Lucignano is transported back in time with a medieval-inspired festival, filled with history, characters, and traditions of the village.
✨ 🎶 PRE-PRIMATEATHER
📍Montecalvoli, Santa Maria a Monte (PI)
Sunday, September 27th, 4 PM–8 PM
The streets and squares of a small medieval village are transformed into an open stage for 28 theatre companies, blending theatre, architecture and local life.
LEGEND
🎭 Culture and history | ⛪ Faith and religious traditions | 🍷 Gastronomy and wine
🎶 Music and shows | 🛍️ Fairs and markets | 🌿 Nature and experiences | ✨ I wouldn't lose
