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.
Lucca, the city of a hundred churches, as the famous saying goes.
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
A symphonic concert dedicated to the famous CD Project Red video game and its expansions.
A unique event, created with the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca.
Lucca Comics & Games presents The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Music from the Continent and conducting from the podium will be Eímear Noone, author of 26 film and videogame soundtracks, including World of Warcraft.
31 October is the National Day of Urban Trekking and, like every year, the appointment dedicated to #locals&tourists returns to (re)discover, at a slow pace, the lesser known corners, the most evocative views, the most illustrious and bizarre characters, the most unusual curiosities of the more than 70 municipalities participating in the initiative. A walk for everyone, along easy city itineraries, with special encounters and pleasant surprises.
The Ninth Art and the new arts on show: the exhibitions at palazzo Ducale, the first stage of the countdown to HOPE.
From art films to romantic comedies, from historical films to entertainment movies, Lucca and its surroundings have appeared many times on the big screen, as a protagonist or simply in the background.
The historic center of Lucca and its narrow alleys, the Renaissance palaces and the mighty walls, the magnificent historic villas, the gardens and the hills, the landscape, its atmosphere of a small capital, full of charm and romantic suggestions, have made of the city and the hills an ideal set for many films.
Pierre David, J4 and Khadine are three of ten seductive sculptures touring the world and that are now for a month in our city. Some faces seem neutral, others convey nostalgia, others the joy of landing. The location of the statues, the first next to casermetta San Regolo, the second and third a few meters away near the headquarters of the Lucchesi nel Mondo Association, is a kind of homage to the many people of Lucca who over the decades have gone to distant lands in search of fortune and becoming an important reference in the communities abroad.
In 742 a mysterious dark crucifix arrived in Lucca, on a cart pulled by indomitable oxen after having crossed the Mediterranean sea on an unmanned boat.
