Viareggio carnival has been, for over 140 years,
the most spectacular and renowned event,
a veritable flagship of Italy all over the world
Puccini Festival is a summer opera festival held in July and August in Torre del Lago to present the operas of the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.
Lucca Summer Festival is a music festival throughout June and July. Since 1998, many bands and famous singers have performed on this stage: Bob Dylan, James Brown, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Rolling Stones.
Lucca Comics & Games is an annual comic book and gaming convention in Lucca traditionally held at the end of October. It is the largest comics festival in Europe, and the second biggest in the world after the Comiket in Japan.
Pistoia Blues Festival is one of Italy’s most historic and celebrated music events, held every summer since 1980 in the Tuscan city of Pistoia.
A quality gardening market exibition, one of the most important Italian events dedicated to flowers, plants and gardening for 25 years.
The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio is a horse race held twice each year, on 2 July and 16 August, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen city wards, in a tradition dating back to the 17th century.
The Palio di San Ranieri is back on the water with the challenge in the Arno between the four boats representing the four historical city quarters: San Francesco (yellow boat), San Martino (red boat) Santa Maria (light blue boat) and Sant’Antonio (green boat).
The Luminara is the most eagerly awaited moment of the year by the Pisans, the festival most felt by the city, the evening when Pisa puts on its best dress, a spectacular dress of lights that illuminate its lungarni.
The famous Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival, an unmissable event for opera lovers, takes place every year in the city of Florence in Tuscany from May to June, with a programme of top-class operas and concerts.