Lucca Summer Festival

Tuscan summer really gets rolling when numerous events dedicated to national and international music start cropping up. Each year, tourists from all over the world indulge in a vacation centered on art, nature, and frequently, top-level concerts in the region.

Each year Lucca Summer Festival is one of these highly anticipated Italian musical events. It usually takes place in Lucca's Piazza Napoleone throughout the months of June and July.

Since 1998, many bands and famous singers - both national and international - have performed on this stage, from Bob Dylan to James Brown, from Mark Knopfler to Jamiroquai. There have also been names like Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Ennio Morricone and many others. In 2017, the main band performing was the legendary Rolling Stones; in 2018 Roger Waters held a concert on the historic walls of Lucca. The same year featured, among others, the Hollywood Vampires, Gorillaz, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Lenny Kravitz and Queens of the Stone Age.

The 2026 edition will be from June 24 to July 29.

Program Details:

• June 24 at 9:30 pm, Piazza Napoleone: Ludovico Einaudi
• June 25 at 9:30 pm, Piazza Napoleone: David Byrne
• July 4 at 9:30 pm, historic walls: Jamiroquai
• July 5 at 9:30 pm, Piazza Napoleone: John Legend
• July 7 at 9:00 pm, Piazza Napoleone: Alabama Shakes
• July 16 at 9:00 pm, historic walls: Zucchero
• July 17 at 9:30 pm, Piazza Napoleone: Ronnie Wood
• July 19 at 9:30 pm, historic walls: Katy Perry
• July 20 at 9:00 pm, Piazza Napoleone: Riccardo Muti with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra
• July 21 at 9:30 pm, Piazza Napoleone: Marcus Miller
• July 25 at 9:00 pm, Piazza Napoleone: Paolo Ruffini and the Mayor von Frinzius Company in Din Don Down
• July 28 at 9:30 pm, Piazza Napoleone: Tom Jones 
• July 29 at 9:30 pm, Piazza Napoleone: I Pooh