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 month of 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.

Here is the 2019 program:

June 28 Take That
June 29 Morricone
June 30 Francesco De Gregori
July 5 Toto
July 6 Calcutta
July 7 Elton John
July 9 Macklemore, Anastasio
July 10 Tears for Fears
July 12 New Order e Elbow
July 13 Mark Knopfler
July 16 Eros Ramazzotti
July 18 Janelle Monae e Giorgia
July 19 Salmo e Maneskin
July 20 The Good The Bad and The Queen
July 26 Gemitaiz
July 27 Scorpions
July 29 Sting