Cream Puff Festival in Orentano

16/08/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – The cream puff festival takes place in Orentano from August 10 to 16, while the Dolcione parade is held only on August 16. The Cream Puff Festival is held for the patron feast of San Lorenzo (Saint Lawrence) and it is the result of an authentic passion on the part of the local pastry chefs […]

Volterra AD 1398: Medieval Festival

16/08/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – Volterra has not only vestiges of its Etruscan and Roman past, which can be admired in its walls and theatre, but also a widespread heritage of churches and parish churches dating back to the Middle Ages. On the second and third Sunday in August, the whole town takes a step back more than 600 years […]

The Fair in San Casciano

17/08/2026 @ 18:00 – 22:00 – The traditional fair is held from 13th to 15th August in San Casciano, in Via Barbaiano on the square of the Romanesque parish church. It is dedicated to the martyred saint Cassiano, who taught grammar, rhetoric and shorthand to the pagan students of Imola and was killed by them for the evangelical activity he carried […]

“Stelle, Ville e Meraviglie”: Summer Festival of Music and theatre

19/08/2026 @ 21:00 – 23:00 – ‘Stelle, Ville e Meraviglie’ returns for its 11th edition, as one of the few music festivals in Tuscany open to all, and with a strong cultural and tourist focus. The festival takes place from 2 July to 19 August in some of the region’s most beautiful villages, and continues to stand out for its artistic […]

Mura di Pisa by night – City walls

22/08/2026 @ 21:00 – 23:30 – From 4 July to 22 August, every Saturday evening, Mura di Pisa by night’ is back: guided tours return to the medieval city walls, offering visitors the chance to discover the city’s beauty from above. Participants are provided with special ‘necklace’ lights and are accompanied by a guide on a route steeped in history: from […]

Crossbow contest City of Volterra

22/08/2026 @ 21:00 – 23:00 – On 22nd August at 9.30 p.m, in Piazza dei Priori, the traditional challenge between six official Crossbow Companies: Società dei Terzieri Massetani, Compagnia Balestrieri di Porta San Marco, Compagnia Balestrieri Lucca, Compagnia Balestrieri di Pisa, Federazione Balestrieri Sammarinesi, Compagnia Balestrieri Città di Volterra. Each Compagnia competes with its best 12 marksmen in the team competition, […]

The Threshing and Ploughing Festival | Bientina

23/08/2026 @ 9:00 – 18:00 – The Threshing and Ploughing Festival has now become an unmissable event for the people of Bienno. Young people rediscover their grandparents’ trades and together with them build new synergies for the future. With the parade of vintage tractors and the threshing, the G.A.T.A.E. (Gruppo Amatori Trattori Agricoli d’Epoca – Group of Vintage Farm Tractors Amateurs) […]

Concerts at the Temple of Minerva Medica | Montefoscoli

23/08/2026 @ 17:30 – 19:30 – The Temple of Minerva Medica is a building set within a grove of holm oaks just outside the village of Montefoscoli. It was built between 1821 and 1823 at the behest of Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri, a doctor and eminent scholar at the University of Pisa, who wished to dedicate a monument to his father Francesco […]

Opera under the stars | Casciana Terme

23/08/2026 @ 21:30 – 23:30 – Saturday, August 22, and Sunday, August 23, at 8:00 p.m. in Piazza Matteotti in Lari: the traditional “Lirica Sotto le Stelle” eventDinner and performance featuring nationally renowned artists. Free admission See the poster below

Fried Chips Fair in Santa Maria a Monte

24/08/2026 @ 17:00 – 23:30 – From 19 to 24th August, the potato becomes the queen of a festival that has been carrying it in triumph through the streets of the village of Santa Maria a Monte for half a century now. Thousands of people gather every year to taste the fries, fried in the large frying pan in Piazza della […]

“Bagni di Luce” – Lights show | San Giuliano Terme

24/08/2026 @ 18:00 – 23:45 – On August 24th San Giuliano Terme organizes a “luminara”, a lights show, to celebrate the patron  Saint Bartholomew, The citizens assemble the biancheria (Italian word for ‘linen’), the wooden structures painted in white that welcome the candles and frame the windows and the outlines of the buildings, the three bridges of the village, and the […]

Feast of San Genesio, the kids’ feast | Casciana Terme

25/08/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – For 70 years, Casciana Terme has celebrated St. Genesio, the patron saint of children, on August 25.The event takes place on August 24–25 The Kingdom of Children The Feast of Saint Genesio represents a “reversal” of everyday life. Children symbolically take possession of the town through the handover of the mayor’s keys to the Grand […]

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