22/02/2026 @ 15:00 – 18:30 – The “Carnevale del Litorale” takes place in Marina di Pisa on Sunday 8th February. Every year a different subject for people and masks invading the seafront from 3.00 to 6.00 pm accompanied by the music of the band. The day ends with prizes for the most original children, adult and couple costumes
04/04/2026 – 06/04/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – Three days (4-6 April) with a program full of cultural events, entertainment, and tastings of typical products. See program at page
18/05/2024 – 19/05/2024 @ 9:00 – 13:00 – On Tuesday 2 April at 9 a.m., a children’s trek (years 8+) with a GAE guide. The route starts from the Municipal Library to the contemporary art work We Rise by Lifting Others. From here, a shuttle bus will take the group near the Ortaglia Woods for a walk with plant and flower collection, to […]
16/07/2026 – 17/07/2026 @ 21:00 – 23:00 – The Volterra Guitar Project summer festival, featuring classical guitar courses and concerts, returns for its 20th year on 16 and 17 July at 9.00 pm.The first concert will take place at the Church of St Augustine and the second at the Palazzo dei Priori. Admission to the concerts is free. For the programme, click on […]
27/03/2026 – 28/03/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – According to the Calendario Pisano, the calendar that was used in Pisa and in other areas of Tuscany until the mid-18th century, the first day of the year was 25 March (day of the Annunciation), nine months and seven days before the traditional calendar. It was abolished in 1749 by Granduke Francis of Lorraine. Celebrations […]
21/03/2026 – 22/03/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – The FAI festival dedicated to Italian cultural and landscape heritage returns on the first weekend of spring. Visitors can take part in tours – offered by FAI volunteers in over 700 often inaccessible, little-known locations in 400 cities. Events in Pisa and around: PISA, THE STATE ARCHIVES OPEN THEIR DOORS – Address: Lungarno Mediceo, 30 […]
05/06/2026 @ 21:00 – 23:00 – Sixteen shows from January to June in the city of Pontedera, with the usual concert venues of the Festival: the Auditorium of the Piaggio Museum, the “Marco Papiani” Auditorium of the Pontedera Music Academy, Villa Crastan and the ERA Theatre. Friday 5th June at 9.00 pm, last concert of the Pontedera Music Festival 2026 at Museo Piaggio: […]
17/02/2026 @ 15:00 – 18:00 – For 83 years, the Bientinese Carnival Association has organised the five masked parades with new allegorical floats inspired by local situations, political satire or the world of children’s imagination. Characteristic is the cheerful little train that, loaded with small passengers, travels through the village. Adults and children organise themed masked outings. On the evening of […]
31/08/2026 @ 20:00 – 22:30 – From June 17 to August 31, Piazza dei Miracoli takes on a new look at sunset: the Cathedral, the Leaning Tower, the Baptistery, the Camposanto Monumentale, the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, and the Museo delle Sinopie remain open until 10:30 p.m., offering visitors a completely new experience, far from the daytime crowds and immersed in […]
15/02/2026 @ 15:00 – 19:00 – The origin of the event dates back to the last century. The first edition was held in 1927. First parade on January 25th then the following three Sundays. During the Carnival, town streets are closed to traffic and invaded by a stream of colours, with children and grownups dressed up in costume, dancing and singing […]
15/02/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – The Sanromanese Carnival, established in 1992, takes place in San Romano over three Sundays: 1, 8 and 15 February (with a possible additional day on 22 February). Every year, nursery school children choose the theme for the parades from a fairy tale or story. The theme is then brought to life with the construction of […]
Allegories are symbolical representations of a concept. And Carnival, once called carnasciale (carne-lasciare, literally “avoiding meat”) in Tuscany, possibly deriving…