What to Do in the Summer in Tuscany
If you find yourself vacationing in Tuscany this summer, you won’t even have the possibility of getting bored thanks to a summer calendar rich in events and demonstrations. From music to theater and from one festival to another of every type, here’s what to do in Tuscany this summer.
August 5th: Open-air market on the streets of the city center—Montaione, Montaione, Florence
August 5th: FestAmbiente, Parco Regionale della Maremma—Albarese
August 9th: La Versiliana: Roberto Vecchioni—Villa la Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta
August 10th: Sagra della bistecca, the steak festival—Montieri
August 11th: La Versiliana: Caravaggio, Vittorio Sgarbi—Villa la Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta
August 12th: Mountain bike race—Piteglio, Pistoia
August 15th: The little march of Ferragosto—Viale dei Cavalleggeri, Castagneto Carducci (Livorno)
August 15th: Traditional Ferragosto fair—Palazzuolo sul Senio (Firenze)
August 17th: La Versiliana presents: Aeneid, a Mediterranean story – Book IX – Euryalus and Nisus – Villa La Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta
August 22nd: Bolgheri festival, Max Gazzè in concert— Arena, Marina di Castagneto Carducci (Livorno)
August 25th: Amiato piano festival, Mantua Chamber Orchestra conducted by Corrado Rovaris— Forum Fondazione Bertarelli, Cinigiano (Grosseto)
August 26th: Siena in scena: In…Canto— Piazza Matteotti, Siena (Siena)
August 27th: Fair on the hills—San Godenzo, San Godenzo
September 1st: La bohème, Cartolina pucciniana – Piazza Cittadella, Lucca (Lucca)
September 1st: Gianna Nannini Hitstory Tour—Piazza Duomo, Prato
September 2nd: Mercati in Musica, Music to the tune of Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and Cervantes (1547-1616)—Loggia del Porcellino, Firenze (Firenze)
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