About Florence Festivals
(Florence, Italy)
Home to some of Tuscany's most popular festivals and noteworthy events, Florence truly features something for everyone, with a host of year-round live entertainment.
Popular festivals in Florence include the following events.
Annual Florence Festivals
- January: Florence Fashion Shows, a number of notable events featuring prominent Italian designers and top models
- February: Viareggio Carnival, take place over three weeks, with a number of colourful processions and enormous crowds
- May: Maggio Musicale, a particularly notable arts festivals in the Florence area
- June: Calcio Storico / Costumed Football, an unusual mixture of football, rugby and period costumes
- June to August: Estate Fiesolana / Fiesole Summer, with live music, dancing and theatrical performances
- July: Feast on San Paolino, centred around the Lucca area every year, with a costumed torchlit parade honouring the patron saint of the city
- September: Rificolone, held each year in September, with smartly dressed children carrying colourful papier-mâché lanterns around Florence's Piazza Santissima Annunziata
- November: Festival dei Popoli, one of the most notable film festivals in the whole of Tuscany
- December: Burning of the Tree, based in Camporgiano, close to Lucca, with an enormous bonfire constructed out of evergreen branches
Firenze Turismo - Official Tourist Information
Address, Via Manzoni 16, Florence, 50121, Italy
Website: www.firenzeturismo.it/en/
Ufficio Tourist Information
Address: Via Cavour 1R
Infopoint Stazione
Address: Piazza Stazione 4
Infopoint Bigallo
Address: Piazza San Giovanni 1
Aeroporto Vespucci
Address: Via del Termine (Aeroporto di Firenze)
Fiere e congressi a Firenze (Florence Fiera Congress and Exhibition Centre)
Address: Piazza Adua 1
Tel: +39 (0)55 49721
Website: www.firenzefiera.it/
