Summer 2025: the must-see concerts and festivals in Florence and Tuscany
All the great summer live music dates to mark in your diary
Concerts and festivals bring big names on the music scene to Florence and throughout Tuscany. To make sure you don't risk missing any of the big events scheduled for the coming months, here is an extensive summer reminder to jot down in your diary.
Firenze Rocks (Florence)
Florence is preparing to become the capital of rock with the 2025 edition of Firenze Rocks, scheduled for June 12, 13 and 15 at the Visarno Arena. It starts on Thursday 12 with Guns N' Roses, preceded by Falling in Reverse, Rival Sons, Dirty Honey and The Warning. Friday 13 will be the turn of Korn, accompanied by Public Enemy, Enter Shikari, Soft Play, Atwood and LOccasion. Grand finale on Sunday 15 with Green Day, along with Weezer, Shame, Bad Nerves, Punkcake and Revue.
Firenze RocksUltravox (Florence)
Summer is back at Ultravox Florence, the cultural space at Cascine Park, active since May 17 with events every night including live music, cinema, shows, food & drink, entertainment and sports. It starts with HSO and continues with artists such as Il Solito Dandy (24/5), Elasi (30/5), España Circo Este (7/6), Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti (10/7), 99 Posse (17/7) and many others. College Clash also returns.
Lucca Summer Festival (Lucca)
The Lucca Summer Festival 2025 returns with a packed billboard between Piazza Napoleone and the historic walls. Among the artists already announced: Antonello Venditti (28/6), Dream Theater (1/7), Carlos Santana (3/7), Irama (4/7), Thirty Seconds To Mars (5/7), Till Lindemann and Lacuna Coil (6/7), Scorpions (10/7), Ghali (11/7), Robert Plant (13/7), Nick Cave (17/7), Nile Rodgers (19/7), Pet Shop Boys (20/7), Jennifer Lopez (21/7), Riccardo Muti (22/7), Alanis Morissette (23/7), Simple Minds (24/7), Morrissey (26/7), Bryan Adams (27/7).
Bryan AdamsEstate Fiesolana (Florence)
The Estate Fiesolana promises to be very rich: from June 6 to Sept. 12 the Teatro Romano will host music, theater, dance and meetings with great protagonists of the Italian and international cultural scene. It starts on June 6 and 7 with “Kairos,” then space to the music of Patty Pravo (June 18), Pippo Pollina with orchestra (14), the jazz trio Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano and Jan Lundgren (25), Incognito (30), Alice with a tribute to Battiato (July 11), José González (12), Take Six (16) and Ana Carla Maza (20). Also on stage are Walter Veltroni (June 23), Massimo Recalcati (June 29), Roberto Saviano (Sept. 4), Umberto Galimberti (5) and Gianrico Carofiglio (12). Classics are inevitable: “Edipus” (July 9), “Seven at Thebes” (July 25), “Carmen” with the Ballet of Milan (July 31) and “Bolero-Carmina Burana” (Aug. 5). Also on the program are the Music Festival (June 21), a tribute to Paolo Benvegnù and the Fiesole Award to the Masters of Cinema.
La Prima Estate (Lido di Camaiore)
Back in Lido di Camaiore is La Prima Estate, an international music festival now in its fourth year, scheduled over two weekends: June 20-22 and June 27-29. On the first weekend Kings of Leon, St. Vincent, Air, TV on The Radio, Spiritualized, Mogwai, Yard Act, Nic Center and Calibro 35 will take the stage. The second weekend will feature performances by Moodyman (27/6), Grace Jones and Tony Humphries (28/6), and Lucio Corsi and Peter Cat Recording Co. (29/6).
Lucio Corsi (ph. Tommaso Ottomano)Pistoia Blues (Pistoia)
Pistoia Blues opens June 27 with Beth Hart's only Italian summer date. Also scheduled are the Marcus King Band (4/7), Brunori Sas (5/7) with the “L'albero delle noci” tour, and on July 10 the overwhelming blues of Blackberry Smoke and Paul Gilbert. Highly anticipated is the return of Gianna Nannini (13/7) with the “Sei nell'anima” European tour. Grand finale on July 15 with Queens of The Stone Age, preceded by the Amazons.
Musart Festival (Firenze)
The Musart Festival 2025, in the charming Parco Mediceo di Pratolino in the hills of Florence, brings big names in Italian music to the stage from July 17 to 24. It starts with Nino D'Angelo (17/7), then Diodato (18/7), Giovanni Allevi with the Italian Symphony Orchestra (19/7), Loredana Bertè (21/7), Roberto Vecchioni (23/7) and grand finale with the Gatti Mézzi reunion (24/7).
Giovanni AlleviFestival delle Colline 2025 (Prato)
Festival delle Colline 2025 returns July 4-18 with five evenings of art music set in art and nature settings between Poggio a Caiano, Prato and Carmignano. It starts on July 4 at the Villa Medicea with a tribute to De André by Ensemble Terzo Tempo (free admission), continuing on July 10 with the return of Umberto Palazzo and Il Santo Niente (Ticket 12 euros). On July 11 Joseph Arthur will be in concert at the Church of Santa Cristina in Pilli (free admission), while on the 17th it will be the turn of Druga (Andrea Franchi) at the Sculpture Court (free admission). On July 18, closing at the Rocca di Carmignano with Loverman (Ticket 12 euros).
Concerti a Villa Bertelli (Forte dei Marmi)
Ben Harper will return to perform in Italy in summer 2025: on July 17 he will be live at Villa Bertelli in Forte dei Marmi with his band The Innocent Criminals. Shortly before, on July 12, Tuscany will host Skunk Anansie, led by the charismatic Skin, for a leg of their summer tour. Other scheduled concerts include Alfa on July 30, Alessandra Amoroso on Aug. 2, Gianluca Gotto on Aug. 3, Alex Wyse on Aug. 12, Fabri Fibra on Aug. 13, Francesco Gabbani on Aug. 16 and Fedez on Aug. 19.
Montalfonso sotto le stelle (Castelnuovo di Garfagnana)
From Aug. 1 to 23, the Mont'Alfonso Fortress in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana is hosting the Mont'Alfonso under the Stars festival, with a full schedule of events. It starts on August 1 with ABBA Dream, followed by Maurizio Lastrico on the 2nd and Cristiano De André on the 6th. Stefano Bollani performs on Aug. 9, Fiorella Mannoia on the 11th. On Aug. 15, a dawn concert with Cesare Picco at 4:45. On Aug. 17 space is given to Canto Libero, on the 19th to The Kolors, on the 21st to Angelo Branduardi, while the festival closes on Aug. 23 with the evocative “Bolero Carmina Burana.”
Castiglioncello Festival (Castiglioncello)
Castiglioncello Festival 2025 runs from July 16 to Aug. 22 at Castello Pasquini on the Etruscan Coast. The musical program includes Edoardo Bennato on July 16, Nayt on the 26th, Alice with Orchestra on August 3, Enrico Nigiotti on the 9th, Rkomi on the 11th and Sal Da Vinci on August 10. On Aug. 5 there will be the Gatti Mézzi reunion and closing on Aug. 22 with Silent Bob & Sick Budd. There is no shortage of theater and comedy performances, such as Barbascura X on July 24.
Decibel Open Air (Firenze)
On Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7, the 2025 edition of Decibel Open Air, one of the most popular Italian festivals in Europe, returns to the Prato delle Cornacchie in Florence's Cascine Park. The event attracts tens of thousands of fans from all over Europe and beyond, with three stages dedicated to two days of live music. An unmissable appointment with the best of the world's electronic music in the green heart of Florence, just a few steps from the city center.
