Festival dei Laghi Lombardi

A festival spread across the Lombard lakes

The Festival dei Laghi Lombardi is a travelling cultural event that, from late spring to early autumn, brings theatre, music, comedy, concerts, and documentaries to the most picturesque locations on the lakes of Lombardy. Conceived and directed by Francesco Pellicini, originally from Luino, the festival begins in the town on Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese.

Opening in Luino

The edition kicks off in Luino with a four-day opening, coinciding with and co-produced by the Festival del Teatro e della Comicità Città di Luino (Festival of Theatre and Comedy of the City of Luino), which celebrates its twentieth anniversary. From here, the festival extends to five Lombard provinces — Varese, Brescia, Bergamo, Lecco, and Sondrio — as well as the neighbouring territories of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and the Canton of Ticino.

Tributes to the region and major guests

The festival pays tribute to the great cultural figures linked to Luino and the lakes: the writer Piero Chiara, the playwright Dario Fo, the singer-songwriter and journalist Nanni Svampa, the poet Vittorio Sereni, the philosopher Giovanni Reale, and the champion Gigi Riva. On stage, prominent guests such as Mogol, Cochi Ponzoni, and Massimo Boldi alternate, in a programme that intertwines performance and memory, supported by Regione Lombardia and Fondazione Cariplo.