Lunaria – Street Arts Festival
The street arts festival in the medieval village of Calenzano Alto
About Lunaria
Lunaria: Street Arts Light Up Calenzano Alto
As dusk falls, the medieval village of Calenzano Alto, in the heart of the Florentine plain, glows with a special kind of magic. This is Lunaria, the street arts festival that has been bringing the castle’s streets, squares, and gardens to life for years with roaming performances, music, theater, and light installations. Promoted by the Municipality of Calenzano and organized by the Calenzano Tourist Association, the festival is one of the most anticipated cultural events of the summer in the province of Florence, Tuscany.
The formula is simple yet enchanting: visitors follow a path marked by colorful lights that winds through the medieval walls, encountering artists of all kinds along the way. Acrobats, jugglers, stilt walkers, fire-eaters, aerial dancers, giant soap bubbles, marching bands, and street theater companies perform late into the night, creating an atmosphere suspended between reality and dreams.
A New Theme Every Year
The hallmark of Lunaria is its annual theme: each edition is conceived as a cohesive story that links performances, set designs, and characters. Since 2022, artistic direction has been entrusted to the association Le Petit Voyage, experts in street performance, who oversee the event's overall direction and narrative flow.
Following the 2025 edition dedicated to Dante's Divine Comedy, 2026 brings "Celestial Mirages," an immersion into the fascination of stars, planets, and distant worlds. Over a hundred artists, including "sky weavers" and "star merchants," bring to life a poetic universe of planet guardians, wandering moons, cartographers, and star-catchers.
The Village as a Stage
The true value of Lunaria lies in its natural stage: the castle and medieval village of Calenzano Alto, with their alleys, walls, and gardens, become an integral part of the show. During the festival, visitors can also explore cultural sites such as the Museum of Historical Figurines, which extends its opening hours for the event.
Lunaria is designed for all ages, making it the perfect evening for families or friends to discover street art in one of the most charming villages in the province of Florence.
Lunaria — edition 2026
"Celestial Mirages" is the theme of the 2026 edition of Lunaria, scheduled for Saturday, June 20th, and Sunday, June 21st, in the medieval village of Calenzano Alto. For two nights, from 7:00 PM to midnight, the castle streets transform into a journey through stars, planets, and distant worlds, animated by over a hundred artists, including "sky weavers" and "star merchants."
The narrative thread, curated by the artistic direction of Le Petit Voyage, weaves together roaming shows, fantastic characters, light installations, a craft market, and food stalls along the route through the village.
Programme Lunaria 2026
Schedule
- Saturday, June 20th and Sunday, June 21st, from 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM
- Ticket office opening: Saturday from 6:00 PM, Sunday from 5:30 PM
Roaming Shows and Characters
The "Celestial Mirages" theme comes to life through over a hundred artists and a gallery of characters and installations throughout the village:
- Silent Orbits — twelve planet guardians traverse the village in a slow celestial procession, led by two large wandering moons
- Fallen Star — a character wandering the streets granting visitors' wishes
- Moon Fragments — four lunar shards scattering stardust, dreams, and small enchantments
- Star Catcher — collects messages entrusted to the night stars
- Moon Cartographer — draws new maps of unexplored lunar regions
- Sky Weavers — three astronauts weaving constellations with wool threads
- The Essential is Invisible to the Eye — the Fox and her ancient words
- Celestial Geomancer — interprets messages from stones
- Intergalactic Traffic Warden, Terracubist, Divaplavalaguna, and Eclipse — figures playing with cosmic rules and the balance of opposites
Along the path, marked by colorful lighting, music, street theater, and street art moments alternate. The schedule for individual performances is published on the official website and the festival's social media channels.
Services
- Free shuttle service from the cemetery parking lot (via Puccini) to the village, from 6:00 PM to 12:30 AM
- Extended evening opening of the Museum of Historical Figurines until 11:00 PM
Highlights Lunaria 2026
Prices Lunaria 2026
Practical information — Lunaria
When
Lunaria traditionally takes place in June over two nights (Saturday and Sunday). The 2026 edition is scheduled for June 20th and 21st, from 7:00 PM to midnight.
Where
Medieval village of Calenzano Alto, Municipality of Calenzano (FI), Tuscany.
Getting There and Parking
During the festival, a free shuttle service operates between the cemetery parking lot (via Puccini) and the village, roughly from 6:00 PM to 12:30 AM. We recommend reaching Calenzano Alto via the shuttle, as traffic in the historic center is restricted.
Tickets
Admission is ticketed. Tickets can be purchased in advance via the TicketOne network or at the gates at the entrance to the village on the nights of the festival.
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Where does it take place — Lunaria
Borgo Medievale di Calenzano Alto