The Best Events in Florence in October 2026

Artemisia Gentileschi at the Innocenti, chestnut festivals, film weeks and a new opera at the Maggio: the best events in Florence this October.

Broken at Palazzo Strozzi: The Power of the Fragment

From ancient Egypt to Michelangelo and Rodin, over 80 works that tell their story through what’s missing A nose and a pair of lips carved in stone more than 3,000 years ago are all that remain of a portrait of the pharaoh Akhenaton. That fragment, on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New […]

Firenze Jazz Festival 2026: Program, Dates and Line-up

The Florence Jazz Festival runs 5-13 September 2026 with a new main stage at the Scuderie Reali. See the full program, venues and line-up.

Tales of Traces, Stones and Moonlight at Villa Romana

Jeewi Lee, Mona Schulzek and Jeehye Song bring together memory, matter and poetic fragments in Florence Villa Romana presents Tales of Traces, Stones and Moonlight, an exhibition dedicated to Jeewi Lee, Mona Schulzek and Jeehye Song, three artists awarded the Junger Westen Art Prize. The show brings their practices into dialogue through works that explore […]

May 23: Night of the Museums in Florence

Florence also participates in the European Night of Museums 2024, on Saturday, May 18th.

Rothko in Florence at Palazzo Strozzi: a powerful exhibition in dialogue with the city

From March 14 to August 23, 2026, Palazzo Strozzi hosts Rothko in Florence, a major exhibition exploring Mark Rothko’s work in dialogue with the city’s artistic heritage.

Wax upon a time. The Medici and the arts of ceroplastics

Until April 12, 2026, the Uffizi Galleries present the first major exhibition dedicated to Florentine collections of wax sculpture from the 16th and 17th centuries

The Best Concerts in Florence in 2026

Discover our selection of the best concerts in Florence in 2026.

New Year’s Eve in Florence (welcoming 2026)

Florence New Year’s Eve 2025/26: free concerts in Santa Croce, jazz in Carmine, gospel in SS. Annunziata, countdown in Signoria + Scandicci show.

Pitti Immagine Uomo, 109: Motion

Pitti Immagine returns to Florence, holding the 109th edition of Pitti Uomo at Fortezza da Basso from 13 to 16 January 2026.