Medieval knight or jazz? Your choice!

How many laps have you already done on the Walls? Which is your favourite time of the day for a walk or a ride on your bike? Did you expect them to be so impressive

Have you ever stopped thinking how it could have been when just the soldiers were allowed to be there? How did these walls look like?

Well, this weekend go towards the San Frediano district, inside and outside Porta San Maria, in the Real Collegio square and all around in the city to enjoy a beautiful medieval representation with: the artillery warehouse, the ancient jobs and the market, gambling in Lucca in the '500, the "brothel" for the soldiers and the upper class bigots, the fights between the mercenaries, the joust with the knights and horses and parades with drummers, flag wavers, costumes and crossbows along the main streets...

Be there around 15.30 on Saturday 7th to watch The Pikes/Knives Lineup, a technical performance on how to use the pike as a weapon.




At 16.00 in the Real Collegio square The ransacking/The sack
At 16.15 outiside the San Frediano exit there will be a workshop for kids: military enrloment and basics for fights.

At 16.30 A tournament of duels with soldiers

At 18.00 The Horse Joust and renaissance dances and music on the San Frediano platform.

At 19.30 Hora Fugiens: the Cithara poetry

At 21 The recital Xandù Story

Ba back on Sunday 8th:

at 10.30 Opening of the Renaissance Market on the walls from Porta Santa Maria until San Frediano platform.

At 11.15 outside the San Frediano exit there will be a workshop for kids: military enrolment and basics for fights.

At 11.30 The Ball Braca game: the squire's training

At 12.00 Military camp cuisine: recipes and demonstration

More artillery and archery representations, historical parades in costumes and flag wavers and drummers will perform along the main streets

At 15.00 The Great Battle

From 16.30 till 18.30 Crossbow Competition between San Paolino district and the Lucca crossbow team. 

Instead just close by, once a Roman place of entertainment, the Amphitheatre square, will become a stage for a Jazz festival for a week (June 7th till 13th). The event will be begin at 19.00 with a Marching Band from Piazza Cittadella through the streets till the venue.

Every night the concert starts at 21.15, here is the calendar: 

• Saturday 7th: Jazz Under 14 free admission subject to availability. 
• Sunday 8th: Opening concert with E.Rava at the trumpet and A.Lanzoni at the piano Ticket 15€
• Monday 9th: Meeting between Sardinia and Tuscany: from folk music to jazz music by Gavino Murgia Mediterranean Trio, free admission subject to availability
• Tuesday 10th: From Naples to Jazz - From Africa to Flamenco Ensemble Tony Cercola voices and small orchestra. Ticket 10€
• Wednesday 11th: Playing with the traditions, a geography of sounds orchestrada, free admission subject to availability
• Thursday 12th: Puccini and Verdi in Jazz Ticket 10€
• Friday 13th: Mister "G" and Love free admission subject to availability

You can buy tickets at the Tourist information office in Piazzale Verdi or on the same day of the concert from 16.00 there will be a box office in Piazza Scarpellini.

So I hope this sounds lot of fun for all of you!