Maggiolata in Lucignano - 2026

Lucignano is known for their Maggiolata festival, a celebration of spring and tradition typically held the typically the last two weeks of May. This year, due to a Mayoral election, the festival will be May 31st - June 7. People come from all over Italy to see the festival. All the floats in the parade are made out of flowers and there is endless food, music, and ongoing events.

This is a great way to see the town and its traditions as you explore Tuscany in a new way. Every year has a different theme and then each contrada or neighborhood chooses something within that theme. This year's theme is music and each contrada chose a different genre of music. Every float is hand crafted and each individual flower is added to the float. This is months and months of work and an insane amount of volunteer hours. Once Maggiolata kicks off, all the contrada's compete against one another and the floats are revealed to the public in various parades. There is also a panel of judges that review each float based on the grading criteria set for that year and a winner is chosen.

Pictures of years past:

For the full 2026 program, check back in a month at this website: https://www.maggiolatalucignanese.it/

When you enter any of the gates into the town, you will be asked to buy a ticket to enter (~10 euros)

Key events to know:

The festival dates this year are May 31 - June 7.

The first and last nights are usually big parties in the village with a few more bigger evenings during parade days. Beyond just the parades, there are other competitions, music events, food stands and much more.

Parade Dates:

May 31 (day), June 1 (night), June 7 (day)

Day parades start around 4pm and evening parades start around 9pm. The program online, will tell you if it is an afternoon or night parade. Make sure you get in before 4pm to be able to park near town because they will block the roads coming into town on parade days.