Museums & culture
San Giovanni Battista
Varenna's eleventh-century mother church on the San Giorgio square, with bare stone walls and sixteenth-century frescoes.
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- Music
- Indicative dates
31 December
Varenna
Waiting for New Year in Piazza San Giorgio
- Where
- Piazza San Giorgio, Varenna
- Recurrence
- every year on the night of 31 December
- Tickets
- Usually free entry
The event recurs every year in this period, but the dates are not confirmed. Check with the organiser.
Varenna's New Year's Eve celebration takes place in Piazza San Giorgio, with a countdown to welcome the new year.
It is organised by the municipality.
The programme for the 2025 edition
On 31 December 2025, from 23:00, the JAM Live Band plays in Piazza San Giorgio, with pop and dance from the eighties to today. Entry is free, as for the whole of the Comune's Christmas programme. In bad weather the party moves into the multi-purpose hall on Via Roma.
Nearby: places, experiences, services
Distances as the crow flies from where the event is held.
Around the same time
Until17Jan 2027
Opera season at the Teatro Sociale di Como
Opera at the Teatro Sociale on Piazza Verdi, with productions from the OperaLombardia network.
Teatro Sociale di Como, Piazza Verdi
Until31Jan 2027
Marco and Rosa De Marchi: a villa, a collection, a love story
Villa Monastero remembers Marco and Rosa De Marchi, who bequeathed it for public use, ninety years after Marco's death.
Villa Monastero, Casa Museo
22Nov
Christmas in Menaggio
From late November to Epiphany, the ice rink on Piazza Garibaldi, markets on the lakefront, the Loveno nativity scenes and concerts in Santo Stefano.
Piazza Garibaldi, the lakefront and the churches of Menaggiountil 6 January 2027Indicative dates
6Dec
Nativity scenes by the people of Bellagio
At weekends between December and Epiphany, nativity scenes made in Bellagio in the church of San Giorgio, and the children's ones at the Torre delle Arti.
The church of San Giorgio on Via Carlo Bellosio and the Torre delle Arti, Bellagiountil 4 January 2027Indicative dates