Last day2Nov
Fiera dei Morti
On 1 and 2 November the centre of Sorico fills with stalls, with the livestock area that tradition requires.
Concerts, exhibitions, festivals, regattas and event series around Lake Como, with dates and programmes for each edition.
Indicative dates follow the annual recurrence and should be confirmed with the organiser. Showing 1 Nov 2026 – 2 Nov 2027.
Last day2Nov
On 1 and 2 November the centre of Sorico fills with stalls, with the livestock area that tradition requires.
Until7Nov

The autumn festival Lecco devotes to Manzoni, around Villa Manzoni: readings, tours, talks and the Camminata Manzoniana walk.
Until8Nov

Villa Carlotta's autumn programme, from early October to early November.
Until15Nov

Industrial-archaeology photographs of the Gerenzone valley, in Lecco's Torre Viscontea.
Until22Nov

More than seventy sculptures, paintings and drawings by Paolo Schiavocampo at Palazzo delle Paure, in the autumn.
Until25Nov
Stalls selling food, clothing and other goods in central Lecco.
Until6Dec
Local craft stalls on Lungolago Europa.
Until8Dec

An exhibition at Villa Carlotta on the Dutch princess and the dukes of Sachsen Meiningen, for the bicentenary of Georg II.
Until8Dec

The old postcards in Villa Carlotta's Historical Archive show how the garden, the villa and the landscape around them have changed.
Until13Dec
The Tremezzina's autumn food festival: from October to December, restaurants and hotels in the area serve menus of the lake, the land and Lario tradition.
Until31Dec

Two hundred years since Volta's death: talks, visits and exhibitions, in Como and beyond.
Until31Dec
Morazzone in Como's cathedral, four hundred years after his death.
Until10Jan 2027

The pleat in cloth, from the making to Capucci's gowns: an autumn and winter exhibition at the Silk Museum.
Until17Jan 2027

An exhibition at Palazzo delle Paure on the seventies and the utopia of the rock festivals, in pictures by eight photographers.
Until17Jan 2027

Opera at the Teatro Sociale on Piazza Verdi, with productions from the OperaLombardia network.
Until31Jan 2027

Villa Monastero remembers Marco and Rosa De Marchi, who bequeathed it for public use, ninety years after Marco's death.
Until12May 2027

Plays, dance and concerts at the Teatro Sociale on Piazza Verdi.
6Nov
The feast of the patron saint San Martino in Moltrasio in November.
7Nov

The rally on the roads around the lake, organised by the Automobile Club Como.
8Nov
A race on road and dirt track, from the Politecnico campus up towards the hills above Lecco.
11Nov

Beethoven and Ravel in Volta's temple, with free entry: the second concert of “Musica e Energia nel segno di Volta”.
20Nov

The songwriter who sings in the Tremezzina dialect, with a thirteen-piece orchestra, two nights in Lecco.
21Nov

The village's Corpo musicale celebrates the patron saint of music.
21Nov
Christmas stalls on Piazza Garibaldi, by the lake, at weekends and on holidays until after Epiphany.
22Nov
From late November to Epiphany, the ice rink on Piazza Garibaldi, markets on the lakefront, the Loveno nativity scenes and concerts in Santo Stefano.
22Nov

A Sunday of science workshops, games and experiments for families at Como's Teatro Sociale, for the Volta bicentenary.
25Nov
Wooden chalets on piazza XX Settembre and Cermenati, until Epiphany.
25Nov

Lights and projections on building façades accompany Christmas events in the historic centre.
28Nov

Christmas stalls under Brienno's arcades, among steps and lanes by the lake.
28Nov

An evening in late November when the FAI opens the villa at Lenno for its nativity scenes.
29Nov
The Corpo Musicale Vittorio Veneto plays for the patron saint of musicians, at Tremezzo, on the last Sunday in November.
29Nov
The Sunday in late November when Tremezzo's Pro Loco sets out its Christmas stalls.
1Dec

Advent music from the Broletto balcony on Piazza del Duomo.
5Dec

Nativity scenes and dioramas in the Torre Viscontea, December to Epiphany.
6Dec
One-hour cruises on the lake's first basin aboard the decorated Orione, with Father Christmas on board, in the days before Christmas.
6Dec

An exhibition of masterworks at Palazzo delle Paure, December to March.
6Dec

Lecco's patron saint, on 6 December, with mass in the basilica and the San Nicolò d'Oro awards.
6Dec

From early December Bellano's gorge lights up with installations in the evening, on a different theme each year.
6Dec

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.
6Dec

The half marathon along the western shore, starting and finishing at Villa Olmo.
7Dec
The nativity trail through the whole village, the lakefront lit up and the “1000 luci sul lago” on Christmas Eve, from early December to Epiphany.
8Dec
From 8 December to Epiphany, nativity scenes along the streets of Dervio and its neighbours.
13Dec

The hobbyists' Christmas market, in the village in December.
19Dec

The village's Corpo musicale plays for Christmas.
19Dec
The De-Sidera association's nativity play beside the cathedral.
23Dec

On 23 December the Corale Bilacus sings the Nativity in Bellagio's basilica of San Giacomo, then greetings in the square.
24Dec
On Christmas Eve afternoon, Father Christmas in Piazza San Giorgio with presents for the children and a snack.
24Dec
On Christmas Eve the volunteers' Christmas floats cross Mandello to Piazza del Mercato.
26Dec

An organ concert on St Stephen's Day in the basilica of San Fedele, with free entry.
30Dec

On 30 December, in the hall of Palazzo Gallio in Gravedona, a symphony orchestra and a toast to the new year.
31Dec
New Year's Eve on Varenna's square, with the midnight countdown.
31Dec

The last evening of the year with a ballet on Piazza Verdi.
31Dec
At midnight on 31 December Como sees in the new year with fireworks over the lake.
1Jan 2027

New Year's Day at the Teatro Sociale, put on by La Famiglia Comasca.
1Jan 2027
On the afternoon of 1 January, the Comune di Lecco's New Year concert at the Sala Don Ticozzi.
3Jan 2027
In early January the Magi ride through Esino on horseback to the living nativity, past the village's opened courtyards.
5Jan 2027
Every 5 January, for more than four centuries, Bellano's traditional festival has staged its scenes in the streets of the old centre, on the jetty and in Piazza Tommaso Grossi.
6Jan 2027

Epiphany at Civenna and Pescallo, on 6 January.
6Jan 2027

On 6 January, for Epiphany, Lecco waits for the Befana in the streets of the town centre.
6Jan 2027

The children's blessing at San Giorgio and the Befana's arrival in the square.
6Jan 2027
On the afternoon of 6 January, the nativity with costumed figures, in a Bellagio hamlet that changes from year to year.
9Jan 2027
The tail end of the Pesa Vegia: snacks, mulled wine and hot tea on the square.
17Jan 2027
On 17 January, in Piazza Amendola, vehicles and animals are blessed from morning to evening.
17Jan 2027
The patronal feast of the hamlet above Abbadia: on Sunday the blessing of the animals and the basket auction, and for days the polenta oncia.
17Jan 2027
17 January in Bellano's mountain village: mass, the blessing of the salt, the basket auction and a tripe supper.
17Jan 2027
17 January: the blessing of the animals, the basket auction on the square and the ravioli di Sant'Antonio.
28Jan 2027
On the last Thursday in January Varenna drives out the winter: the traditional round of the lanes, then cakes and mulled wine.
6Feb 2027
The wooden masks of the Mascarun and the Brut parade between the hamlets, and on Shrove Tuesday the Carlisep is burned.
6Feb 2027
Carnival Saturday in the lanes of Rovenna, above Cernobbio: a parade with the band, the burning of the witch and a snack.
6Feb 2027
The carnival of a Colico hamlet: the carnival king and queen on Saturday night, fireworks, and the floats on Sunday.
6Feb 2027
Como's municipal carnival in the town-centre streets.
7Feb 2027
On carnival Sunday the floats and masked groups parade from the nursery-school park to Piazza Garibaldi.
7Feb 2027
Lecco's carnival, with floats and costumed groups in the town-centre streets.
7Mar 2027
A road half marathon in early March, starting from Lecco's lakefront.
20Mar 2027
A weekend in March when the FAI opens places that are usually closed, in Como and around the lake.
28Mar 2027
Craft stalls and organic produce in the square, on Easter Sunday.
28Mar 2027

Camellias in bloom at Palazzo Gallio, Easter Sunday and Monday, free entry.
25Apr 2027
Stage one of the Trofeo BCC-Larioservizi: the Lucie season opens at Lecco.
14May 2027

One May evening on the San Vito lakefront at Cremia, the Accademia del Risotto al Pesce Persico hands out tastings, with stalls and music.
21May 2027

Historic cars compete at Cernobbio, between Villa d'Este and Villa Erba.
23May 2027

International watercolourists in the Torre Viscontea, for three weeks.
30May 2027
Electronic music at Area Bione, at the turn of May and June.
30May 2027
Pizzoccheri and polenta taragna at Pozzolo, one Sunday in late May.
2Jun 2027
Traditional games for children on Piazza della Chiesa in central Bellagio.
4Jun 2027
Street food and music on Lecco's lakefront.
5Jun 2027
Cellars open in Lierna's hamlets, with one ticket for every tasting.
5Jun 2027
The mountain race from Lecco to the top of the Resegone and back.
9Jun 2027

An outdoor show in Parco Villa Gomes, Lecco, on several June evenings.
10Jun 2027
Author talks in Como, every June.
11Jun 2027
The market of European exhibitors in Bellano.
11Jun 2027

Parolario's Cernobbio strand, at Villa Bernasconi.
11Jun 2027
Parades in traditional Lario dress through central Mandello.
14Jun 2027
The council's summer season: outdoor shows from June to September.
19Jun 2027

Como returns to 1159, with its quarters in procession and in competition.
20Jun 2027
Stage two of the Trofeo BCC-Larioservizi, rowed at Lierna in late June.
21Jun 2027
One festa per hamlet, late June to late August, above Bellano.
25Jun 2027
Crafts and food at the Madonnina evening market.
25Jun 2027
The lake's dried fish, in the park, the last weekend of June.
26Jun 2027

Chamber music in the villas, churches and gardens, all summer.
26Jun 2027

Fireworks over Isola Comacina and celebrations at Ossuccio and on the island.
27Jun 2027
The lucie boat procession and the blessing of the lake on Lecco's waterfront.
27Jun 2027
A Lucie regatta in Lecco, dedicated to Arnaldo Mondonico.
27Jun 2027
Crafts and handmade objects at the lakefront market.
30Jun 2027

Two weeks of concerts at the Teatro Sociale's Arena and around town.
1Jul 2027
The film festival across central Lecco in early July.
2Jul 2027

July concerts at Piona abbey and around the bay, at Colico.
3Jul 2027
An evening of food and music at Parco Bellavista in Civenna, above Bellagio.
4Jul 2027
Stage three of the Trofeo BCC-Larioservizi, at Lenno in early July.
8Jul 2027
Jazz across Lecco through July, at different venues in town.
10Jul 2027
A summer night when the city stays open until dawn.
11Jul 2027
Stage four of the Trofeo BCC-Larioservizi, at Bellano in mid-July.
16Jul 2027
A family event at Villa Camilla in Domaso.
17Jul 2027
One July evening on Via Manzoni eating agoni, the lake fish.
17Jul 2027
Jazz on Bellano's lakefront, the same evening as Agoni in Contrada.
18Jul 2027

A stage of the Trofeo BCC-Larioservizi: every summer the Lucie, the lake's traditional rowing boats, race on the water at Colonno.
23Jul 2027

Concerts at Palazzo Gallio and in the cloister of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
23Jul 2027

On the last weekend of July, around the church of Santa Marta above the lake: mass every evening, theatre, music and, on Sunday, the procession.
24Jul 2027

Bellano's patronal festival, in the church and Piazza Grossi.
25Jul 2027
A rowing regatta from the Serenella to Dongo and back, one Sunday in July.
25Jul 2027
On the last Sunday in July Magreglio, the village of the Ghisallo, celebrates its patron saint with a fair on the church square and lunch in front of the church.
25Jul 2027

Stage six of the Trofeo BCC-Larioservizi: on the last Sunday in July the Lucie race at Lezzeno, La Sportiva's home regatta.
31Jul 2027

On the last Saturday in July the San Siro Pro Loco brings food and music to the Roman walls at Santa Maria.
1Aug 2027
Opera at Bellano's Giardini Eliporto, between late July and early August.
1Aug 2027
Concerts in Tremezzina in early August.
8Aug 2027
Stage seven of the Trofeo BCC-Larioservizi, at Argegno in early August.
9Aug 2027
Organ recitals in the churches of Gravedona, Dongo and Trezzone.
10Aug 2027
Abbadia Lariana's patronal feast, around 10 August.
14Aug 2027
Lit-up boats judged in a contest, then fireworks, on the evening of 14 August.
14Aug 2027

The Filarmonica di Brienno's summer concert on Piazza dei Caduti.
14Aug 2027
On a Saturday in August the Pro Loco sets out the tables on the lakefront by the pier: dinner, music and a second-hand market.
16Aug 2027
On 16 August, the feast of the patron saint San Rocco, gnocchi made by hand by the Pro Loco's volunteers on the church square, at lunch and at dinner.
22Aug 2027

On the Sunday nearest 24 August the Laglio hamlet keeps its saint's day with mass in the church of San Bartolomeo.
22Aug 2027
On a Sunday in August, on the slopes above Musso, mass in the little church of San Bernardo and, in the afternoon, the Labbio games.
22Aug 2027
Lucie race in Domaso for the Trofeo BCC-Larioservizi.
27Aug 2027

Como's patronal festival, closing the city's summer.
28Aug 2027
Missoltini and polenta in Mezzegra's park, going since 1964, in late August.
29Aug 2027
Books and author talks in Piazza Cavour and at other venues around the city.
29Aug 2027

Crews from around the lake race in Lucie, its traditional rowing boats.
30Aug 2027

Two days of services for Como's patron saint, on 30 and 31 August.
31Aug 2027
A week of ATP Challenger tennis on the clay at Tennis Como.
4Sept 2027

Tastings in Palanzo's old cellars, with musicians in the village lanes.
4Sept 2027
A village evening at the Molgisio playground in Lenno, with supper outdoors.
4Sept 2027
A climb from Lecco up Monte Magnodeno, early September.
5Sept 2027
The Alpini group's festa, first Sunday of September at San Rocco, Colico.
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