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LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura

Opening hours: Tue/Wed/Fri 11:00–18:00
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14–15.11

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Blade Runner Live

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17.12.2026

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Mr. Rain

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Compagnia Finzi Pasca Membership LAC Winter Village Ticket Office

Suggested tags

Teatro

Danza

Musica

Musical

Performance

Spettacolo per famiglie

Mostre

Mediazione culturale

Screening

Free

The most popular events

14–15.11

Sala Teatro

Blade Runner Live

The Avex Ensemble

Cine-concerto

Intelligenze quantiche

17.12.2026

20:00

Sala Teatro

Mr. Rain

Nei teatri 2026

Musica

Explore Read, Listen, Watch

conti

Video

00:01:21

Lorenzo Conti introduce

My Fierce Ignorant Step

orestea prove

Video

00:01:17

Songbook. Tovel aka Matteo Franceschini – Ensemble900/Francesco Bossaglia

Introduzione al concerto

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Schools Companies Accessibility Restaurant
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Opening hours: Tue/Wed/Fri 11:00–18:00
 Thu 11:00–20:00  Sat/Sun 10:00–18:00  Mon Closed

Opening hours: Tue/Wed/Fri 11:00–18:00
 Thu 11:00–20:00  Sat/Sun 10:00–18:00  Mon Closed

LAC Winter Village
A new winter village for everyone

27.11.2026–10.01.2027

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LAC Winter Village: events and activities not to be missed

Geometria delle Emozioni

Club Pattinaggio Lugano

Fri 27.11

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Performance

Free

LAC Winter Village: events and activities not to be missed

La magia della luce

Discovering the LAC

05–19.12.2026

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Mediazione culturale

Children and families

Atelier

Free

LAC Winter Village: events and activities not to be missed

A Christmas straight out of a film

A series of Christmas films for children and families

27.12.2026–10.01.2027

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Proiezione

Free

LAC Winter Village: events and activities not to be missed

Drawing workshop

Creating characters

Mon 05.11

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Proiezione

Giovani

Workshop

Free

LAC Winter Village: events and activities not to be missed

Figure skating performance

Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri

Mon 05.11

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Performance

Free

Literary Breakfasts

A doctor serving the community: Polia Rusca-Schenderowitsch

Yvonne Pesenti

Sat 14.11

Mediazione culturale

Incontro

Letteratura

Free

Literary Breakfasts

Writing about freedom

Pegah Moshir Pour

Sat 21.11

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Incontro

Letteratura

Free

Pablo Trincia reads Open by Andre Agassi

Thu 24 January

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Christos Papadopoulos
My Fierce Ignorant Step

The renowned Greek choreographer returns to the LAC with his new work

Sat 21 November

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Danza

Coproduzione LAC

A weekend of dance, exploring different forms and styles

Tamdom

Bianca Berger

World premiere, 21/22.11

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Performance

Danza

A weekend of dance, exploring different forms and styles

My Fierce Ignorant Step

Christos Papadopoulos

National premiere, 22.11

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Danza

Coproduzione LAC

A weekend of dance, exploring different forms and styles

Act III

Operator

Livestream, 22.11

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Performance

Danza

Livestream

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Blade Runner. Humans, replicants and other forms of the future

Roy Menarini, a film critic and lecturer at the University of Bologna, introduces Ridley Scott’s film.

Sun 15.11

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Incontro

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Blade Runner Live / The Avex Ensemble

Ridley Scott’s masterpiece in a special film-concert version

14/15 November

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Mr. Rain

Nei teatri 2026

Thu 17 December

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Massimo Ranieri returns to the LAC

The Neapolitan artist is the star of a theatrical and musical one-man show celebrating his career.

Sat 28.11

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Musica

Knitting and chatting about the theatre: the Tricot Café get-togethers

Oscar

Sat 14.11

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Mediazione culturale

Adulti

Approfondimento

Knitting and chatting about the theatre: the Tricot Café get-togethers

Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore

Sat 28.11

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Mediazione culturale

Adulti

Approfondimento

Knitting and chatting about the theatre: the Tricot Café get-togethers

Orestea

Sat 09.01

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Mediazione culturale

Adulti

Approfondimento

Knitting and chatting about the theatre: the Tricot Café get-togethers

The Body of an American

Sun 14.02

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Adulti

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Knitting and chatting about the theatre: the Tricot Café get-togethers

Stato contro Nolan

Sat 13.03

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Adulti

Approfondimento

Sonia Bergamasco plays Oscar in Antonio Latella’s new production

24/25 November

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Teatro

Mario Calabresi — Anni Settanta. Terrore e Diritti

The well-known journalist and writer takes the audience on a journey through the contrasts of 1970s Italy

Mon 16 November

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Visioni parallele

Film Festival

Six screenings. A journey through film and theater.

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Prismi 2027 Call for Applications

The call for applications is now open for playwrights from Italian-speaking Switzerland.

Applications from 20 October to 30 November

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Teatro

A musical journey through the works of Rossini and Schubert with the Freiburger Barockorchester

Sat 05 December

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Symphonic

LAC+

Over 50 shows included and lots of exclusive benefits for just CHF 199 a year.

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Jannis Kounellis:

I am a painter

20.09.2026–17.01.2027

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Arte

Mostre

Current Exhibitions

Umberto Boccioni

Toward Futurist Liberation

August 7 – January 24

Arte

Mostre

Current Exhibitions

Kaari Upson. Dollhouse

A Retrospective

September 6 – January 10

Arte

Mostre

Current Exhibitions

Emotion and Observation: Art in Ticino, 1850–1950

The MASI Collections

Permanent Collection

Arte

Mostre

Current Exhibitions

Jannis Kounellis:

I am a painter

September 20–January 17

Arte

Mostre

Upcoming events at the museum

LAC edu x MASI Lugano

Ciuff ciuff ciuff

Sundays at the museum

11.10–22.11

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Mediazione culturale

Atelier

Upcoming events at the museum

LAC edu x MASI Lugano

After art

Director’s tour & drinks reception

Thu 19.11

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Mediazione culturale

Approfondimento

Laterale — Tradizione futura
Caroline Guiela Nguyen

The French author and director talks to Rossella Menna about theatre, identity and social inequalities

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Laterale

LAC and Teatro Nazionale Croato di Fiume

Carmelo Rifici directs Pirandello’s “Six Characters in Search of an Author”, leading the Dramma Italiano theatre company from Rijeka

03/04 December

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Teatro

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Family shows

Gianna, che viveva in una bolla

Binario Vivo

Sun 15.11

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Family shows

Dalla mela al sole

Teatro Pan

Sun 31.01

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Family shows

Giovannino e quello che sarà

Teatro Telaio

Sun 14.02

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Family shows

Sasso liscio, foglia rossa, guscio di noce – La storia di Nadine

Il Teatro nel Baule

Sun 14.03

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Family shows

Storia di un uomo e della sua ombra

Principio Attivo

Sun 11.04

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