Naples Events Calendar 2027
2027 is the year ahead, and this is the forward calendar: every date below is one the organisation that runs the event has already published, checked before it was written here — not carried over from what happened in 2026. Twelve month pages, 42 dated events across the year, each one traced back to the organiser that published it.
2026 is the current year. Its calendar is at Naples events in 2026.
⚠️ Current Status
Castel dell'Ovo's interior is not confirmed open. The Comune di Napoli's official page still lists the castle as closed to the public until further notice for renovation work, and gives no reopening date. On 20 September 2026 Mayor Gaetano Manfredi announced that the castle would reopen and stay open, with guided visits by booking while restoration continues in other parts of the complex; as of 30 September 2026 no booking channel had been published. Check our opening hours and current access status page, or telephone the castle on 081 7953581, before planning a trip around going inside.
📅 How this calendar is put together
Every row is a date published by the body that runs the event; the twelve month pages carry the link through to each organiser. Nothing is an estimate or an “expected” date, and no month is padded to look full: the two months that carry a single date show just that one row. Start times appear only where the organiser publishes one. Distances are given by district, never in minutes.
The year's spine is the America's Cup: the Louis Vuitton Cup opens on 22–23 May, the Youth Cup runs 2–6 June, the Women's Cup 5–9 July, and the Match itself 10–19 July — all of it on water between Castel dell'Ovo and Posillipo. The rest of the calendar is the city's own: the Teatro di San Carlo's 2026/27 season through to its closing chamber concert on 31 October, the Teatro di Napoli's houses, the Gallerie d'Italia, and the free first Sunday at the state museums every month.
January 2027
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“Angelica e Élisabeth. L'età delle donne pittrici” — Gallerie d'Italia
📅 6 Nov 2026 – 7 Mar 2027
Kauffmann and Vigée Le Brun at the Bourbon court — runs to 7 March 2027.
📍 Gallerie d'Italia
Lo Schiaccianoci, Tchaikovsky — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 2, 3 and 5 Jan
The theatre's Christmas ballet, at the end of a run that began on 22 December.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
#domenicalmuseo — free Sunday at Palazzo Reale
📅 Sun 3 Jan
State museums open free on the first Sunday of the month.
📍 Palazzo Reale di Napoli
February 2027
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Corde di luna — Gallerie d'Italia
📅 5 Feb
Semenzato and Duncumb in recital, inside the exhibition (#INSIDE).
📍 Gallerie d'Italia
#domenicalmuseo — free Sunday at Palazzo Reale
📅 Sun 7 Feb
Free first Sunday at Palazzo Reale and Museo Pignatelli.
📍 Palazzo Reale di Napoli
Carulli Day — Chiesa di Sant'Anna di Palazzo
📅 9 Feb
The Festival Carulli closes on the composer's birthday, in the church where he was baptised.
📍 Chiesa di Sant'Anna di Palazzo
March 2027
Mami — Teatro Mercadante
📅 5–6 Mar
Mario Banushi's Mami, an Onassis Stegi co-production — two nights only.
📍 Teatro Mercadante
“Angelica e Élisabeth” — closing week, Gallerie d'Italia
📅 to 7 Mar
Closing week of the Bourbon-court exhibition — last day 7 March.
📍 Gallerie d'Italia
#domenicalmuseo — free Sunday at Palazzo Reale
📅 Sun 7 Mar
Free first Sunday at Palazzo Reale and Museo Pignatelli.
📍 Palazzo Reale di Napoli
April 2027
Dutoit, Perianes and the San Carlo orchestra — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 Sun 4 Apr, 19:00
Dutoit conducts Beethoven's Emperor, Stravinsky's Firebird and Ravel's La valse.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
Il reparto n. 6 — Teatro Mercadante
📅 7–18 Apr
Chekhov, adapted and directed by Lev Dodin.
📍 Teatro Mercadante
Crochet Coral Reef — Villa Pignatelli, Casa della Fotografia
📅 to 12 Apr
The Wertheims' crocheted reef — over 4,000 contributors, six wool islands, two in Naples.
📍 Villa Pignatelli
Otto mesi in due ore, Donizetti — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 17, 21 and 23 Apr
A new house production — three nights, no two of them at the same hour.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
May 2027
Studio sui sei personaggi — Teatro San Ferdinando
📅 6–16 May
Emma Dante's staging after Pirandello, at the San Ferdinando.
📍 Teatro San Ferdinando
Ceneri — Teatro Mercadante
📅 7–8 May
Marcos Morau and Aterballetto — two performances.
📍 Teatro Mercadante
Peter Grimes, Britten — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 19–25 May
Six nights in a staging borrowed from La Fenice — and the hour changes across the run.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
Louis Vuitton Cup opens — Gulf of Naples
📅 22–23 May
AC75 fleet racing opens the Cup: three races Saturday, three Sunday.
📍 Gulf of Naples — the racecourse runs between Castel dell'Ovo and Posillipo; free Race Village on the Caracciolo waterfront
June 2027
Youth America's Cup — Gulf of Naples
📅 2–6 Jun
AC40 series for youth crews, on the Cup racecourse.
📍 Gulf of Naples — the same racecourse
Gala Anna Razzi — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 3–5 Jun
The house's gala for Anna Razzi, the dancer tied to its history, who died in 2026.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 16–23 Jun
Seven performances — 20:00 for the first four, then earlier.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
July 2027
Zorba il greco — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 3, 7, 8, 9 Jul
Lorca Massine's choreography, Theodorakis's music — four performances.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
Women's America's Cup — Gulf of Naples
📅 5–9 Jul
AC40 series for women's crews, 5–9 July.
📍 Gulf of Naples — between Castel dell'Ovo and Posillipo
Louis Vuitton 38th America's Cup Match — Gulf of Naples
📅 10–19 Jul
Racing from 10–11 July, first to seven wins, last possible day 19 July.
📍 Gulf of Naples — between Castel dell'Ovo and Posillipo
August 2027
One date so far: the city's August programme is not published yet. The page says why.
#domenicalmuseo — free Sunday at Palazzo Reale
📅 Sun 1 Aug
Free first Sunday at Palazzo Reale and Museo Pignatelli.
📍 Palazzo Reale di Napoli
September 2027
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#domenicalmuseo — free Sunday at Palazzo Reale
📅 Sun 5 Sep
Free first Sunday at Palazzo Reale and Museo Pignatelli.
📍 Palazzo Reale di Napoli
San Gennaro — the feast-day rite at the Duomo
📅 Sun 19 Sep
The feast-day rite: the ampoules to the high altar, the announcement, veneration in the afternoon.
📍 Duomo
La damnation de Faust, Berlioz — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 22–28 Sep
Michieletto's production, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conducting.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
October 2027
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#domenicalmuseo — free Sunday at Palazzo Reale
📅 Sun 3 Oct
Free first Sunday at Palazzo Reale and Museo Pignatelli.
📍 Palazzo Reale di Napoli
L'histoire de Manon — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 10–16 Oct
MacMillan's Manon to Massenet — staged in Naples for the first time.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
La chute de la maison Usher, Debussy/Solbiati — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 27–29 Oct
Solbiati's completion of Debussy's unfinished opera — a new house production, about an hour.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
Debussy and Ravel for harp and strings — Teatro di San Carlo
📅 Sun 31 Oct, 18:00
The season's closing chamber concert — Debussy and Ravel, with Elena Vallebona.
📍 Teatro di San Carlo
November 2027
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One date so far: the San Carlo's 2027/28 season is not announced yet. The page says why.
#domenicalmuseo — free Sunday at Palazzo Reale
📅 Sun 7 Nov
Free first Sunday at Palazzo Reale and Museo Pignatelli.
📍 Palazzo Reale di Napoli
December 2027
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#domenicalmuseo — free Sunday at Palazzo Reale
📅 Sun 5 Dec
Free first Sunday at Palazzo Reale and Museo Pignatelli.
📍 Palazzo Reale di Napoli
San Gennaro, the “lay miracle” — Cappella del Tesoro, Duomo
📅 Thu 16 Dec
The anniversary of the 1631 eruption, in the chapel that holds the relics.
📍 Cappella del Tesoro
Starting from the castle
The Teatro di San Carlo is in the same district, a short walk from the castle; so are the Mercadante, the San Ferdinando and the Gallerie d'Italia on via Toledo. Palazzo Reale stands behind Piazza del Plebiscito, in the same district. The America's Cup racecourse is the bay in front of you. For the castle's own access — a separate question from what is on in the city — see opening hours and current access status, and for the sailing specifically, America's Cup 2027 in Naples: watching the racing from Castel dell'Ovo.