This page lists events and exhibitions at the Pompeii Archaeological Park, with what is coming up kept apart from what has already happened. It is built from the Park’s own pages and notices and was last checked on 28 October 2026. This is an independent guide, not the Park’s website: for tickets, opening hours and last-minute changes, use pompeiisites.org.
The Park’s Events page currently shows one future event, Simply Red in July 2027, plus an archive of 2026 concerts. The other items below come from the Park’s separate event pages, service notices and tickets page. Where an item comes from outside the Park, it says so.
Upcoming and ongoing
Philip Colbert in Pompeii: Pop Mythology, 27 July to 30 November 2026
Over 30 lobster sculptures by the pop artist Philip Colbert stand among the ruins of Pompeii and at satellite sites: the Villa of Poppaea (Oplontis), Boscoreale, Villa San Marco and Villa Arianna. The dates, title and sites come from the artist’s own announcement; some listings call the show “Mythology of Pop”. We did not find a page for it on the Park’s website, so the end date and any ticket conditions are not confirmed by the Park.
Free entry on Sunday 1 November and Wednesday 4 November 2026
In a notice of 21 October 2026, the Park says that on Domenica al Museo (1 November) and the National Unity and Armed Forces holiday (4 November) its sites are open with free entry. The sites named are Pompeii, the Villa of Oplontis, the Stabia Archaeological Museum, Villa Regina and the Antiquarium of Boscoreale, and the Villas of Stabiae. The notice sends visitors to the Park’s hours and tickets page for entry times and gives no other conditions. That page also mentions a daily visitor limit and named tickets, so check it before you go. Free days are busy: arrive at opening, 9:00.
First Sunday of the month: 6 December 2026 and 3 January 2027
The Park’s tickets page lists a free ticket on the first Sunday of every month. The two dates above are calculated from that rule; the Park has not yet published notices for them, so confirm before each date.
Simply Red, Summer Funk ’27: Tuesday 27 July 2027, 21:00 to 23:30
A concert in the Amphitheatre of the Excavations, part of the Beats of Pompeii season, listed on the Park’s event page with the Park as organiser. Presale ran on 23 and 24 September 2026 and general sale started on 25 September 2026 on Ticketone.
Also useful right now
- The Teatro Grande has been open to visitors again since 14 October 2026.
- One room of the Stabian Baths (VII 1, 8) and the exit onto Via dell’Abbondanza have been closed since 19 October 2026, until further notice.
- The Park lists 25 December and 1 January as closed days unless it says otherwise.
- Until 15 March, Pompeii is open 9:00 to 17:00, with last entry at 15:30.
Past events in 2026
Special programme for Domenica al Museo, 4 October
An augmented-reality guided route from Piazza Anfiteatro to the Forum (about 2 hours, 10 euros), a yoga session at the Parvula Domus, and activities for children.
Biagio Antonacci, Unplugged 2026, 22 September to 4 October
Ten evening concerts at the Teatro Grande of the Excavations, at 21:00.
La Niña, 18 and 19 September
Concerts at the Teatro Grande.
Daniele Silvestri, 17 September
A concert at the Teatro Grande with Marco Santoro and Davide Savarese.
Edoardo Bennato, 12 September
A concert at the Teatro Grande.
Evening walks and Esopop theatre, 28 August to 10 October
On Fridays and Saturdays from 19:30 to 23:30 the sites of the Greater Pompeii area opened in the evening, at 7 euros per route at Pompeii. There were two routes: the Palestra Grande casts exhibition with the Praedia of Julia Felix, the House of the Venus in the Shell and the House of Octavius Quartio; or the Villa of the Mysteries with a free shuttle to Villa Regina at Boscoreale. Esopop staged “Ecstatic Pompeii”, theatre inspired by Dionysus. See the Park’s event page.
Beats of Pompeii, third season, 24 June to 27 July
Fifteen concerts by 13 artists in the Amphitheatre, among them Of Monsters and Men, Riccardo Cocciante, Pat Metheny, Opeth, Coez, Vinicio Capossela, Riccardo Muti, Marcus Miller, Charlie Puth, Marillion and Savatage with orchestra. Evening access to part of the site came with concert tickets. See the Park’s event page.
Pompeii Theatrum Mundi, ninth edition, 18 June to 12 July
Four shows at the Teatro Grande, produced by Teatro di Napoli with the Park. On show nights the Triangular Forum, with the old sanctuary of Athena, opened from two hours before the performance. See the Park’s event page.
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Last checked 28 October 2026. This independent site does not sell tickets, tours or services.