Kids are VIP FREE at Lucca Comics & Games 2025
20 September 2025 Does Lucca Comics and Games seem out of your budget? This year there are more ways to enjoy the festival for FREE – especially for kids…
Even without a ticket and official bracelet, those born after January 1, 2016 won’t need to pay to visit anywhere at the LC&G 2025 – and as always, the city will be free and open to all, with many handicap accessible areas in the festival venues.
● Check out Lucca Junior, at The Family Palace — it’s entirely dedicated to children and their families, and FREE, with a program of guests, presentations, and events just for them.
● The Self-service area in the Agorà Civic Library is another festival free area, dedicated to independent artists. Hosting the best of self-produced comics, it’s one of the most vibrant and vibrant spaces in the Italian comics cultural scene.
● Palazzo Guinigi’s Pro Area will host meetings between aspiring cartoonists and publishers seeking new talent. A ticket to Lucca Comics & Games 2025 is not required, but access is reserved exclusively for those selected by publishers for professional interviews.
● IMT Library presents Game Science: a free area located in Piazza San Ponziano, where two different types of activities will take place:
○ The Talk Area: a rich program of seminars and workshops on the theme of games created for educational, scientific and social purposes;
○ The Demo Area: where board and digital games, role playing, prototypes of scientific games, etc., are demonstrated by gaming associations and academic institutions, along with members of the Game Science Research Center.
● The City Walls will host dozens of exhibitors that can be visited without a ticket (except for pavilions in the bastions).
● The Community Village in the Giardino degli Osservanti, the Cosplay area and the areas dedicated to the 501st Italica Garrison, Rebel Legion, Umbrella Italian Division, and Gotham Shadows are free to enter.
Finally, as already noted, every year Lucca’s historic city center is always free to access. There are no restrictions on residents or non-residents wishing to walk throughout the area occupied by the event, and those born after January 1, 2016 don’t even have to pay to enter the pavilions.
