Events calendar Cher

The Christmas Village installs its magic for 16 days at the foot of the cathedral. About fifty wooden chalets, decorated and illuminated, await visitors. It offers everything you need to celebrate Christmas: decorations, traditional dishes or sweet treats always welcome. You can also find original gifts. Artists and craftsmen exhibit their creations. Children can of course meet Santa Claus. The tradition is respected with the ice rink and the choirs. Everyone enjoys strolling around in this very special atmosphere!

Created in 1977, the Bourges Spring is the great rendezvous of music lovers, of all current music: hip-hop, electro, French and international varieties, world music, rock, reggae… On this occasion, a wind of euphoria blows over the city that lives a week high in color and emotion. This is the opportunity to discover new talents and to attend the concerts of the stars of the moment that have been meeting here. There are no fewer than 40 performances in various places (top, Palais palace, theatre, auditorium…), but also open scenes where the groups are continuously selected throughout the year, and a hundred concerts in bars, restaurants and outdoors. It's not stop at all corners of the street, for more than 100 000 spectators!

Now in its ^59th year, the Fête des Chieuves, as it's known in Berry, is held in Couy, attracting just over a thousand people every year. The program includes a giant barbecue and a country ball on Saturday evening. On Sunday, don't miss the traditional goat races, with budding jockeys and folk groups. Free play areas for young and old are open all day, culminating in a country-style meal and evening show.

At the beginning of August, Garigny hosts the donkey festival in the courtyard of the Château de Doys. To the delight of visitors, this country festival features donkey races, ridden by both experienced and novice "jockeys", which can give rise to some quite comical spectacles... After Saint Hubert's mass, there's a wide range of entertainment, with music and dance on the program every year, and game stalls to entertain young and old. Be sure to stop by if you're in the area.

With the festival L'Air du Temps, we are invited to a musical escapade in the countryside. The Bains-Douches, a current music scene, which offers high quality concerts all year round, hosts this festival. In addition to the concerts, there are exhibitions, drawing workshops for children, and free shows. It's a change from the birds singing and the tractors humming! In 2023, Lignières will host the 31st edition of this festival which saw in 2022 François Puyalto, Yves Jamet or Jules Box.

The Foire aux Sorciers has been held in Bué since 1946. It combines the celebration of wine produced in the Sancerre region with the history of local witchcraft. This part of the Sancerre region was marked during the Renaissance by a major witchcraft trial, that of the Carroi de Marloup (the proceedings of which have been preserved). Since 2008, the festival has been held on Saturday evening. People come in costume as witches, birettes, ghosts or devils. The festive evening begins with a meal and witch stories, followed by a country ball and fireworks.