Institutes - Cultural centers Hérault

Occitanie boasts a dense network of book professionals, with over 1,200 authors and translators, 280 publishing houses, 250 independent bookstores, 1,000 libraries and archives, and 330 book mediators. With a team split between Montpellier and Toulouse, the agency aims to bring together all book professionals to ensure the harmonious development of the industry in the region, and provides access to resources, animates networks and advises professionals.

The Institut des Études Occitanes de l'Hérault develops and promotes the Occitan language and culture in the département. With some thirty affiliated associations, enabling it to be present in almost every canton of the Hérault, the IEO offers Occitan language courses for adults, introductions to the language in schools, and a wide range of cultural events such as conferences, cafés Òc, exhibitions, and traditional dance and theater workshops in Occitan. You'll also find a bookshop-boutique.

Throughout the year, this municipal cultural center hosts a wide variety of theatrical performances, concerts, dance, improvisation evenings, young audience events, comedies... Artistic training courses are also offered, as well as various events: meetings, conferences... This municipal facility offers the possibility of renting and privatizing the entire hall outside of the dates reserved for the cultural program

Theater, comedy shows, jazz or contemporary music concerts, film screenings, exhibitions, meetings for young audiences... Throughout its cultural season, this Balaruc center is full of events for young and old. Its program is dedicated to live shows with a beautiful artistic diversity. A performance hall, it is also a place of residence for creation, a music school, a gallery and an associative space.