Events calendar France

This festival is undoubtedly one of the major autumn events. It always attracts an innumerable crowd of music lovers of all kinds, and doesn't just appeal to the youngest among us, since its audience tends to reflect the intergenerational. The program is always highly original, with the organizers' greatest concern being to offer the greatest possible diversity and cultural mix. This is the festival's credo. This commitment to eclecticism always ensures top-quality concerts: Alpha Blondy, Skip The Use, Nina Hagen and Zazie, to name but a few. Big names have set the crowds alight in previous editions. There's no doubt that this year's live concerts will feature both established and up-and-coming artists. Concerts will be held on several stages in Le Mans, including the Centre des Expositions, Salle Jean-Carmet in Allonnes, Salle Coppelia in La Flèche and the Palais des Congrès. For a detailed program of festivities, contact the tourist office or the festival headquarters on rue Jaurès. There's something for everyone.

Breaking away from music festivals, Tinta'mars puts forward the performing arts and has succeeded in developing over the years a real complicity with its audience through puppets, theater, circus, staging that plays with lights... Its programming for young people and all audiences is irresistible and off the beaten track! The excellent actors, but also the sets open the door to a whole world of dreams. We take as much pleasure in going through the scenes as in observing the sparkling eyes of the children, huddled together.

The old Maison Saint-Julien made a successful Rehabilitation a few years ago. The Épidaure Theatre was opened in 2001. It is an agreed stage in a rural setting in Bouloire in Bilurien country. Its management and programming are supported by the talented Company Never 203, which has a very personalized identity since it focuses on street theatre and cinema. On Sunday, June 17, several street shows will animate the surrounding area after a proposed family picnic. With the exception of programming, three regional companies will be entertained; Jacqueline Cambouis Company, the Bruitquicourt Company and the company of L. Thébault and Lydie Lacroix. Come and attend "Miss Orchestra", "Tamer de Sonimaux" and "Happy Church". For any audience.

Every summer, the remains of the Cassine castle come back to life to become the scene of a sound and light show with pyrotechnic effects, unique in its kind in Europe. The spectators embark on a mobile stand that moves over 300 m to discover the largest stage in the Grand Est. Splendid decorations, grandiose staging, all the ingredients are gathered to spend a memorable evening. Robin Hood will have charmed the spectators during the summer of 2022!

It's the friendly, inter-generational rendezvous of the gaming world! Animations, tournaments, exhibition areas, board games, traditional games, simulation games, trading card games, video games, there's something for everyone! Whether you're an occasional gamer, a family gamer or a hard-gamer, this event will give you the chance to meet all the gaming communities, test board games and meet the authors of your favorite games.

The mountains, their wide, snow-covered spaces, their freedom... and their music, which naturally seems to be jazz at altitude. The festival is set to celebrate its ^18th edition in 2024, welcoming new artists for ten days at the very end of January. Around fifteen major dates, twenty Jazz Bars and twenty off-piste Jazz events throughout the Briançonnais region, from Serre-Chevalier to Montgenèvre on the snow-covered heights. Internationally renowned artists perform under the stars.

The festival takes its name from the wave that travels up the Seine and Risle rivers to Pont-Audemer. For two to three weeks, concerts, hot-air ballooning, torchlight descents, street art, sports and leisure activities follow one another around town, not forgetting the children's Mascaret, all free of charge and attracting thousands of spectators. A grand concert and fireworks display closes the Mascarets festival, combining regional discoveries and internationally acclaimed artists on the weekend of July 14.

Welcome to medieval festivities in Colmars! Set in a magnificent setting of ancient stones steeped in history, the weekend features a wide range of events: music concerts, horse and bird of prey shows, medieval meals, lectures, old trades, battles, old-fashioned flag-throwing... Large craftsmen's market in the town squares. And if you'd like to join in the fun, rent a costume. Days rich in learning and contemplation, both visual and auditory!

The ^38th edition of La Semaine de la Poésie, organized as part of Printemps des Poètes, is much more than just a festival in the Clermont-Ferrand area. It brings poetry and contemporary authors to a wide audience, and offers a wide range of cultural activities for sharing: meetings, readings, writing workshops, screenings, lectures... Poets meet students in their classes, from kindergarten to university. In 2024, the festival's patron was Ariane Dreyfus.

Sixth edition of the Sancy Games, with several different video games spaces in place to accommodate young and less young people wishing to entertain during the holidays in February. This festival allows you to compete during tournaments, try new games on different consoles, and relive sensations on old gaming consoles in the retro space.

The time of a weekend, the Autumn Musical Days of Souvigny take possession of this city charged with history, for the delight of lovers of baroque music. A particularly warm atmosphere characterizes this young festival that combines concerts, gastronomy and discovery of the medieval site of Souvigny. Festival goers can benefit from an innovative, high-quality formula for exceptional rates.

This is one of the most beautiful traditional festivals in France! Organised by the association "The Circle of Peillasque Union", the festivities allow to share and make known the strong times of the lives of the inhabitants of yesteryear, very marked by the succession of harvests and thus seasons: the villagers and the exhibitors are doing so, the time of a weekend, to revive the actions of their elders, perpetuating the traditions of wheat and lavender cutting which make the village originality. The atmosphere is at the heart of joy and conviviality. Moreover, all those who wanted it can participate in the cuts.

25 th edition and 4 new exceptional courses. Usability is the watchword of the test. Entertainment, concerts and shows take place in Ambert and in the municipalities crossed, as well as the greedy refuelling on the 3 routes, and a village of know-how and gastronomy on the arrival stage… Since the creation of the test, 28 500 participants have shared these rare moments, together with the 600 volunteers involved.

This classical, modern and baroque music festival is organised every year, in late June/early July, in historic places such as the Issoire Abbey or Parentignat Castle. It relies on international interpreters and aims to allow the greatest number of people to have access to international concerts and performances.

The Black Woods Mountain Mountain Bike Area and the Black Woods Mountain Club organize every year, every last Sunday in June, the Bois Noir Oxygen whose starting point travels within Space over the years. It is a hike that breaks into several circuits with a raid of about 75 km and several courses for all levels, different from year to year, 15, 25 and 35 km.

During the weekend of Pentecost, Châtelguyon returned with the sources of jazz, the one listening with the feet rather than with the ears. From 11 a. m. to 2 a. m., some sixty artists, musicians and professional dancers, supported by the 200 fanatiques trainees, share their passion, thanks to street parades, free concerts on nine different scenes, the dance be-bop and tap dance courses, demonstrations and improvisations.

This 25 years ago, a group of friends both music lovers and viscerally attached to this magnificent town of Riom, decided to base this festival that bears its name today. Laurent Martin, this excellent pianist who is leading the brilliant career, was the first artistic director. At the time, it was to make known the immense compound literature for the king instrument, mainly but not merely classical. The town of Riom immediately followed, as well as many public and private partners. This is how since 1987 we have been in Riom and in several municipalities adjacent to exceptional pianists. The third piano president in Riom, Hubert Desjonquères, took the party of reasoned evolution by opening the festival since 2011 to other music.

Sancy Outdoor, it's always more sensations, new sports, more riders, more extreme, more BMX, more skate and more exciting and amazing animations to test for two days and totally free. The Sancy Outdoor 2015 celebrates its 10 years! A village of exhibitors in a 12 hectare park, the Parc Fenestre, will be the starting point and the focal point of a strong weekend in activities, competitions and shows…

Auvergne is known for its sumptuous volcanic landscapes and is now recognized for its international festival Mont-Dore Volcanic Blues. Again this year, the authentic blues is in honor. A peak of rock'n'roll and soul music will come to tickle our feet to make these 4 days a real feast. Even more so, lovers of blue music know that they will gather in the bars, cafés and restaurants of the station a conviviality and proximity with the artists, guarantees that the spirit of this music will remain joyful and popular. Unforgettable evenings in perspective. Note: the concerts are free, do not hesitate to consume (and rather twice than one) because the good recipes of the partner establishments remain a condition for the success of the festival!

The festival of Domaize, organized by the Association «Do But In Body», combines the programming of talent known as the «Do But In Body». A place of dissemination, exchange and sharing in a beautiful setting in the heart of Livradois-Forez for a weekend. The organisers offer different dining booths inside the festival site. For Saturday, outside the concert site, you will find a bar with small restoration during the theme day.

For a weekend, go back in time to the time of the Gauls and the Roman legionaries. All sorts of activities and demonstrations are organized around battle re-enactments. They will immerse you in the daily life of a city or a Gallic village: pottery, leather work, rope, forge, tavern and great banquet ... Children can dress up, take on the role of an archaeologist, try modeling, coinage or dyeing. Since 2017, the association Gergovie @ Les Arverniales organizes the Archéofête.

The World Friends Round has become a Vital event in the heart of Livradois-Forez. The festival allows through live shows to discover cultures around the world and to share intense emotions, in a mixture of colours and rhythms, it offers the visitor an unforgettable image of the richness of the world's cultures and the ephemeral feeling of a possible agreement between all peoples.

The aim of the festival since its creation in 1978 is to musically animate a rural majority region, so programming has always targeted a diversity covering a large part of the musical repertoire, classic as well as open to jazz and world music. The festival thus animates eleven communes of Livradois-Forez, full partners of the Concerts Concerts; the program, soloists, flautist, pianist, soprano and many other surprises. Children are not forgotten, with stories that are specially dedicated to them.

Each year, the High Alps celebrate hiking through the Departmental committee on hiking and in partnership with a different association. Itineraries are offered throughout the weekend, including famous ascents. The programme, the discovery of unknown countries, trails accessible to the greatest number, even people with reduced mobility, and walks for all levels.

The Triathlon des Neiges is a sporting event held in Saint-Martin-en-Vercors. If you have any questions or queries, please contact the event organizers or the timekeeper directly. The timekeeper is Gérald CHALAMET, whose contact details are 30 route de la Ronzière, 38410 St Martin d'Uriage, telephone 06.50.13.26.78 and e-mail [email protected].

In Castelnau-Barbarens, we always look forward to the famous Rondèu de Castelnau, which brings Gascon music performances to the medieval streets around the church, as well as balls and meals where everyone gathers in contagious good spirits! The festival puts regional culture in the spotlight, with traditional dance and music workshops, dance demonstrations and concerts by local groups. Get ready for a great time of conviviality, culture and joie de vivre!