Festivals and cultural events France

Since 1960, the world's finest jazzmen and jazzwomen have brought their instruments and voices to Juan-les-Pins, offering audiences top-flight jazz. On the stage of the Pinède Gould, with the sea as a backdrop, legendary artists such as Ray Charles, Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald have made the festival a must for fans of the genre. In addition to the festival, Summer Sessions and exhibitions will be held from July 8 to 18.

The Curieux Printemps de Rouen festival is an exceptional event that offers an eclectic program, with many concerts, exhibitions, balls, but also visits and offbeat conferences on art and culture... And the big advantage of this event is that almost everything is free! The festival takes place every year throughout the month of May and allows you to discover some of the most unusual places in the city in an original way. Note that during this Curieux Printemps, the municipal museums are completely free during the Easter school holidays. A real invitation to culture.

This event celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2018. It allows the public to experiment with the techniques of preparing the wicker and braking. Vanniers work in front of visitors to show their know-how and a giant willow sculpture will be carried out live. The exhibition store allows you to discover a wide variety of baskets and other objects made in the basement.

Saint-Laurent-de-Lin offers a wide range of cultural events throughout the year. These include the Fête Paysanne, the Battages and the Vieux Métiers. Note also that the whole event is hosted and soundtracked by RPSFM, the local radio station based in Noyant Villages. The Fête Paysanne, the Battages and the Vieux Métiers are essential events for discovering the region's culture and traditions. Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in history and experience authentic moments.

This national festival of school and university cinema is primarily intended to develop creative and artistic initiatives in Chartres; it is also an opportunity for exchanges between students, students, teachers and audiovisual professionals. The principle? For a few days, short films (fiction, documentary, reportage, clip, animation…) made by classes or by individual students are submitted to a jury, and screened publicly. At the end of the festival, films that have taken their cue from the game are rewarded. In addition, the Cinema-clap festival is enriched by the screening of professional films, by creative workshops, concert concerts and thematic exhibitions.

At the end of the autumn, from the end of September and the beginning of October, classical music makes the Eure-et-Loir vibrate. Under the artistic direction of Eve Ruggiéri, the Opera Days place the finest opera voices, not only in the cathedral and in Chartres theatre, but also in other rooms in the department. With a rich program, these concerts tend to gather everyone around opera, musical tales and conferences. For information about the 2012 edition, exact dates and rates, please contact the Tourist Office in Chartres… and let yourself be enchanted by these dream voices.

Qualified by its organizers of the 1 ^st LGBT Cultures Festival in Paris during its first edition in 2011, the Paris Circuit Festival is first and foremost a commercial operation to promote LGBT evenings that follow for 6 days (third week of June) in the middle of the afternoon for some. In the 2011 edition, the culture part was reduced to the minimum portion, i. e. three films spread over two days. The overall access price is not accessible to everyone, watch the site for a possible second edition in 2012…

Since 2006, the gay rally in Paris organised by the Men In France association consists of a proposed hiking in the form of a track game, taking place on the streets of Paris by teams of 4 or 5 participants. The rally open to everyone is held at the end of September. Pre-registration before mid-September.

Subtitled "When lesbians make movies", this festival was founded in 1989 at the initiative of the association Cineffable which aims to promote women's cinema. It takes place every year in front of an exclusively female audience. More than 50 films are presented each year. The projections give place to debates on lesbianism and feminism. More than 1,500 women participate in conferences, workshops, debates and concerts. Among them, directors, artists and visual artists hold stands and present exhibitions. 24th edition of the festival: from Wednesday, October 31 to Sunday, November 4, 2012, Théâtre de Ménilmontant, 15 rue du retrait - Paris 20e.

Over the years, this festival has become a true national reference. It calls on artists from the 4 corners of the world to blow a wind of blues on the city of Charente. Like every time, this new edition will see a succession of concerts that will animate the terraces, the streets of the City of the Word, the Benedictine Garden, the Monks' Cellar, the village hall or the neighboring villages. Improvised, sung, played, the blues and its variants deliver to La Charité their authentic, warm and spontaneous colors.

Puls'Art is a key event in the cultural life of Le Mans. Since its creation in 1993, this international contemporary art event has revealed over a thousand artists to the public, and served as a springboard for many of them. It's also an opportunity to make art accessible to all, by bringing it to the heart of the town center in the new FIAA center (Fonds International d'Art Actuel). Discover paintings, buy them, talk to the artists present - everything is done to highlight the diversity and uniqueness of the works on display and to enlighten your strolls. As the slogan goes: Puls'Art opens you up to ever more art!

An important meeting of artists and companies who will make you discover every Wednesday and Friday evening, from mid-July to mid-August, about fifteen free shows of music, theater, dance, circus and street arts. This street arts festival, which is in its ^27th year, offers a variety of quality street performances, combining heritage and creation, as well as workshops for children led by professional artists. Every Wednesday and Friday for six weeks, the city opens its streets and gardens..

Since 1997, this small Gard village has been the setting for a film festival like no other. The program includes street events, exhibitions, photo competitions and, of course, film screenings on subjects closely related to the festival theme. Aficionados can have the joy or the emotion of rediscovering a race, a final, a gold medal, etc., as well as discovering testimonies, news reports and more. They can also discover testimonies, reports on the life of a manade, village festivals... A real pleasure.

Every summer, from the Fête de la Musique until the end of August, the Esplanade Lamartine becomes the place to be for two months. Several thousands of spectators gather to applaud numerous regional, national and international artists. Free concerts for all audiences. But L'Été Frappé is also open-air movies, and different events for jazz and classical music lovers. Program on the website of the city hall.

The Lillico Theatre organizes every year 11 days of festival especially dedicated to children from 1 to 12 years old. Marmaille and Marmaille en fugue do their utmost to enchant children and families. Every year, the Lillico team plans a breathtaking program with about thirty performances of all kinds throughout the city and the department: cinema, music, theatre, puppets, circus arts, storytelling, concerts, film-concerts, meetings, public readings and animations. Marmaille et Marmaille en Fugue therefore invites you to explore different spaces and artistic forms. Such events specially created and designed for toddlers are quite rare, so don't miss this one, especially since parents are after all only grown-up children! Discover whispering (a space for manipulating books) and performances punctuated by laughter, surprises and sparkling eyes.

It is the story of a single monument in France: that of the church of Asfeld, to the singular baroque architecture evoking a violin of gambe, which is the rendez-vous of baroque music brought to the bues thanks to its exceptional framework for lovers of luth, theorina, floral flute, inspired singing and, of course, violin. The 10 th edition of the 10 th edition will be held in June 2018: concerts, toy salon, initiation to the violin of gambe… What to spend a very entertaining and rewarding weekend.

For the fifth edition, spring took its neighbourhoods. It's time for the Site site to host, during the last days of May, a festival of tendances trends mixed with pop, jazz, electro, funk, with some poster heads and many discoveries and surprises. A crazy troubadours forum that has its unconditional. Great novelty 2012: A giant tent to host the scene and all festival goers! The Cassine is also a covered forum with 1 700 seats to rest, capitals for the bar and dining points… What to spend a good festival in all circumstances. A poster: Da Silva, Great Sophie, Blankass, Bénabar… and many others.

This show is staged by combinations of Montargeois and Gâtinais engaged on social plan, cultural, media and solidarity. It fell under an alternative and committed approach. For two days, visitors can meet authors and can buy differently with the approach to the festivals and start the debate with other words. Of course, there are spaces booksellers and publishers meetings and debates are furnished with authors. But you should also note the presence of stands run by about local ngos that also offer exhibitions.

Rendez-vous rock'n roll and rockabilly fans, Good '' Tonight festival celebrates 10 years in 2012. Jack Scott, Sleepy La Beef, Hayden Thompson, Sonny West & Tommy Allsup, Johnny Farina… For the occasion, it spans five days and hosts a dozen artists and singers in the United States, including five pioneers of the 1950 s, as well as about twenty French and European groups. The public, faithful, comes from across the country, but also from Holland, Germany or Italy.

Centre Culturel de la Sarthe offers a series of performances and concerts for young children, during the Festival of Épau. This show, precisely, should be extremely original and appreciated because it is served in the forest of Lulled. The concert impromptu and l'< i>ensemble Tétraflûtes of Geneva participate in it. It is a musical creation and choreographic of around an hour. With the association, Jean-Michel Bossini is found. Choreography and dance are the work of Marie-Françoise Garcia. A flute, a bassoon a clarinet, a horn and a bassoon will symbolise in a poetic language the theme of the forest. Note that the general repetition will take place on Wednesday, May 30, at 14:30 in Prieuré de Vivoin. Then, for the impatient ones, do not hesitate to visit it. The entrance is totally free. For more specific details, contact the Music School of the Community of Municipalities orée of bercé-belinois.

The Summer Festival Festival is a youth festival, designed by young people who are offered to those on Rennes in the heart of the summer. A good opportunity to be festive while delivering a popular education event. In fact, this eco-citizen festival offers citizen lectures, world music, writing workshops, dance workshops, drawings, cinema to the beautiful star and even grafts. This time dedicated to 15-25 years is also sailing between urban cultures, rap, reggae, soul and bold trends. During two evenings and during the days, young people can enjoy the originality of the demonstrations in the Gayeulles park. This festival, which 'gives sound and meaning', celebrates its 25 years in 2018. A longevity due to the quality of this fantastic event, a citizen, festive, unifying and fighting against discrimination. It detaches itself from all the other festivals by its free, since its primary mission is to facilitate access to culture for young people in neighborhoods and families who cannot go on holiday. During the day, the program revolves around sports, wellness and cultural activities by a group of artists. In the evening, local groups and poster heads (Rim 'k and Soom T in 2017, Zebda in 2012) share the big scene in a mix of genres (hip-hop, rap and world music). Finally, this festival is eco-friendly and solidarity, with information booths. Contact the Crij to volunteer. For activities, on-site registration.

Named La Outbreak de l 'Epau, four decades ago, this joyous magazine is a tribute to the music-hall. Renewed every year to satisfy its audience, La Outbreak today gives 55 annual performances for 20,000 spectators within three months. Some thirty artists participate in the show. Some 300 costumes are used for staging. The season runs traditionally from December to the end of February. Success is always a success. The troupe, composed of volunteers, amateur artists and emerging talent, is a springboard for professionals. Each business body (board board, sound, light, costume maker…) works all year to offer a quality spectacle that is constantly renewed. The warm atmosphere will conquer you. No doubt. The singing towers, the laughter of laughter and the glamorous glamor make this an unforgettable sight. It's like this entertainment will give you the taste of cabaret. Bookings and information at the concert room from Tuesday to Saturday, from 3 p. m. to 7 p. m.

This festival dedicated to comics has been going strong for 16 years. A weekend of book signings, meetings, workshops and activities for young and old alike. The festival gets up to date, with screen-printing workshops, digital tablet stands, and free exhibitions in the cellars or at the tourist office. Some twenty authors take part each year. On the program for this 2024 edition: Étienne Willem, Jean-Claude Denis and Elizabeth Holleville.

In early June, brass lovers will be able to discover several formations at the Festival of brass, which will take place between Mamers and Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais. The Community of Communes is at the head of the project. The Cuivres Brass Cuivres will open the dance at 20 pm on the first evening at the Saugonna Cultural Space. It is an Austrian group formed in 1996. All members are graduated from the University of Music in Vienna. It's after the courses, at the café du "Mnozil" where they regularly found that this happy band gave its first concerts. Their songs are enamelled with stylist scenes playing on the absurd. Schlager (a kind of traditional music that appeared at the beginning of the xxth century century), jazz and time of international pop standards make up the majority of the repertoire. You will also have the opportunity to listen to "Les Oignons", "Spirit of Chicago" and the Toulouse group "Iby 6", this time at the Atlantis complex in Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais, and in its gardens. What good reasons to travel!

For more than 20 years now, jazz has been making the capital of the island vibrate! In the heart of August, in the summer torpor, the notes of jazz resound during three nights in the port of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. Free concerts allow the greatest number of people to fully enjoy this music, all in a friendly atmosphere. All styles are present, offering a beautiful diversity!

In the programme: some concerts of various styles, as well as conferences, courses, coffee-philosophy sessions or cinema-goûter, jazz promenades…