Historical Shows Sound and Light Rhône-Alpes

A new country appeared this year on the map of Haute-Savoie, a "Small Country" at the borders of the imaginary between Annemasse and Geneva. A "Small Country" with fabulous characters like Santa Claus, Elves, Fées and Middle ages. A magical "Small Country" and yet made very real thanks to the Ouen Leisure Association, which preserves a natural cultural and architectural heritage of natural beauty. Smart strongly advises you to take your annual Passport to visit this wonderful "Little Country".

Every year, some twenty visiting troupes perform alongside professional artists and entertainers. Street entertainment and a medieval market, craft stalls and arts and crafts demonstrations, chivalry tournaments, music, juggling, fire artists, tightrope walkers, fire and animal shows, cabaret, tavern, cuisine, medieval feasts in the church of Saint-Marc, book fair and organ concert - you're sure to be transported to another era! An event not to be missed.

Oyez oyez brave people, Montferrand is celebrating! In the maze of the old streets of the city and at the foot of the ramparts, the Middle Ages are back. Shows, storytelling, juggling and acrobatics, skits and jousts, parades, demonstrations of ancestral know-how, tastings and opulent banquets follow one another without a moment's pause. Orchestrated since their creation in 1995 by the association " Il était une fois Montferrand", its members prepare decorations and costumes the rest of the year. Craftsmen and acrobats share their love for the medieval period.

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.