19, 20 and 21 June 2015

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Secours Polulaire, come and attend a great Artistic weekend.

300 artists will be mobilized during this great weekend of music festival for: an Expo-Vente at the Palais Rameau in Lille and a concert of the European Symphony Orchestra in the grounds of the Université Catho de Lille. An all-public event that will appeal to families as well as art and music lovers.

Friday 19 June - 8.30 pm: Concert by European Symphonists at La Catho (Price: 10€ to the benefit of the SPF)

Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June from 10am to 7pm: Exhibition and sale open to the public and free (entertainment, concerts, snacks and refreshments)

The funds raised during this event will help finance the association's "Holidays for All" campaign. In 2014, Secours populaire du Nord, thanks to its network of partners, offered 39,614 vacation days to the people it accompanies.

EXPO SALE - 70 ARTISTS AND 13 SPONSORS

More than 70 artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, designers, ...), gathered by the collective Weekend'Artistes, will exhibit during three days at the Palais Rameau in Lille. Among them, 13 emblematic artists agreed to be sponsors* of the operation. The public will also have the opportunity to go to a street art space to watch live performances by street artists, such as Mister P or Mimi the Clown. Numerous animations and concerts by local artists (music festival) will also liven up this initiative throughout the weekend.

* The 13 sponsoring artists: Jef Aerosol, Francis Beaudelot, Mahjoub Ben Bella, François Boucq, Patrick Chappert-Gaujal, Eric Crémer, Yvon Delaporte, Pierre Feray, Casimir Krakowiak, Louis Nahi, JeanPattou, Jan-Paul Souvraz and Franck Wallerand.

CONCERT OF THE EUROPEAN SYMPHONISTS

A concert by the European Symphonists and the Chœurs de la Catho (180 musicians on stage), conducted by the conductor Pierre-Yves Gronier, will take place on Friday 19 June at 8.30 pm in the Chapel of the Catholic University of Lille. They will be accompanied by Bertrand Bontoux, lyric singer, Renya, gospel singer and Malik Moujouil, rapper

On Thursday, June 18, at 7 pm, a rehearsal, under the conditions of the concert, will be open to 450 people accompanied by the Secours populaire.