Sports and leisure activities Montpellier

Le Vieux Biclou is the cyclist's Ali Baba's cave. This association based in the Beaux-Arts district of Montpellier offers a multitude of services for cyclists: repair workshop, advice, courses to teach you how to ride in all serenity and good mechanic tips and rides!

Ice skating in the South of France? And why not! Here, the curious can discover 3,100 m² of ice, a picture wall, a play area, entertainment and music all year round. A place to get out and have fun, the complex is also a meeting place for many sports enthusiasts, since it has a school, offers training courses and is home to several field hockey teams. Teenagers love it, and older children can work on their balance on skates or scooters.

Gaspard Brasier, a graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Paris, has opened Les Ateliers Léonard just 10 minutes from the center of Montpellier. His Faubourg-Boutonnet studio is the ideal place to start or perfect your drawing and painting skills. From art classes to comics and painting, her aim is to enable her students - from 20 months, teenagers and adults - to find pleasure and freedom in artistic creation. The program also includes lectures on art history, manga and fashion design.

Qi Gong - a chi gong - was originally a martial art in traditional Chinese medicine. Today, it is a soft medicine that aims to increase, circulate and use the vital energy of the body. Nathalie Pépin, a former professional dancer and graduate of the Quimetao Centre of Paris, teaches this art to a public of men and women of all ages. It offers traditional qi gong courses or original qi gong dance courses. Meetings take place Monday to Friday, in the Centre Qi et Mouvement (address above) or outside on the banks of Lez, near the Hotel de Région, according to weather conditions. The dance courses take place at the Studio, 18, rue Fougues, next to the Kawa theatre.

At the Scenofolies, it is the choice of texts for amateur or advanced texts and improvisation courses for all. A moment of relaxation and learning of comedy for all ages. The courses are run by professional actors and take place at home for all Boris Vian. The workshops address a different approach to theatre. Improvisation workshops for beginner and advanced adults are Monday from a. m. to p. m. and from p. m. to p. m. They take place at the end of the year at shows or games. Children's courses take place through fun games, vocal and personal exercises - Tuesday from a. m. to p. m. and for teens on Wednesday from p. m. to p. m.

Fabienne Delorme and Fabrice Mineau, state graduates, chose to guide their career towards teaching after more than seventeen years on boards as dancers and choreographers. More than 4 students from the classical dance dance their courses in the two rooms, open to children for years as well as adults. Amateurs like professionals - preparation for competitions and hearings on request - are welcome. Unlike most schools, lessons are not interrupted during school holidays. During the winter and summer courses, guests from the invited dance dance the workshops. Fabienne and Fabrice have created a young ballet of Montpellier and Hérault in the course of training young dancers. Each year, students prepare shows and a year-end gala. Probably one of the best schools in the genre, the antichambre of the stars.

Kung-fu was born in the th century in the famous temple of Shaolin, China. It was originally to protect their temple that monks developed this discipline. Open to all from the age of 6, kung-fu accompanies her throughout his life, first to realize his body and then to adulthood to soothe his thirst for competition. Finally, at an advanced age, it becomes a good way to maintain its body and spirit. Pierre-Yves Roquefere, a black belt 6 th dan, provides the courses with his team - to which it is better to rub in his level - from Tuesday to Saturday.

Velocity claims mobility with ease. It was born out of the Velorution movement in the fall of 2005, at a time when some motorists thought it wasn't good enough to ride a bike. Montpellier has thus joined the club of "velorutionary" cities. Velorutions are cycling events with a festive characteristics. The aim is to promote cycling, to gather and defend bicycle users, to improve the safety of cyclists and to live in more humane, more breathable cities. The association promotes citizen and ecological action. The veloruptions are held monthly, normally on the first Saturday of the month, departing from Place de la Comedy for a short bike ride, but also on a unicycle, roller skates, in tow (drawn by a bicycle)... Vélocity seeks to make cycling known through this movement, while enjoying a car-free city island in a friendly atmosphere.

MONTPELLIER BADMINTON CLUB is the place to discover and play badminton in Montpellier. This exciting and demanding sport, which became an Olympic discipline in 1992, requires both excellent physical condition and undeniable technical and tactical skills. With almost 200 members of all ages and levels, the MBC offers courses for beginners and competitors alike. Training courses and tournaments punctuate the season to the delight of racquet lovers. So if you want to learn or improve your game, the MBC is for you!

This club, affiliated with the French Federation, welcomes all those who want to discover rowing, nature, and rediscover the true values of sport. It is also the place of appointment for the lovers of this discipline who ask for regular training to be practiced in competition. Regularly, the volunteer members of the association organize outings in places of rame other than ponds and the sea - Lake du Salagou, hiking in the region, recreational weekends in France. During the school year, the training takes place on Wednesday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday morning.

Run by Cathy, a former top-level figure skating athlete, ICE & ROLLER SCHOOL MONTPELLIER offers roller skating lessons for all levels. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced skater, Cathy will adapt to your goals and help you progress. In addition to sport, Cathy is also a talented author of dark novels, published by Des Mots Qui Trottent. Her books "Le Bal des Morts", "La Valse des Têtes", "La Danse de l'Ombre" and "Le Mystère d'Armance" are available in bookshops and online. This school offers a rich experience, between sport and literature.

Equalised fishermen joined this association to share their passion with the greatest number. The river's rivers have no secrets for them. They fish, but also maintain their heritage by repeuplant rivers. A newspaper explains in a few lines their actions, and regularly gives the information necessary to not catch stupid.

Experienced or beginner hunters, this club brings together real enthusiasts of underwater fishing. Upon arrival, the new ones are encadrés and the old ones do not hesitate to learn some tips to better hunt, and without risk. The training takes place at the Saint-Jean-de-Vedas swimming pool in the evening. There are also numerous sea crossings on the whole Languedoc coast. The Club organizes the Perez Trophy every year, a friendly competition that allows the corner hunters to measure themselves in friendship!

Auralithe was created more than ten years ago with the aim of promoting art in all its forms through the creation and dissemination of performances, animation and pedagogy, in France and abroad. And more specifically: live the drawing and sculpture according to live models through workshops, internships and exhibitions. Drawing and sculpture, closely related disciplines, are addressed successively during a session: when a sculpture is completed, the next session is devoted to drawing, to deepen certain concepts. This association now has about beginner or confirmed members. They meet several times a week at two steps from the Boulevard du Jeu-de-Paume to tackle different kinds of sculptures: bas-relief, high relief and ronde. The workshops are moderated by Eric Chatalin, a sculptor trained at Charles Auffret in Reims, and then in the Decorative Arts of Paris. On a Sunday a month, Auralithe offers a 6-hour internship, with a living model, to deepen the techniques discussed.

This former, refurbished garage houses the works of three passionate artists, together with the same desire: share their art. Isabelle Marsala - painter -, Bocaj - painter - and Raymond Salvaje - photographer-publisher - are the masters of the places. For ten years, they have created, shared and spread art in all its forms. More than just a workshop, the Garage Workshop also houses a publishing house, «The belly and the eye», a house of record production and art books, and an exhibition room. It opens every month to the public for relaxation, presentations of artists from all walks of life, books of books or musical and even theatre interventions with the complicity of the La Vista theatre.

Since its creation in 1997, the Association has pursued its objective: to be an area of meetings and work for artists, to contribute to the development of the young contemporary creation on Montpellier. Visual artists benefit from a host structure allowing them to give free rein to their creation, enrich and find the means adapted to their achievements. The work workshops are fully customizable according to the projects, which facilitates exhibitions. The Aperto association lends its walls to six events a year, events as diverse as classic personal exhibitions or collective exhibitions of several weeks, strange "48 h" or crazy "Facades". The principle of "48 h" is to propose to visual artists to invest the exhibition space for two days. The "Facades" are light and ephemeral events designed by artists for the facade and windows of the association, a way of putting art on the street.

The method of collection cards does not wane. Magic, the reference card has always been so successful for 77 years, which makes the age of its followers grow with it, players now have 7 years to years. It is not surprising that a new space has been opened. In the first room you can buy all kinds of cards, Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! , Les Pokemon and all the others. On the other side of the partition is the open games room with tournaments on Saturdays.

Since 2015, Christian Rizzo has taken over the artistic direction of the Institut Chorégraphique International de Montpellier. The institute has a transversal vision of creation, training, artistic education and opening to the public. Numerous shows are offered at the Agora with exceptional pieces, but the ICI is also committed through its creation and production pole to supporting projects and training dancers.

Created in 1996, the League aims to promote and develop the practice of Tambourine ball in Occitanie. In association with the various departmental committees, it is at the disposal of all players wishing to play for leisure or in competition, as well as supporting new leaders wishing to set up a club. The league also supports the organization of promotional events and introductions to the traditional ball game!

Built in 2007, this stadium is located in the Ovalie district. Also known as the Yves-du-Manoir complex - in homage to the former rugby player and captain of the French national team - this sports complex belongs to the Montpellier Metropole and hosts the Montpellier Hérault Rugby club as well as national and international competition matches. Covering an area of 16,000 m², with a capacity of 15,000 fans, it includes 2 training pitches for rugby schools, and a training and competition stadium for the first teams.