Events calendar Brive-La-Gaillarde

A festival for classical music lovers in sumptuous settings whose opening concert takes place at the end of May at the Château de Saillant! Opera, chamber music..... many styles and periods are offered every year. Also noteworthy is a concert for young audiences. It is a great opportunity to discover part of the heritage of Corrèze (theatres, abbeys, churches, castles...), from Brive to Turenne via Donzenac and Uzerche, among others. And for this 40th year, the festival has some melodious surprises in store for you!

Over the years, the Brive Book Fair has become a not-to-be-missed event with around a hundred literary encounters. The event welcomes over 400 authors and illustrators of general literature, children's literature and comics. The Brive Book Fair is organized by the City of Brive, with the help of partner booksellers, faithful private partners, the support of the Centre national du livre, the Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the Département de la Corrèze and numerous media.

Brought with passion for over ten years by the Film directors Society, the Rencontres du Moyen de Brive have an important reputation in France and in the Cinema world. They are supported by many partners (the City, the Department, the Limousin Region, the Ministry of Culture (DRAC), the CNC, as well as by private companies. A unique festival in Europe to be entirely devoted to the free format of the medium film (length between 30 and 60 minutes), the event aims to promote exchanges between the public and professionals around a very varied programming: more than one hundred projections, a competition of recent films, tributes, school programming, round tables, a film concert, but also public-teams meetings around an aperitif, educational workshops in the image, debates of rare works… Time of thematic and Retrospective is also very popular with the public: previously devoted to Olivera Manuel or Peter Watkins, Agnès Varda or Japanese filmmaker Koji Wakamatsu, in 2016 Chantal Akerman and Apichatpong Weerasethakul were in Honour.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the festival has established itself as the biggest stage in the Limousin region. Every year, the town pulls out all the stops when it comes to programming. The 600 tons of sand deposited in the Théâtre de Verdure are almost anecdotal. Sting, Patrick Bruel, Santa and Grand Corps Malade are all expected to perform at the 2024 event. The rest of the program includes sporting events with tournaments (including beach rugby), sandcastle competitions and free concerts during the day. An unmissable festival in the region.

Each year, from December to March, the Grasses de Brive attracts gourmets looking for quality products. Sales of Foie gras, truffles, goose and duck products by producers in the region and some adjacent departments. Visitors have the opportunity to purchase the best of this precious place and follow its step-by-step preparation, from dénervage to bottling thanks to a human chain installed in the halls.