Festivals and cultural events Cherbourg-En-Cotentin

Every summer, the green beach comes alive, for 3 days, during this very appreciated and original festival. Completely free, this festival allows you to watch movies, quietly installed in a deckchair, on a towel or a chair, and in the open air. Let's bet that the choice of films will be, this year again, outstanding! As every year, the moment will be the occasion, before the film, to dance according to the music of a group come to interpret in live some pieces. Certainly one of the highlights of the summer in the capital of Cotentin.

A scenography enhances 2.5 kilometres of seaside, along the largest artificial harbour in the world, with a view of the seawall and its forts. 15 enamelled lava sequences on the parapet and 15 multimedia interpretations, completed with digital tools, tell in text and image 150 years of transatlantic epic. To do this, you will need to pick up the appropriate tools at the tourist office - don't be afraid, they are very easy to use!

It is an event that has been cherbourgeois since the mid s. Open Scene, organised by the Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture de la Ville, allows young local groups, which mainly distil rock or its shades, to take place on the green beach for a long, eagerly awaited musical evening. Many young people have used to go there but, as the music is to be universal, every generation is represented!

In July, the Cotentin region is alive with the sounds of chamber music. The Les Fieffés Musiciens festival takes place at various venues throughout the region, offering a rich program based on three principles: firstly, to invite only ensembles that are already established, so that the musicians are close enough to each other to give a gentle impression of complicity; secondly, to highlight the local heritage by staging the concerts in attractive venues; and thirdly, to organize a coherent program around a theme.

It's a vast and beautiful hall located on the heights of the town. The town's many associations regularly use this unrivalled venue for their events. For many young people in the region, the Agora is also a meeting place for urban and musical cultures. Thanks to the many modular spaces that make it a concert hall with excellent acoustics, the Agora regularly plays host to French and international stars, whether musical, traditional or humorous.

The association La Mancha lives up to its name: it is, literally, the Norman friendship movement for Spanish-American culture. Since 1982, the association has organized the annual Cinemovida festival. It is an event dedicated to Hispanic audiovisual culture. Every year, the association, in coordination with the Odeon cinema, the city, the Regional Council and the association Atout Lire, organizes screenings to introduce Hispanic-American cinema, but also conferences, meetings, exhibitions and concerts.

Every year, Cherbourg hosts the Children's Book and Comics Festival. Most often held on the Plage Verte, this event features several distinct areas. In addition to themed exhibitions, various events, areas dedicated to young children and opportunities to meet with publishers are all traditional, and important, parts of the festival. The event generally opens on Thursday, with a day dedicated to schoolchildren.

The union makes the force! This could be the motto of the cultural structures of Cherbourg who got together to set up the new edition of the winter escapades. Thus, the Scène Nationale, the Brèche, the Pôle des Arts du Cirque and the espace culturel Buisson have worked hard to make this event possible. The Place Jacques Demy, an ideal place if there is one, is generally invested by one or several companies, for the greatest pleasure of all, young and old.

The festival has been a staple of Equeurdreville-Hainneville for almost a quarter of a century, and rightly so: every year, it brings together dozens of artists, from storytellers to theater companies and other talents from other worlds, to provide a unique opportunity for young and old alike to marvel at the magic! Listen to stories, dream, discover and get away from it all for two weeks. Events take place at l'Agora, or at l'espace Buisson, located in Tourlaville.

In partnership with many cultural structures in the region, the National Center for Circus Arts in Cherbourg, called La Brèche, offers Spring, an incredible festival dedicated to new forms of circus, every year in March. Dozens of performances, in theaters, cultural spaces or dedicated halls, punctuate the cultural life of the city and the region. Mostly performed in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the shows are as diverse as they are surprising: clowning, acrobatics, juggling, cabaret, music...