Festivals and cultural events Alpes

The 1600 Mountain Festival has been in Samoëns since 2022. Initially taking place on the Samoëns plateau at an altitude of 1,600 metres, the festival made its home in the village on the Lac aux Dames site in 2024. The concept? Open-air electronic music, with headliners including The Avener for the first edition and Joachim Garraud and Sara Costa for the third. A friendly atmosphere in a magnificent setting at the foot of snow-capped peaks. A musical event that attracts a diverse audience.

From August 11 to 13, Lez'Arts en Scènes takes over Aillon-le-Jeune for a festival packed with shows of all kinds. On the program: music, circus, magic, clowns, stilt-walkers, storytelling and street theater to entertain young and old in the village streets. On Friday, the festival takes place in the gardens of the Chartreuse d'Aillon. On Sunday, 5 companies stroll through the village. There will also be entertainment on the soccer pitch, with bouncy castles and giant wooden games, as well as a storytelling walk with Bernard Martin.

The ^49th edition of the Festival de la Biolle - Cinéma & Ruralité, from November 5 to 11, 2024, will reward the best films with audience and jury prizes. The line-up features a wide range of audiovisual creations: documentaries, fiction, short and feature-length films from France and abroad. The films selected will arouse emotion and astonishment, and incite reflection and indignation. Curious cinephiles will be transported to rural landscapes the world over. This festival encourages sharing and reflection on themes that often go beyond the local framework to embrace the world as a whole.

Around the Mechanical Music Museum, a festival that perpetuates the tradition of this popular music that enchants the streets of Les Gets for a weekend. On a theme renewed each year, animations, exhibitions and good mood in continuous.

Perched in the pretty hamlet of Bionnassay - accessible by car - in the heart of a natural agora with panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, the "Théâtre dans les alpages" festival is an open-air theater. 4 evenings, 4 open-air performances, watching the day slowly decline as you watch experienced actors perform. The project, set up by an association created just for the occasion, reconnects us with the magic of open-air theater, that of the origins.