Festivals and cultural events Rhônes-Alpes

The Saint Etienne Design Biennial is bringing the city to international attention. The 2022 edition is interested in forks in the road, through six exhibitions taking the side roads to "choose the essential", the subtitle for this year. Don't forget to browse through the Biennial Off through a hundred or so events. All of which will provide food for thought for Saint-Etienne's double labeling by UNESCO as a "Creative Design City" and "Inclusive City".

L'Atelier du Réverbère is a training center located in Ambérieu-en-Bugey, in the Ain department. It offers training courses and shows focusing on the art of storytelling and the spoken word. L'Atelier du Réverbère also offers workshops and training courses to deepen the practice of spoken word on stage and explore the arts of storytelling. The shows on offer are varied and offer an opportunity to discover different traditions and creative myths.

In recent years, Annecy's landscapes have been enriched by artistic works linking elements of the local heritage, starting with nature and architecture. Year after year, summer after summer, a perennial trail of artistic and landscape installations has been built up in the urban area. There are some twenty works to be discovered as you stroll through the city with a poetic eye. A "sustainable" festival that renews itself every season to change our perception of our environment, inspiring all passers-by to preserve and improve it. A word of advice: prepare your itinerary (it's best to bike) or let yourself be surprised!

Concerts in August. A centrepiece of cultural life, the Apple-en-Forez site has a strong tradition of musical production (concerts, recordings…) and a dynamic of growing recovery. The church has been able to retain its device of acoustic vases so that both the avertis and the occasional amateurs of concerts are of by the acoustic quality. It arouses a lot of enthusiasm from all renowned professional musicians.

Created in 1975, the International Comics Festival of Chambéry is the^second oldest festival of its kind in France after Angoulême. 20,000 visitors, 60 authors and three days of celebration... It welcomes artists of great notoriety, also reveals talents and makes the happiness of a public that rushes to meet cartoonists and scriptwriters and to shop. The elephant, symbol of the city, always appears on the poster entrusted each year to a different artist.

Organized by the city of Saint-Étienne, Festi'Mômes are shows for young audiences from the age of 7. They take place one Sunday a month, from September to December, in the Jeanne d'Arc room, near Place Chavanelle. At an attractive price (1 euro per seat per person), families can attend a quality cultural performance: circus, acrobatic and musical theatre, magic, art of illusion... The opportunity to discover enchanting shows that will delight young and old alike. The artists perform twice (11am and 3pm) on the Sundays concerned (generally the last Sunday of the month). A beautiful initiative allowing access to culture for all.