Festivals and cultural events Poitou-Charentes

This jazz festival enchants music lovers and transforms the Lighthouse into a surprising musical scene. Once again, the festival welcomed many musicians with more than 30 concerts during 5 days. We find accomplished artists such as Ibrahim Maaalouf or Véronique Sanson accompanied by a large orchestra. But the bias of this festival is also to put forward young talents with the competition "Jazz ConneXion" which aims to bring to the forefront of the stage jazz talents from New Aquitaine.

For more than 20 years now, jazz has been making the capital of the island vibrate! In the heart of August, in the summer torpor, the notes of jazz resound during three nights in the port of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. Free concerts allow the greatest number of people to fully enjoy this music, all in a friendly atmosphere. All styles are present, offering a beautiful diversity!

The 8th edition of Mars Planète Danse offers four evenings composed of nine pieces in order to see dance in a different way, as a constellation of shows that opens on different universes and makes the imagination work. Hip-hop, circus, contemporary dance put on stage different horizons of the choreographic art. The atmosphere cultivated in this singular meeting place is festive and open to all: come and enjoy this atmosphere with your family!

For over thirty years, the Service départemental de la lecture (SDL) has been organizing a storytelling festival. It features renowned storytellers from all over the world, as well as theater companies and professional musicians. The storytellers become tellers of mysterious, funny and moving stories, inspired by dreams or reality. The shows, which are free of charge, tour some forty towns in the département. This festival is a not-to-be-missed event in the Charente, eagerly awaited by all audiences!

Exit Saint-Georges-de-Didonne. Since 2016, this festival has been set up in a very pleasant place. In May, La Palmyre harbor offers a spring awakening to the sounds of the world's music. For over twenty years, this festival has been promoting fashion cultures and offering free or paying concerts with the possibility of discovering gastronomies from all over the world in one of the shops.

In Mauléon, it's a bit of a festival of vocal surprises. Here, the voice is combined in choirs, in duets, it is crazy and/or scholastic. Also, the 2011 edition programmed the Corsican polyphonies of A Filetta, songs committed by Michèle Bernard or the crazy lyric art of Anne Baquet. But also an intriguing Soundpainting workshop...

The village of Saint-Varent encanaille the time of this very nice street arts festival. The shows are essaimés in the most unlikely places, a car garage, for example, with many moments devoted to conviviality, picnics, balls. The festival celebrated its 10 years in 2010.

Every year, the Imprévu concocts a nice program of concerts (in 2011 Les hurlements d'Léo and Tryo) that attracts about 2,000 visitors to the small village of Montemboeuf. The association of this festival with the crazy team of Groland (Mickael Kael and Kervern in the lead) spices up the affair. And the festival has always associated in its adventure the reception center for mentally handicapped people.

2020 will host the 13th edition of this festival, which celebrates the Francophone cultures of Quebec, Acadia and Louisiana and the ties that unite these territories with Poitou. Concerts, exhibitions, conferences, country balls or thematic meals make this festival a real moment of sharing!

In Cognac, every September for almost 30 years, the street arts have been heating up the asphalt to the delight of spectators. Inventive, amusing and poetic, the artists make the back-to-school season a joyful one, from the Place ^{François-Ier} to the Jardin Public, via the courtyard of the museum, with acrobatics, music and hilarious, joyful and astonishing sketches. Over the course of three days, some fifteen shows will delight young and old alike! The festival is free of charge! Remember to make reservations for certain shows.

A magical place to which Galienne Tonka and Nicolas Wisser still his every year a supplement of soul. Equestrian art, organic farming and meetings are the ingredients of this extraordinary mixture. Also, every Thursday evening, an organic market settles in poultry with demonstrations of equestrian art. There is also the possibility to have breakfast while admiring the work of horses. On appointment. There will be no representations of riding theatre in 2009, this time to give to the team prepare a festival of large size starting from 2010.

In July, the Corderie Royale in Rochefort turns into a festive and friendly dancefloor under the palm trees for an unforgettable weekend. For two days, Stereoparc plunges you into an imaginary universe dedicated to electronic music. An electro festival under the palm trees, to live with your teenagers! This festival can boast of having welcomed world-renowned artists such as Benni Bennassi, David Guetta or DJ Snake. Many animations are planned during the festival like (Ventrigliss, Bubblefoot).

An institution in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, this ecofriendly festival is dedicated to primitive peoples, contemporary and traditional world music: didgeridoo, beatbox, diphonic singing and more. This family-friendly festival is appreciated for its wide range of activities, including workshops, a baby teepee, a relaxation center, a dream market, conferences and a doggy center (with advice on dog training!). A committed event, it stands out for its handicap and no-alcohol approach. Catering, free camping.

The storyteller Yannick Jaulin has not only initiated a festival here in Pougne-Hérisson, he has created a mythology. According to this mythology, the small village in the Deux-Sévres is the epicenter of the explosion of the Word. Since this big bang, the stories would have spread all over the planet. And would return every two years to their source, during the festival of the Navel of the World. This Genesis has of course given rise to other extravagances in history. This festival has no equivalent in France, you have to go there to believe it!

All theaters, from here and elsewhere, everywhere and for everyone. That's the raison d'être of the Ah association, ardent cultural pillar and programmer of this festival dedicated to the performing arts. Every year, Parthenay's town center is besieged by artists, showmen, circus performers and other acrobats of all stripes working on stage (shows for adults and young audiences). Count on around fifty performances in town and in the countryside. Founded in 2022, Ah? programs year-round at various venues in the surrounding area.