A Selection of Events and Festivals in Champagne 2019
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A selection of Events and Festivals in Champagne 2019 Habits de Lumières 2018 - Alexandre Couvreux - OT Epernay ‘Pays de Champagne’ de Champagne’ ‘Pays Epernay - OT Couvreux Alexandre - 2018 Habits de Lumières PRESS CONTACTS: Magellan PR (UK press) [email protected] Sarah Flook - Grand Est Regional Tourism Agency [email protected] 1 LA CHAMPAGNE LONDRES DOUVRES CALAIS LAON LAON N A 4 2 4 6 RETHEL AISNE CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES 4 ARDENNES PARIS A 3 SOISSONS 0 38 7 Cormicy D Fismes 8 9 Tinqueux Gueux D N 31 Reims METZ LUXEMBOURG Gare TGV A D 31 7 4 7 Champagne- Vienne-le-Château D N 3 A 4 Ardenne Parc naturel régional N Ste-Ménehould 4 de la Montagne de Reims 4 Suippes STRASBOURG D Valmy Hautvillers Ambonnay 31 A 4 Dormans Champillon A 4 Dizy TGV Est Européen N 3 Aÿ 6 2 N 3 PARIS Château-Thierry Vinay Epernay A L'Epine Marne Châlons-en-Champagne MEUSE Montmort-Lucy 51 Montmirail Etoges N Bergères-les-Vertus 4 4 5 Aéroport Saint-Amand-sur-Fion Mondement D Paris-Vatry VERDUN D 934 Fère-Champenoise N 4 Vitry-le-François 4 Esternay N 35 Sommesous N SEINE N 4 Sézanne Ma rn St-Dizier ET e N 4 3 1 95 NANCY 40 D Lac du Der MARNE 6 D 7 7 Anglure Eclaron A 2 Provins Villenauxe-la-Grande N D 619 Aube Giaumont Nangis Arcis-sur N 6 N 19 Montier-en-Der Nogent-sur-Seine Aube 7 403 D Romilly- Méry-sur 2 Lentilles 1 sur-Seine Seine Haute- 4 1 Voué Joinville D D 95 0 La Motte-Tilly S D 40 ei Lacs de Aube n Marne e Rouilly- la Forêt NANCY Sacey Piney d'Orient Brienne-le-Château 52 STRASBOURG 10 Cirey-sur-Blaise Barberey-Saint-Sulpice Vignory Soulaines-Dhuys 1 4 Lusigny-sur N 7 Parc naturel régional A 3 e Troyes -Barse de la Forêt Dolancourt Marn A 5 Colombey- d'Orient Arsonval Mesnil- N 19 les-Deux-Eglises e Andelot- Meus 0 Montiéramey Blancheville Bourmont N 6 Saint- Vendreuvre- Bar-sur- PARIS Père sur-Barse Bayel 4 Aube 7 Aix-en-Othe D Eaux-Puiseaux Villemoyenne A 5 Chaumont Magnant Clairvaux Clefmont 77 Bar-sur-Seine N N 7 N 9 VOSGES Chaource 1 Essoyes 19 2 Nogent D 4 Maisons-les-Chaource Châteauvillain Ervy-le-Chatel Les Riceys 5 6 A Bourbonne- Mussy-sur-Seine 5 D les-Bains Arc-en-Barrois Coiy Lacs du Pays de Langres Langres Auberive DIJON 1 AUXERRE YONNE 3 A Le Pailly Fayl-Billot N 19 CÔTE VESOUL D'OR 4 7 N HAUTE SAÔNE DIJON Canal LYON de la Marne GENEVE à la Saône MILAN e 1 / 1.540.000 N 0 25 50 km MUSIC FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS SPRING JAZZ FESTIVAL CHÂLONS-EN-CHAMPAGNE 12 - 14 April www.vitrinesdechalons.com During this weekend of Jazz, bars and restaurants around the town put on free jazz recitals for their customers. An outdoor stage is put up in the Place Foch in front of the town hall, for a free jazz concert for all. MOISSONS ROCK FESTIVAL JUVIGNY 29 May - 1 June www.moissonsrock.org This 3-day rock festival takes place on the football ground at Juvigny and mixes regional talent with bands of national and international acclaim. SUMMER MUSICAL FESTIVAL - Flâneries musicales d’été REIMS 19 June - 11 July www.flaneriesreims.com More than 100 concerts offering a diverse programme ranging from classical to jazz, are organised over this period with up to 2 or 3 concerts a day. The venues vary from cultural heritage sites to cafés and parks. Many of the concerts are free of charge. TROYES MUSIC FESTIVAL - Ville en Musiques TROYES 21 June - 11 August www.maisonduboulanger.com/evenements/ville-en-musiques.html Throughout the 8 weekends of this musical event, squares, churches, gardens and other public spaces in Troyes will be filled with music and dance and other performances. An enchanting way to enjoy the picturesque setting of medieval Troyes. FESTIVAL OF MUSIC FROM HERE AND ELSEWHERE Festival d’Ici et d’ailleurs CHALONS EN CHAMPAGNE 26 - 28 July www.musique-ici-ailleurs.com This is a showcase event for world music today. Free concerts, taking place all over the town, aim at revealing the diversity of musical trends, showing the very latest sounds and discovering the great names of tomorrow. 3 MUSIC FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS CULTURAL MUSIC PROGRAMME AUBERIVE 20 July - 24 August www.abbaye-auberive.com A series of 6 concerts are organised at the Abbey of Auberive (SW of Langres) on Saturdays over the high summer period. Starting at 6,30pm. 20 July: Violin and piano 27 July: Traditional Irish Music 3 August: Soprano and harp 10 August: Flamenco FEATHERED DOG ROCK FESTIVAL - Festival du Chien à Plumes 17 August: Hawaiian Swing Jazz Lac de VILLEGUSIEN 24 August: Music from Madagascar 2 - 4 August www.chienaplumes.fr This 3-day music festival features around 30 pop-rock, folk, Reggae and electronic music groups and takes place on the shores of Lake Vingeanne at the village of Villegusien-le-lac, 17 km south of Langres. A free campsite is available on the site, other campsites CHAMPAGNE NIGHTS - Les Nuits de Champagne are nearby. TROYES 21 - 26 October www.nuitsdechampagne.com Each year, this festival celebrates the songs and music of an invited composer and explores the influences and trends of the artist. The Festival opens with a grand rendition of the main verses of the composer’s chosen song, with both the audience and a 700-strong choir singing in unison. The closing concert is dedicated to the most representative songs of the artist’s repertoire, sung by a huge joint choir of up to 1000 members coming from the local region and all over France. For the first time this year the musical events will come out of the churches, concert halls and theatres and into the streets of Troyes, onto the buses, into the bars and will encompass a diverse playlist with something for everyone. REIMS JAZZ FESTIVAL REIMS Beginning November www.djaz51.com This major gathering of jazz brings together the big names and young talents of the French and international jazz and improvisation music scene. The festival takes place over 10 days in November and venues include some of the key cultural sites in Reims, such as the Opera House, the Saint-Exupéry Cultural Centre and Domaine Pommery. ELEKTIK MUSIC FESTIVAL SAINT-DIZIER 17 - 24 November www.ville-saintdizier.fr For the first time this year the musical events will come out of the churches, concert halls and theatres and into the streets of Troyes, onto the buses, into the bars and will encompass a diverse playlist with something for everyone. 4 SHOWS AND STREET FESTIVALS FESTIVAL OF CERAMICS AND FIRE ARTS - La Ronde des Feux CHAOURCE 8 & 9 June www.artitude10.fr This original festival showcases over 200 artists and young talent of all traditional skills and crafts connected to fire such as potters, blacksmiths and metal workers. Entertainment, sound and light shows and exhibitions all add to the magical atmosphere of this weekend. JOAN OF ARC MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL - Les Fêtes Johanniques REIMS 1 & 2 June www.reims-tourisme.com In celebration of the heroic mission of the young Joan to bring the deposed dauphin to Reims to have him crowned Charles VII in 1429, this festival recreates the atmosphere of the 15th century. Visitors can stroll around the stalls of a medieval market and marvel, on the Sunday, at the Great Royal Parade as Joan of Arc and the future Charles VII set off from the St Remi basilica to the Cathedral, accompanied by over 800 figures in historical costumes. FESTIVAL OF CIRCUS ARTS & STREET THEATRE - Festival Furies CHALONS EN CHAMPAGNE 2 & 3 June www.festival-furies.com This festival celebrating circus and street theatre is appropriately organised in the town that is home to the French National School of Circus Arts. Attracting both established acts and up and coming performers, the event aims to support contemporary creativity whilst discovering new talent. Performances take place under a marquee in the main park, in the Comete Theatre as well as in the National Circus Arts Centre itself. But there are also all manner of outdoor venues such as a garden, a town square, the corner of a road, a make-shift tent… all of these outdoors events are free. HALLEBARDIERS FESTIVAL LANGRES 15 - 17 August www.hallebardiers.com From Thursday to Saturday throughout August, the ‘Hallebardiers’ society put on a number of plays (usually 3 per evening) taking place simultaneous in different open air venues around the city of Langres. The spectators are given costume cloaks to wear and become part of the performance being drawn into the various plots. A fun and original way to discover the heritage of this beautiful fortified city. 5 SHOWS AND STREET FESTIVALS FESTIVAL OF HUNTING AND NATURE CHATEAUVILLAIN 31 August - 1 September www.salon-chasse-nature.com Everything associated with hunting can be found at this festival which attracts 3,000 visitors and 200 exhibitors. There are exhibitions of hunting arms, gear, clothing saddling, vehicles etc and presentations of the latest developments in the hunting world. Visitors can enjoy demonstrations by hunting dogs and equestrian shows, and other animations include various shooting ranges, such as moving target and bow & arrow, and paintballing. Hunting gear and equipment is also on sale and the festival culminates in a grand firework display. END OF YEAR CIRCUS SHOW CHALONS-EN-CHAMPAGNE December www.cnac.fr A stunning circus arts show is put on by the students graduating from the National Circus School at Châlons.