Plume et pierres de Sand presents stained-glass work by Stéphanie Bidaud in Gargilesse-Dampierre. The Creuse Valley artist takes part in the tribute to George Sand through glass, colour and crafted panels. The exhibition brings a contemporary local craft practice into the village’s wider programme devoted to the writer.
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Local Producers Market in Nogent-sur-Vernisson: Fresh Picks
Local producers and craftspeople gather at Place Aristide Briand in Nogent-sur-Vernisson. The market offers regional food products alongside handmade goods. Direct sales bring the sellers and their work into the square, with tastings forming part of the food programme and craft stalls extending the gathering beyond produce alone.
Historical Festival in Gizeux: Crafts & Performances
Château de Gizeux hosts craftspeople, artists and historical re-enactors for its heritage festival. Falconry, sheep and goose handling and cloak-and-dagger duels form part of the programme. A large performance involving actors, stunt performers and animals revisits episodes from the château’s history, alongside demonstrations of traditional skills.
Producers’ Market in Savigny-sur-Braye: Local Goods
The market in Savigny-sur-Braye gathers producers and traders around an unusually varied selection of food and craft. Honey, fruit, vegetables, poultry, pork, cold meats, jam, cheese, saffron, wine and snails place regional ingredients beside more specialised goods such as Auvergne sausages. Jewellery and lace add a handmade dimension that broadens the stalls beyond the table. Meeting sellers directly gives shoppers a clearer sense of provenance, preparation and the small businesses behind each product. Set along Avenue de la Braye, the market expresses the practical culture of a rural town where food supply, artisan work and conversation still share the same public space within the everyday commercial life of Savigny-sur-Braye and its surroundings.
Châtillon-Coligny Market: Local Goods Every Friday
Châtillon-Coligny’s market spreads across Place Aristide Briand and Rue Jean Jaurès, placing local trade directly within the town’s public spaces. Producers bring food and fresh goods, while craftspeople add objects shaped by small-scale skill and material knowledge. The arrangement encourages direct conversation, allowing shoppers to ask about origin, preparation and making through direct contact with producers. Its two central locations connect the market to everyday town life, with streets and square functioning as places of exchange as well as passage. This is rural commerce in a clear, practical form: regional products, visible hands and shorter routes between producer and customer. The character of the market comes from that proximity, giving residents and travellers a grounded view of how the surrounding territory feeds and supplies Châtillon-Coligny.
Crafts and Traditions Festival in Baraize: Local Market
Baraize’s Crafts and Traditions Festival combines craft exhibitors with a farmers’ market. Agricultural equipment, vintage tractors and classic cars form a display of rural work and transport. Games include potato harvesting, while food stalls and fireworks accompany the gathering around local produce, making and farming traditions.
Exposition “Expression libre” in Sainte-Montaine: Local Art
Expression libre presents work by members of Club Art et Poésie at Musée Marguerite Audoux in Sainte-Montaine. Woodcarving, fabric inlay and glass painting share the exhibition with writing in Berrichon patois. The self-taught artists bring distinct materials and a regional language into the museum’s display of local creative work.
Soirée d’ouverture du Son Continu in La Châtre: 50th Edition
Le Son Continu marks the fiftieth anniversary of the International Festival of Instrument Making and Traditional Music with an opening gathering in La Châtre. The opening has moved away from the festival’s main site. Traditional music connects this town programme with the wider gathering of musicians and instrument makers associated with Le Son Continu.
Producers and Artisans Market in Ladon: Local Goods
Local producers and craftspeople gather at Place de la Halle in Ladon. Food products share the market with handmade goods sold by their makers. The municipality provides coffee at the gathering, which brings these different local trades together around the covered hall and its role as a place for direct exchange.