Pianist Dmytro Semykras performs at the collegiate church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Mézières-en-Brenne. His recital includes Scarlatti, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Scriabin. The concert belongs to the Nohant Festival Chopin’s Hors les murs programme, which takes young pianists into venues beyond the festival’s home at Nohant.
Topic: events
Soirées légendaires Night Market in Montrésor: Local Crafts
Soirées légendaires brings local artisans and producers together for a night market in Montrésor. Musical entertainment accompanies the stalls, while storytellers recount legends associated with the village. Refreshments and snacks are available, combining craft shopping, food and oral storytelling in the Touraine village.
Festival de Chambord 2026
The Festival de Chambord brings a programme of classical and contemporary music to the Château de Chambord. Repertoire from different periods shares the bill in the festival’s fifteenth edition. The château provides the concert setting, linking live performance with one of the Loire Valley’s major architectural sites.
Weekly Market in Aubigny-sur-Nère: Local Delights
Aubigny-sur-Nère’s outdoor market unfolds between Rue du Prieuré and Place Adrien Arnoux, bringing food producers and artisans into the streets of the Stuart town. Mature cheeses, charcuterie, crusty breads, honey, fruit and vegetables give the stalls a strong seasonal and regional character rooted in local foodways. Small craft stands broaden the experience beyond groceries while preserving the direct exchange that defines a town market. The compact route encourages shoppers to move on foot through Aubigny’s historic centre, integrating the market with surrounding streets and squares. Local flavours, practical purchases and face-to-face conversation come together here as part of the town’s living culture of trade as both livelihood, daily necessity and public ritual.
Le Son Continu (Ars)
Le Son Continu gathers instrument makers, musicians and dancers at Château d’Ars in Lourouer-Saint-Laurent. Around 150 luthiers take part in the gathering, alongside concerts and dance workshops. Traditional instruments and their makers remain central to the festival, with activities for children included in the programme.
Les Nouvelles Traversées in Noirlac: Music Celebration
Les Nouvelles Traversées brings vocal and instrumental music to Noirlac Abbey. A programme devoted to the Middle Ages includes Patrick Boucheron, Dialogos and ApotropaïK, while Claire Lefilliâtre, Cristina Branco and Les Réveillés appear elsewhere in the festival. Classical repertoire and different vocal traditions meet within the abbey’s historic spaces.
Duel au Carillon in Luisant: A Medieval Spectacle
Chartres Médiévale and Le Carillon present Duel au Carillon at the equestrian centre in Luisant. The seventy-five-minute show combines theatrical humour, sword fights and equestrian choreography. Medieval scenes and dances bring the performers and horses together in a programme intended for children and adults.
Nohant Festival Chopin 2026
The Nohant Festival Chopin marks its sixtieth anniversary at the Domaine de George Sand in Berry. Concerts and literary events revisit the relationship between music and the writer’s world. The programme also commemorates Sand through an emphasis on women performers, continuing the festival’s longstanding connection with her home.
Terres du Son 2026
Terres du Son brings national and international musicians to the Domaine de Candé in Monts. The festival combines its concert programme with a free-access Eco-Village. Activities devoted to ecological transition accompany the performances, bringing the musical gathering and its environmental commitments together on the estate.
Fête de la Sange (Sully-sur-Loire)
The Fête de la Sange in Sully-sur-Loire brings fishing, hunting and practical knowledge of nature into a large popular gathering. Demonstrations and displays speak to traditions formed around rivers, forests and field sports, while free activities give children accessible, practical ways to take part. Savoie appears as guest territory, adding another regional culture to the fair’s established local identity. The emphasis remains on discovery and exchange, with competition kept secondary while associations and practitioners explain the skills behind their pursuits. Organised by the Comité de la Sange, the celebration reflects how outdoor practices, family participation and regional representation continue to sustain a living culture of nature in the Loire Valley.