C'est de la Danse Contemporaine : from 21 January to 6 February 2009
C'est de la Danse Contemporaine ! This International Festival offers members of the public the chance to discover contemporary choreographic creation over a period of one month. It is open to world influences.The festival is punctuated by various visual installations in which the body is placed at the crossroads of other disciplines.
more informationLes Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine : from 11 to 28 March 2009
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela Latin America is on the big screen in Toulouse for a period of 10 days. Hitherto unseen films, avant-premieres, recent films and heritage works, encounters with the actors and directors , altogether there are 180 films and 70 guests.
This meeting with Latino cinema and those who make it is an absolute must!
Festival Flamenco : from 20 to 21 March 2009
The theme of the 8th annual flamenco festival in Toulouse will be "WOMEN" in FLAMENCO. Women will be at the centre of a week of celebration whose aim is to pay homage to the intelligence, talent and pure and fervent dedication of all the women who perform and promote this art.
Two grand "NOCHES FLAMENCAS", dedicated to these women, will be held in the Halle aux Grains on 20 and 21 March...
Zoom arrière : from 3 to 15 March 2009
This is a new event based on restoring our cinema heritage. 'Zoom arrière' aims to rediscover forgotten films and take a fresh look at better-known works, in the hope of becoming a cinema festival with a difference, every year in February.
By creating festive events, offering the public cinema-concerts and guests, looking at cinema from the point of view of its young spectators, it hopes to...
Le Printemps du Rire : April
Every year, the "Printemps du Rire", Europe's leading festival of comedy, gives the people of Toulouse a dose of fun to help them ease their way out of winter. Now in its thirteenth year, the festival offers 45 shows and 120 performances with top-of-the-bill artists standing alongside the future great names of comedy.
Over a 2-week period, the "Printemps du Rire" presents a complete...
Festam, festival pour Tout l'Art du Monde : from 20 to 30 May 2009
Festival pour Tout l'Art du Monde [Festival for all the Art in the World].
Discovery and artistic creation (performances, readings, film projections, exhibitions and courses) are the key words of FESTAM, which aims to open the doors to other people and cultures, from another region, country or district. Every year sees the arrival of ever more generous artists, enthusiastic, critical...
Le Marathon des mots : from 10 to 14 June 2009
Actors and authors from all over the world will meet in Toulouse over a 4-day period, to celebrate words and texts in all their forms and all their genres.
4 days of celebrations, 200 readings, performances and shows in Toulouse city centre, from poetry to music, from children's literature to the whodunit, from fiction to erotic literature, from the cinema to the visual arts, via a few...
Rio Loco : from 17 to 21 June 2009
The Rio Loco festival invites a single river of the world to come and mix its waters with those of the Garonne for a week of festive and popular sharing on the banks of the Prairie des Filtres. The open air musical presentations are completed by all the conviviality of a village - with meeting places, exhibitions and tastings.
The programming for this festival is designed to reflect the...
Les Siestes Electroniques : June
Les Siestes électroniques (The electronic Siestas) is a festival devoted to the new soft and restful music.
In the afternoons, free concerts are organized outdoors, on the banks of the Garonne, the music is innovative, the atmosphere is relaxed, suitable for listening while relaxing.
The objective of this festival is to mix pleasure and avant-garde in order to satisfy as many people as...
Toulouse d'été : July - August
Toulouse d'été "Chaud les musiques" makes for enchanting summer nights and gets in the rhythm. From 15 July to 8 August 2008, Toulouse Council offers anyone who takes the time an opportunity to be a spectator in a sublime combination of the architectural splendour of the city's monuments and the harmony of sound.
Chaud les musiques adds a touch of crazyness to the night and gives the...
Festival Ravensare : from 2 to 12 July 2009
Since the Festival Ravensare was created in 2002, Le Trait Bleu has positioned itself as a witness to the languages and artistic expressions present within a given territory. The festival is conducted and defended by Kassam Baïder, a choreographer resident in Toulouse since 1991, the festival's goal is to stage artistic works which are both diverse and innovative. Resolutely devoted to emerging...
more informationPiano aux Jacobins : from 5 to 26 September 2008
In the gentle brightness of a concert, Piano aux Jacobins offers a unique alchemy: a venue imprinted with spirituality and history, combining listening to hearts and the emotion generated by generous acoustics.
The aims of the festival are to design these musical events in a spirit of open-mindedness, present today's composers in a way that throws light on the composers of the past and...
Le Printemps de Septembre : from 26 September to 19 October 2008
festival dedicated to the visual arts
Le Printemps de Septembre in Toulouse is an entirely free festival dedicated to the visual arts and live shows. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and performance, choreographies, cine-concerts and concerts of current music , a contemporary creation statement is presented to you every year, in a dozen different sites at the heart of...
Festival Occitania : from 22 September to 25 October 2008
Founded in 2000 by the "Institut d'Etudes Occitanes 31", the Festival Occitània theme for this year is l'Entre Duas Mars, Between the Two Seas. Occitania, and Toulouse and the Midi-Pyrénées region in particular, are animated by two main influences: the Mediterranea , oriental Occitania , and the Atlantic, from Morocco to Scotland.
This 9th Festival Occitània proposes to highlight this...
Cinespaña : from 3 to 12 October 2008
Toulouse and the entire Midi-Pyrénées region has organised a ten-day tribute to Spanish cinema.
Thanks to the quality of its programmes and its convivial atmosphere the festival has become an important landmark in Hispanic cinematographic culture, an opportunity for exchange and dialogue centring around creative film talent.
As every year, an autonomous Spanish region is guest of...
Toulouse les Orgues : from 3 to 19 October 2008
The 13th "TOULOUSE LES ORGUES" INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL will be held from 3 to 19 October 2008 in Toulouse and the surrounding Midi-Pyrénées region of France
Toulouse is the organ capital of Europe and there are plenty of good reasons for this. It is not by chance that this event has been brought to life by the people - and the organs - of Toulouse.
The city has a rich and varied...
Séquence Court-Métrage : from 14 to 30 November 2008
For over 16 years, through a series of themes and tributes, the "Séquence Court-Métrage" association has supported and promoted the distinctive features and variety of short films.
At its annual International Festival it offers screenings at the Cinema Library in Toulouse, the ABC Cinema and various partner venues in Greater Toulouse (Musée des Abattoirs, Alliance Française, Goethe...
Festival Danses et Continents Noirs : from 21 to 30 November 2008
Dances and Black Continents Festival
With Marie-Claude Pietragalla in 2006 and Carolyn Carlson in 2007, the International "Dance in Toulouse" Festival has established itself as the major event for dance-lovers in the Toulouse conurbation.
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, "Dance in Toulouse" is presenting a new aesthetic direction from 21 to 30 November 2008 based on an artistic...