The Lyon BD Festival gathers a hundred authors at Place de la Comédie while the Latéral Festival sets up in the stands of Geoffroy-Guichard stadium: ten picks for June 13-14.
The weekend of June 13-14 brings together rarely adjacent worlds: comics flood Place de la Comédie in Lyon, international street food fills the Grandes Locos de La Mulatière, and the lateral stands of the legendary Chaudron in Saint-Étienne pulse with electro and dub. Meanwhile, the Roman amphitheatres of Fourvière carry on their season, the Belledonne massif hosts its free open-air rock festival, and natural winemakers in the Ardèche Cévennes open their cellars to the public. Our editorial pick goes to the Latéral Festival: there is something genuinely surprising about watching a mythical football stadium transform into a territory of sound systems and bass — a reinvention of public space that few festivals dare attempt.
Ten events, eight departments covered, from southern Ardèche to the slopes of the Chartreuse massif: the regional map holds no shortage of contrasts this weekend.
Lyon BD Festival: a hundred authors on Place de la Comédie (69)
From Friday 12 to Sunday 14 June, Lyon BD Festival takes over Place de la Comédie and the Hôtel de Ville of Lyon for its 21st edition. Created in 2005, this major comics event brings together a hundred authors and illustrators from around the world for signings, thematic exhibitions, masterclasses, talks, screenings and workshops for all audiences.
The weekend is the peak attendance period: signing sessions are open without prior booking, and the off-programme spills into galleries and bookshops across the city centre. A largely free event run by Lyon BD Organisation, holding its own between Angoulême and the major international festivals without attempting to replicate them. Best combined with an evening wander through Vieux-Lyon.
Lyon Street Food Festival: France's biggest culinary gathering (69)
From Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 June, the Grandes Locos de La Mulatière on the left bank of the Rhône host the Lyon Street Food Festival for a 9th edition that confirms its status as France's top food festival. Over 130 chefs from five continents present 200 exclusive recipes across 40,000 m², with 450 free workshops, concerts and family activities on the side.
The weekend is traditionally the busiest time: the space overflows with pop-up kitchens, and some chefs showcase closing-day-only creations. A culinary road trip suited to all budgets — small plates allow you to multiply discoveries without tipping into excess. Arrive early on Saturday: footfall is heavy and some stands see long queues by late morning.
Les Nuits de Fourvière: Lyon's grand season in the Roman amphitheatre (69)
Ongoing since late May, Les Nuits de Fourvière continue their season this weekend in the Roman amphitheatres on Fourvière hill, listed as UNESCO World Heritage. Since 1946, the festival has staged more than 60 shows per summer — music, theatre, dance, circus and opera — before over 130,000 spectators. Mid-June marks one of the programming highlights, with several evenings typically selling out.
Check the online box office before heading up: several dates for the June 13-14 weekend are heavily subscribed. For those without tickets, the Fourvière esplanade and its panoramic view over Lyon are worth the climb alone — funicular from Vieux-Lyon or the footpath from the Saint-Just neighbourhood.
Latéral Festival: electro and dub inside the Chaudron, Saint-Étienne (42)
On Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June, the Latéral Festival takes over the lateral stands of Stade Geoffroy-Guichard — known as the Chaudron — in Saint-Étienne. Born in 2025 from the alliance between the FZL association and the Saint-Étienne-based label Poto Feu Records, this night-time festival is dedicated to electronic music and dub culture inside one of French football's most historic venues.
The angle is deliberately off-kilter: no sprawling meadow, no generic tent — the bass reverberates beneath the concrete structure of the stadium, between terraces and walkways. An immersive light show, a programme that champions local collectives alongside international dub artists. For fans of electronic nights who enjoy hybrid spaces and unconventional sound setups, this is one of the most interesting propositions of the weekend.
Street Art Fest Grenoble-Alpes: walls in progress, monumental murals (38)
The 12th edition of Street Art Fest Grenoble-Alpes, Europe's largest street art festival, runs until 28 June. Over five weeks, artists from around the world create new monumental murals across the Grenoble metropolitan area. More than 470 works produced since 2015 by the Spacejunk association have turned the city into an open-air museum.
By mid-June, worksites are still active: some artists are still on their cherry-pickers at the weekend, and the newest murals have yet to make it onto the guided tour maps. This is precisely the right moment to explore the city map in hand, find freshly finished pieces and encounter artists at work. A free walk, with routes available on the festival's official site.
Chamonix Film Festival: mountain and adventure cinema at the foot of Mont Blanc (74)
From Wednesday 10 to Sunday 14 June, the Chamonix Film Festival screens its 6th selection of mountain and adventure films in the Mont Blanc valley. The Vox cinema and PlanB base camp host competition films, director and mountaineer Q&As, signing sessions and outdoor screenings when weather allows.
Sunday 14 June is closing day and awards ceremony: the juries announce their laureates in an atmosphere that grows particularly warm in a valley where mountain professionals have been mingling with festival-goers all week. A demanding programme centred on films of verticality, exploration and alpine culture — far from mainstream productions, yet accessible to any lover of open spaces.
La Rurale: street arts in the heart of the Trièves, at Mens (38)
From Friday 12 to Sunday 14 June, La Rurale turns the streets of Mens, in Isère, into a stage for street arts. Founded in 2020 by the Cie l'Accord des On, this festival brings circus, street theatre, dance, music and puppet arts to this village on the Trièves plateau, south-east of Grenoble. The premise: professional companies occupy the public spaces of a rural territory that has no permanent performance venue.
The stakes are both artistic and social: full free admission, a wide range of forms and genuine local involvement make La Rurale a festival that draws a loyal public well beyond passing tourists. In June, the evening light falling across the plateau's meadows and the Dévoluy summits gives outdoor shows a particularly striking backdrop. A 45-minute detour from Grenoble that is well worth making.
Warm Up Festival: reggae and hip-hop in central Clermont-Ferrand (63)
On Saturday 13 June, the Warm Up Festival takes over the Maison du Peuple and Place du 1er Mai in Clermont-Ferrand for a day of current music. Organised by the CFC collective with Black Hole Événements and Vox Populi, the festival delivers an eclectic line-up spanning reggae, hip-hop, soul and alternative music.
The name says it all: the Warm Up symbolically marks the start of Clermont's festival summer. The setting of the Maison du Peuple — a building steeped in trade-union and popular history — adds a political dimension to the celebration that is far from accidental. An accessible, city-centre event that draws reggae regulars and casual Saturday crowds alike.
Festival Jazz sur un Plateau: first notes in southern Ardèche, at Larnas (07)
From Saturday 13 June to Sunday 2 August, Jazz sur un Plateau opens its summer season in the villages of the DRAGA community of communes, in southern Ardèche. Created in 2007 by the ADCL association, this itinerant festival presents jazz, soul, blues and funk in Ardèche hamlets and villages, balancing established names with discoveries.
The opening weekend of June 13-14 is the moment to discover the Larnas plateau — oak trees, lavender and a slow pace — before summer tourism takes hold. Concerts in barns, village squares or under the stars: the festival makes itinerancy a virtue and closeness to musicians a founding principle. An ideal circuit for a budget overnight camping stop in the area.
Fête de la Cerise et des Fruits Rouges: Massiac celebrates its orchards (15)
On Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June, Massiac in the Cantal hosts its annual cherry and red-fruit festival on Place du Docteur Moret and the foirail. Local producers, craftspeople and traders offer cherries, jams, pastries and Cantal terroir products, alongside a fairground, music and a farmers' market.
This is one of those village events that perfectly captures the agricultural identity of a microregion: Massiac and the Alagnon valley sit at the heart of a fruit-growing basin largely unknown to tourist circuits. The Cherry Festival brings several thousand visitors over the weekend — a human scale that makes it easy to meet producers directly and leave with crates of cherries picked the week before. An ideal stop on the road between Aurillac and Brioude.
Also worth a look
- Festival des Musiques du Pays de Gex (Ferney-Voltaire, 01): open-air wind band concerts in the Abbé Boisson park on 13 and 14 June — a brass festival founded in 1929, free admission, see the listing
- Quilles (Gravières, 07): natural wine festival in the Ardèche Cévennes, cellar visits, an ephemeral restaurant and live music on 13 and 14 June at Le Serre — see the listing
- Fête de la Transhumance (Jaujac, 07): Sunday 14 June, the flock sets off for the high pastures of the Monts d'Ardèche, with pastoral demonstrations and a producers' market at Domaine de Rochemure — see the listing
What's coming next
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes season continues to build: Jazz à Vienne opens at the end of June, Les Nuits de Fourvière reach their programming peak, and the Estivales du Parc in Châtel-Guyon keep their outdoor Friday evenings running. For the full rundown of what's on right now, visit our this weekend's agenda.
