Events and festivals in Grand Est on the weekend of 14 November: comics in Illzach, a Japanese culture convention in Nancy, a contemporary art fair and jazz in Strasbourg, metal in Saint-Dizier.
More than a hundred authors under one roof. It happens at the Espace 110, in Illzach, on 14 and 15 November. Events and festivals in Grand Est on the weekend of 14 November: comics in Illzach, a Japanese culture convention in Nancy, a contemporary art fair and jazz in Strasbourg, metal in Saint-Dizier.
Bédéciné, at the Espace 110 in Illzach
Bédéciné, an international comics festival, began in Illzach in 1986. The Espace 110, the town's cultural centre, welcomes more than a hundred authors and publishers for a weekend devoted to the ninth art. The festival sits at the meeting point of three borders and draws visitors from Germany, Switzerland and all over France.
Doors open from 10 am to 6 pm, on Saturday 14 November (14/11/2026) and on Sunday 15.
On the programme: signings, themed exhibitions, debates and publisher presentations. The exhibitions cover Franco-Belgian comics, American comics, manga, the graphic novel and children's albums.
Children have their share: workshops led by professionals teach drawing and manga techniques, and shows of musical theatre, dance and puppetry are renewed several times a day. Shows and workshops are free.
Each edition runs under the presidency of an artist. The Alsatian Claude Guth presides over the 2026 one. Last year, the fortieth-anniversary edition was co-chaired by Philippe Matter, creator of Mini-Loup, and by Miss Prickly.
Entry costs €10 for an adult, €8 for a child aged 3 to 15, €16 for the adult two-day pass and €28 for the family pass of two adults and two children.
From Nancy to Ligny-en-Barrois, the rest of the weekend
At the Centre Prouvé in Nancy, opposite the railway station, Anim'Est brings manga, anime, cosplay, video games, martial arts and Japanese food around more than a hundred exhibitors and three show stages. The convention has existed since 2003, and students of the Université de Lorraine and TELECOM Nancy run it as volunteers.
In the Parc de la Pépinière, the Foire d'Automne runs until 16 November with some fifty fairground rides and stalls, children's rides, mirror palaces and sweets. Entry to the park is free, and each ride is paid for separately.
In Strasbourg, ST-ART sets up French and international galleries in the halls of the Parc des Expositions until Sunday 15 November, over 10,000 m². The fair dates from 1997.
Jazzdor, open since 6 November, also runs until Sunday 15: nearly 120 artists from 23 countries at the Cité de la musique, the Fossé des Treize and the Planetarium. The Jazzdor Card costs €20, then €10 per concert.
The Festival Augenblick screens German-language cinema until 20 November, German, Austrian and Swiss films, in some forty cinemas across Grand Est, from Strasbourg to Mulhouse.
On Sunday 15 November, at the Hall des Annonciades in Ligny-en-Barrois, the Salon Made in Meuse brings together more than 55 exhibitors from the département: craft demonstrations, workshops on dried flowers and cake decorating. Entry is free.