Events and festivals in Hauts-de-France on 14–15 November 2026: Fous d'Histoire brings over 100 companies and 250 exhibitors to Le Tigre, while the Fête du Hareng Roi fills Étaples-sur-Mer.
Saturday, ten o'clock, at Le Tigre in Margny-lès-Compiègne. Fous d'Histoire opens its doors there on 14 November for two days. Events and festivals in Hauts-de-France on 14–15 November 2026: Fous d'Histoire brings over 100 companies and 250 exhibitors to Le Tigre, while the Fête du Hareng Roi fills Étaples-sur-Mer.
Fous d'Histoire at Le Tigre, in Margny-lès-Compiègne
More than 100 professional and amateur companies, 250 exhibitors of 24 nationalities: Fous d'Histoire fills the Le Tigre events centre on Saturday 14 November (14/11/2026) and Sunday 15. The show is devoted to historical performance and reenactment.
At its centre, the Marché de l'Histoire. Craftsmen, blacksmiths, costume makers, armourers, illuminators, luthiers and makers offer objects and skills from Prehistory to the Belle Époque, by way of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Empire.
The companies are spread across music, dance and song, theatre and street performance, equestrian and animal shows, military art and craft demonstrations. Visitors watch battle reenactments, mounted jousts, forge demonstrations, falconry shows and costumed parades.
Saturday from 10 am to 7 pm, Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.
Admission is 10 euros from age 12 and 5 euros for under-12s, people with reduced mobility and job seekers. It is free for under-4s. Children get participatory workshops, introductions to period crafts and historical games, and parking at Le Tigre is free.
From Étaples to Chantilly
This weekend, Étaples-sur-Mer serves herring in the La Canche car park, from 10 am to 6 pm. Born in 1994, the Fête du Hareng Roi draws between 10,000 and 15,000 visitors a year: 3 tonnes of herring smoked on site, 1,200 kippers and 1,200 herring marinated with onions and spices, with sea shanties during the meals.
The regional herring-gutting championship takes place on Saturday afternoon at the Maréis centre. Admission is free.
In the Aisne, the Festival du Rire d'Ambleny is in its 4th edition: four comedians on Saturday evening at the Vigne Catherine hall, doors at 7 pm, four more on Sunday, doors at 4 pm. An evening costs 18 euros, the two-day pass 30 euros, and 1 euro per ticket sold goes to the Secours Catholique de l'Aisne.
In Lille, the Spotlight Festival opens on Friday 13 November in seven venues across the metropolis, from stand-up to improv.
The NEXT Arts Festival also begins on 13 November: theatre, dance and performance shows in some fifteen venues, from Lille to Tournai, across France and Belgium. At the Château de Chantilly, Noël Enchanté de Chantilly opens on Saturday 14 November, with an equestrian show in the Grandes Écuries and night-time tours of the château.
Until 15 November, the Flanders International Organ Festival gives its concerts on Sundays at 4 pm in listed churches, with one guest artist per church.