Events and festivals in Hauts-de-France on October 10 and 11, 2026: the Tourcoing Jazz Festival starts its week, with concerts in Noyon, the launch of Lille Flamenca and the Camper Van Week-End at Chantilly.
Saturday, October 10, in Tourcoing. The Tourcoing Jazz Festival launches its edition there that day. Events and festivals in Hauts-de-France on October 10 and 11, 2026: the Tourcoing Jazz Festival starts its week, with concerts in Noyon, the launch of Lille Flamenca and the Camper Van Week-End at Chantilly.
Tourcoing and its jazz since 1986
Founded in 1986, the Tourcoing Jazz Festival is the oldest jazz festival in Hauts-de-France. It starts on 10/10/2026 and takes over the city for a week, run by the Association Culturelle Tourquennoise.
Jazz remains the common thread. The programme opens up to blues, soul, funk and world music.
Concerts are spread across the municipal theatre, the conservatoire, Saint-Christophe church and the Grand Mix, the contemporary music venue on rue de Tournai. Some are seated, others standing.
Metro line 2, Tourcoing Centre station. From Lille, the regional train takes fifteen minutes. Tickets are sold online at billetterie.tourcoing-jazz-festival.com.
The rest of the weekend, from jazz to dance
In Noyon, Jazz In Noyon runs until Sunday, October 11. Created in 2021, it puts parity forward: most of the bands are led by women, with American saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin and pianist Leïla Olivesi as headliners.
In Lille, Lille Flamenca opens its season on October 11, for an edition that runs until March 21, 2027. Its «Domingos Flamencos» fill Sunday afternoons, from 3 pm to 5 pm, at the Stéphane Hessel youth hostel: a show, a dance workshop, a Sevillian ball. Musicians from COMPANŸA and the group LOS DE LA NOCHE play live. Free admission, no booking.
Saturday, October 10 is the last day of the Vervins Comedy Festival, at the Salle Polyvalente on place Sohier. Created in 2003, it ends with the Tremplin de l'Humour, where six young comedians face a professional jury. Same deadline in Château-Thierry for C'est comme ça! festival, the contemporary dance event run by L'échangeur, created in 2006: since September 17, around twenty choreographic pieces, exhibitions, films and workshops.
Around Audruicq, the Fête de la Chicorée continues until October 23. Since 2001, the association Des Racines et des Hommes has celebrated chicory, a product of Hauts-de-France: guided visits of the Sécherie and of the Chicorée du Nord roasting plant, cooking workshops, a chicory cake contest.
In Apremont, at the Polo Club of the Domaine de Chantilly, the Camper Van Week-End Paris-Chantilly runs from Friday to Sunday: van builders and converters, a used vehicle market, a bivouac area to sleep on site. The event is organised by Yogi Éditions, and the first Paris edition dates from 2023. The exhibitors' village is open from 9:30 am to 6 pm, and the We Love Van festival offers two free concerts each evening to pass holders.