Edition 2025
Finished
Street Performance
Fireworks
Heritage
Cape et Épée Festival
Richelieu — Indre-et-Loire (37)
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01 Nov 2025
— 02 Nov 2025
Edition
2025
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — Cape et Épée
The 2025 edition of the Cape et Épée Festival takes place on November 1st and 2nd in Richelieu with 70 fencers, a costumed parade, street shows, workshops, and fireworks.
Cape et Épée Festival 2025
On November 1st and 2nd, 2025, Richelieu transforms into a 17th-century city with the Cape et Épée Festival. Nearly 70 fencers animate duels and scenes, a grand costumed parade crosses the city, and musicians, dancers, and jugglers take over the streets. Fencing workshops, an artisan market, a gastronomic area, and fireworks complete the program.
Highlights
- 70 fencers in duels and scenes
- Grand 17th-century costumed parade
- Introduction to fencing workshops
- Street shows: musicians, dancers, actors
- Fireworks on Sunday evening
Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. .