Connect Skaturbanism Festival
International Skate Culture Festival in Bordeaux
2026
About Connect Skaturbanism Festival
Connect is an international festival dedicated to skateboard culture and its relationship with urban planning. Launched in Bordeaux in 2024 by professional skater Léo Valls, the City Skate Collective association, and the Côte Ouest agency, it brings together exhibitions, conferences, screenings, workshops, concerts, and skatable sculptures installed in public spaces every year. The streets, squares, and courtyards of Bordeaux become the setting for a dialogue between skateboarding, art, and urban design.
Connect Skaturbanism Festival — edition 2026
For its third edition, Connect sets up camp at Square Dom Bedos in Bordeaux from September 24th to 27th, 2026. Skater Léo Valls and artist Brice Fauquet will unveil a new series of skateable sculptures scattered throughout the city, accompanied by exhibitions, talks, and open skate sessions for everyone to enjoy.
A city-wide sculpture trail
For this year's edition, Léo Valls and Brice Fauquet have designed a new series of skateable sculptures, installed at iconic Bordeaux landmarks and connected by a rideable route. The chosen theme, connection, is expressed through messages of peace and dialogue embedded within the artworks.
Surrounding this trail, four days of exhibitions, conferences, screenings, workshops, and concerts will bring together international skateboarding figures, academics, and professionals from the worlds of urban planning and art.
Highlights Connect Skaturbanism Festival 2026
- A new series of skateable sculptures designed by Léo Valls and Brice Fauquet, installed in public spaces
- The festival's third edition, following 2024 and 2025
Programme Connect Skaturbanism Festival 2026
From Thursday, September 24th to Sunday, September 27th, 2026
- Exhibitions
- Conferences
- Screenings and previews
- Workshops
- Concerts
- City-wide skateable sculpture trail
- Open-access skate sessions
The detailed day-by-day and hour-by-hour schedule has not yet been released by the organizers; it will be added as soon as it becomes available.
Practical information — Connect Skaturbanism Festival
The festival is held at Square Dom Bedos, Rue Jacques d'Welles, in Bordeaux. The first two editions, in 2024 and 2025, were hosted at Cour Mably in the city center.
A culture born in the streets
The festival builds on work initiated in 2017 by the Bordeaux skate community, which negotiated the use of public spaces for skateboarding with the City of Bordeaux, leading to the adoption of a municipal skate-urbanism guide in 2023. Connect brings this initiative to the public rather than keeping it exclusive to practitioners.
A shifting landscape
The inaugural edition took place in October 2024 at Cour Mably, with the second following in October 2025 at the same location. In 2026, the third edition moves to Square Dom Bedos. Each year, skatable sculptures designed by Léo Valls and other artists mark a trail through the city, accompanied by exhibitions, conferences, and open-access skate sessions.
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