Détours du Monde Festival
World music festival in Chanac, Lozère
About Détours du Monde
An itinerant world music festival between Aubrac and Gorges du Tarn, Détours du Monde has been offering concerts in unique venues for over twenty years, bringing together cultures, landscapes, and audiences. An open and contemporary program, featuring discoveries, great voices, and moments of sharing.
A Human Adventure in the Heart of Lozère
The Détours du Monde festival was born in 2003 from the meeting of two associations from Lozère: Ça S'ouïe, which organizes concerts throughout the department, and Tours et Détours, which works to promote the historical heritage of the Chanac region. Together, they imagined a festival that would create a dialogue between world music and the magnificent landscapes of Aubrac and the Gorges du Tarn.
For over twenty years, Détours du Monde has shaped a unique adventure: a musical journey rooted in a rural territory, driven by the conviction that culture is a powerful vector for social connection and openness to the world. The festival is much more than a series of concerts: it is a human, collective, and committed adventure, guided by a sincere attention to nature, audiences, and the diverse stories that shape our time.
World Music at the Foot of the Chanac Tower
The heart of the festival beats at the foot of the medieval tower of Chanac, a 12th-century relic that provides a spectacular setting for evening concerts. Artists from all over the world perform on the open-air stage, offering an eclectic panorama of current and traditional music: world music, afrobeat, reggae, oriental music, mixed jazz, committed chanson, Latin music, and many other repertoires that map the soundscape of the world.
Over the years, the festival has hosted renowned artists and exciting discoveries: André Manoukian, Ayọ, Lucas Santtana, The Congos, Nana Benz du Togo, La Mal Coiffée, Birds on a Wire, and many other musicians who embody the richness and diversity of world music.
An Eco-Responsible and Committed Festival
Détours du Monde is an eco-labeled festival, committed to sustainable development. The organization prioritizes short supply chains for catering, waste sorting, soft mobility, and reducing the event's ecological footprint. The gourmet and craft market showcases local producers and artisans from the region.
The festival also offers conferences and debates, screenings, World Food events, and sensitive walks that invite reflection on contemporary issues: cultural diversity, ecology, human rights, and living together. These moments of meeting and dialogue enrich the musical experience and make Détours du Monde a festival that is both festive and committed.
Transhumance Concerts
One of the festival's unique features is its transhumance concerts: itinerant performances that take the audience along the paths of Lozère, through the landscapes of Aubrac and charming villages. These unique moments combine walking, music, and discovery of natural and built heritage, creating an immersive experience where the concert blends into the territory.
In addition to the evenings at the foot of the Chanac tower, street performances, children's activities, and aperitif concerts punctuate the festival days, offering a rich and varied program from morning to night. More than 80 volunteers mobilize each year to bring this collective adventure to life, in a friendly and warm spirit that is the hallmark of Détours du Monde.
Détours du Monde — edition 2026
An itinerant world music festival between Aubrac and Gorges du Tarn, Détours du Monde has been offering concerts in unique venues for over twenty years, bringing together cultures, landscapes, and audiences. An open and contemporary program, featuring discoveries, great voices, and moments of sharing.
23rd Détours du Monde Festival — 2026 Edition
For over twenty years, the Détours du Monde festival has brought world music to life between Aubrac and Gorges du Tarn, in the heart of villages, landscapes, and unique heritage sites. Conceived as an itinerant journey in a rural setting, the festival offers a human-scale experience, where concerts become moments of encounter, sharing, and discovery.
For this 23rd edition, Détours du Monde places “Voices & Echoes of the World” at the heart of its program. Voices from multiple horizons, carrying languages, memories, stories, and profoundly contemporary creations. Artists who connect traditions to current forms, roots to inventions, the intimate to the collective.
This year, the festival will notably welcome Fatoumata Diawara, Blick Bassy, Maya Kamaty, Barrut, Siân Pottok, Tarakna, Las Panteras, as well as an exceptional tribute to Rachid Taha led by the Couscous Clan and several guests.
Beyond concerts, Détours du Monde champions a certain idea of culture: open, accessible, demanding, and profoundly human. In a rural territory where horizons might seem more distant, the festival, on the contrary, bets on proximity, hospitality, and dialogue between cultures.
Between intimate concerts, grand festive evenings, artistic encounters, and musical discoveries, Détours du Monde invites audiences each summer to live a sensitive and collective experience, as close as possible to the artists and landscapes.
Programme Détours du Monde 2026
DÉTOURS DU MONDE FESTIVAL 2026 — From July 11 to 18, between Aubrac and Gorges du Tarn
Saturday, July 11 — Sévérac d'Aveyron
📍 Château Cour — 7 PM
🎤 Blick Bassy
🎟 14 €
Sunday, July 12 — Espalion
📍 Château de Calmont d'Olt — 7 PM
🎤 Dekolaz
🎟 12 €
Monday, July 13 — Javols
📍 Archaeological Museum — 7 PM
🎤 Selim Trio
🎟 12 €
Tuesday, July 14 — Marchastel
📍 Church — 7 PM
🎤 Siân Pottok
🎟 12 €
Wednesday, July 15 — Sainte-Enimie / Les Boissets
📍 Domaine des Boissets — 9:30 PM
🎤 Nuit Noire
🎟 12 €
Friday, July 17 — Chanac
📍 Place du Plô — 6 PM
🎤 Poplitê
🎟 Free
📍 Scène des Possibles — from 8:30 PM
🎤 Tarakna · Fatoumata Diawara · Maya Kamaty
🎟 26 € in advance / 29 € on site
Saturday, July 18 — Chanac
📍 Place du Plô — 6 PM
🎤 Forró Magnético
🎟 Free
📍 Scène des Possibles — from 8:30 PM
🎤 Barrut · Tribute to Rachid Taha (Couscous Clan & guests) · Las Panteras
🎟 22 € in advance / 26 € on site
Festival Pass
- 2-day Chanac Pass: 45 € in advance / 50 € on site
- Week Pass: 95 €
- Free for children under 12
Tickets: detoursdumonde.org/billetterie
Highlights Détours du Monde 2026
- An itinerant festival in a rural setting between Aubrac and Gorges du Tarn
- Concerts in unique heritage sites and landscapes
- A program of contemporary world music, open and demanding
- A human-scale experience, based on proximity to the artists
- Varied formats: intimate concerts, grand festive evenings, artistic encounters
- A friendly and warm atmosphere, driven by strong volunteer commitment
- Festival labeled Événement Détonnant – Level 2, committed to achieving Level 3 of the label
Practical information — Détours du Monde
Access
Chanac is located 15 km southwest of Mende, in Lozère, on the road between Aubrac and the Gorges du Tarn.
- By car: From the A75, take exit 39 then the N88 towards Mende. Chanac is on the N88 between Marvejols and Mende.
- By train: Chanac SNCF station, on the Clermont-Ferrand - Nîmes line (Cévennes line). The festival site is less than a 20-minute walk from the station.
- Parking: Signposted parking lots in the village on concert evenings.
Venues
The main concerts take place at the foot of the medieval tower of Chanac. Performances also occur in surrounding villages during the transhumance concerts.
Prices
Evening concert: 17 euros in presale, 19 euros on site. 2-day pass: 29 euros. Free for under 15s. Online ticketing on festik.net and at local points of sale.
Contact
- Détours du Monde Association
- Address: Mairie de Chanac, 48230 Chanac
- Phone: 06 43 01 12 27
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: detoursdumonde.org
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Tour de Chanac
Tour de Chanac, 48230 Chanac