Contes et Rencontres Festival
Edition 2025 Finished Theatre Storytelling Literature

Contes et Rencontres Festival

08 Feb 2025 — 22 Feb 2025
Mende — Lozère (48)

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Edition 2025 — Contes et Rencontres

34th edition of the Contes et Rencontres festival in Lozère. Two weeks of traveling contemporary storytelling performances across the department's towns, with 12 artists on tour for 35 shows in the Lozère rural foyers.

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34th Contes et Rencontres Festival - 2025 Edition

The 34th edition of the Contes et Rencontres festival took place from February 8 to 22, 2025 throughout Lozère. The festival offered 35 performances by 12 touring artists in the rural foyers and municipal halls of the department.

The opening took place on Saturday, February 8, at La Genette Verte in Florac with the show La Trouée, road-trip rural by Compagnie Le Compost. Among the programmed artists were Daniel L'Homond with L'Accent Fantôme, Florant Mercadier with De Chez Moi à Chez Moi, as well as numerous storytellers and actors exploring the boundaries of storytelling, theater, and music.

The closing took place on Saturday, February 22, at the Maison de la Terre de Peyre in Aumont-Aubrac, with a bookstore in partnership with La Livreraie starting at 5:30 PM, followed at 6:30 PM by the show La clé suspendue, Alégrie – une enfance by storyteller Marie Tomas.

Highlights

  • 12 artists on tour for 35 performances
  • Opening at La Genette Verte in Florac with La Trouée, road-trip rural
  • Daniel L'Homond: L'Accent Fantôme
  • Florant Mercadier: De Chez Moi à Chez Moi
  • 100 Nuits d'Attente
  • Requin Chagrin
  • Contes du Pays de Nulles Part
  • Vous avez demandé des Contes
  • Closing in Aumont-Aubrac with Marie Tomas
  • Storytelling practice workshops for amateurs and experienced participants

Where does it take place — Contes et Rencontres

Communes de Lozère (festival itinérant)

10 quartier des Carmes, BP 113, 48000 Mende

Contact Contes et Rencontres

Tel
04 66 49 23 93

Contes et Rencontres in brief

Theatre Storytelling Literature Folk Traditions Family Children Multidisciplinary International Lozère

History of Contes et Rencontres