Festival des Embarqués en Escales

Les Embarqués: Street Art Along the Seine

The Festival des Embarqués has established itself as the flagship cultural event of the Agglomération Seine-Eure, in the Eure department of Normandy. Combining street arts, itinerant performances, and live shows, this free festival offers a unique artistic experience that takes over the towns of the region before culminating in the exceptional setting of the Parc de Léry-Poses.

The Escales: The Show Comes to You

For one to two weeks before the main weekend, the Escales of the Festival des Embarqués travel through about ten towns in the Seine-Eure agglomeration. Performing arts companies offer free shows in the villages and towns of the region, bringing theatre, circus, music, dance, and humour closer to the residents. This itinerant approach embodies the spirit of the festival: making culture accessible to all, regardless of where they live.

The towns hosting the Escales change each year, creating an element of surprise and renewal. Acquigny, Alizay, Andé, Heudebouville, Heudreville-sur-Eure, Pîtres, and many other villages have thus seen their squares and gardens transformed into ephemeral stages.

The Grand Weekend at Parc de Léry-Poses

The highlight of the festival takes place the weekend after the Escales, at the Parc de Léry-Poses, a vast natural space between land and water. This open-air theatre hosts a rich program of shows: acrobatic performances, circus creations, concerts, plays, choreographies, and participatory events. The public wanders freely between the different stages and performance areas, in a festive and friendly atmosphere.

A Spectacular Aerial Finale

Each edition concludes with a grand aerial and musical finale, often entrusted to internationally renowned companies like Transe Express. This closing show, blending music, acrobatics, and aerial visual effects, is a moment of grace and wonder that brings together thousands of spectators by the water, under the Norman sky.

A Multidisciplinary and Committed Festival

Les Embarqués revisits the pagan ceremonies of the summer solstice and Saint John's Day, blurring the lines between artistic genres: music, theatre, dance, and visual arts blend in original and accessible creations. The festival pays particular attention to the young public and families, with shows adapted for all ages and play and workshop areas. Everything is completely free, affirming the popular and unifying purpose of this event.