Fête d'Aubervilliers

The Fête d'Aubervilliers: The City Celebrates its Associations

The Fête d'Aubervilliers, officially titled Fête de la Ville et des Associations, is the major annual celebration of the town of Aubervilliers, organized every end of June on Place Stalingrad. This popular and free event brings together residents, associations, and local stakeholders for a festive day that highlights the richness of the town's associative fabric.

Aubervilliers is a particularly active municipality in terms of associations: hundreds of cultural, sports, educational, and humanitarian associations are registered there, and the Fête de la Ville is an opportunity for them to present themselves to the general public, recruit new members, and share their activities in a festive and friendly atmosphere.

A Rich and Diverse Program

The Fête d'Aubervilliers usually begins with a grand parade that winds through the town's streets with music, bringing together associations, leisure centers, and schools in a festive and colorful procession. This parade is one of the visual highlights of the day, mobilizing the participation of many residents.

On the main site of Place Stalingrad, stands from associations and institutions offer various themed workshops: young filmmakers, digital drawing, construction site visit, printing and vegetation workshops, as well as sports activities like climbing walls and trampolines. These activities allow residents to discover new activities and connect with local associative actors.

The Auberdéfi-dance

The Auberdéfi-dance is one of the flagship events of the Fête d'Aubervilliers. This open dance competition brings together amateur dance groups — hip-hop, salsa, contemporary, zumba — who compete in a festive and friendly atmosphere. The Auberdéfi-dance demonstrates the central place dance holds in the popular culture of Aubervilliers, a city whose cultural diversity translates into an extreme richness of artistic practices.

Sports demonstrations complete the program with martial arts, basketball performances, double dutch, and initiations to various disciplines. These demonstrations attract a family audience and showcase the town's sports clubs, which play an essential social role in supporting young Albervillians.

Cultural Diversity at the Heart of the Festival

Aubervilliers is one of the most multicultural towns in France, with a population from over fifty different nationalities. The Fête de la Ville reflects this diversity: music, dances, cuisines, and traditions from these different communities blend in a festive space where everyone can share and discover the cultures of others. World music concerts, traditional dance demonstrations, and gastronomic workshops enrich the program and make the Fête d'Aubervilliers a true festival of world cultures in the heart of Seine-Saint-Denis.

The festival also includes the Festival Arts de rue des Cités, organized on the weekend of June 27-29 in the Quatre-Chemins district: rap, graffiti, hip-hop, boxing, basketball, DJ sets, and street workshops make up a program dedicated to urban cultures that extends the Fête de la Ville into a contemporary artistic dimension.