La Fontaine du Rire

Over 35 years of laughter in Dijon

La Fontaine du Rire is Dijon's historic humor festival, organized for over 35 years by the professional Dijon theater company La Tête de Mule. Held at the Théâtre de la Fontaine d'Ouche, in the district of the same name, this festival offers a full season of comedy shows every year from January to April.

An eclectic and accessible program

Each edition features a dozen shows mixing one-man shows, sketches, comedies, humorous musical shows, and improv. The program alternates between established artists from the French comedy scene and emerging talents to discover, with particular attention paid to the diversity of comedic forms.

Affordable shows

True to its popular vocation, La Fontaine du Rire offers the lowest prices in the metropolitan area for humor shows, making culture accessible to the greatest number. This generous pricing policy, combined with the quality of the programmed artists, makes the festival a must-attend event for laughter lovers in Dijon and the Côte-d'Or region.

The Théâtre de la Fontaine d'Ouche, a haven for laughter

The Théâtre de la Fontaine d'Ouche, located at place de la Fontaine d'Ouche in Dijon, is the festival's emblematic venue. This intimate theater offers a setting conducive to humor shows, where the proximity between artists and the audience creates a complicity essential to the art of comedy.