Edition 2024
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Le Lude Renaissance
Le Lude — Sarthe (72)
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21 Sep 2024
— 22 Sep 2024
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2024
2024
Edition 2024 — Finished
Edition 2024 — Lude Renaissance
The 2024 edition of the Le Lude Renaissance festival took place on September 21st and 22nd, 2024, at the Château du Lude. For two days, the entire town traveled back in time to celebrate the Renaissance with its period-costumed characters, street performances, falconry tournaments, and costumed parade through the town center.
Le Lude Renaissance 2024
The 2024 edition of the festival transformed the town of Le Lude into a vast Renaissance theatre during the weekend of September 21st and 22nd. Acrobats, minstrels, troubadours, artists, and artisans provided entertainment in the streets and castle gardens.
Highlights
- Saturday 5:30 PM: Falconry tournament in the castle gardens
- Sunday 10:30 AM: Grand costumed parade through the town center
- Culinary demonstrations: making jams with fruits from the vegetable garden, served on crepes
- Castle visit across five floors, from the moats to the North Tower
Highlights
Key Moments
- Grand costumed parade through the town center streets
- Falconry tournament in the castle gardens
- Exceptional opening of the castle's vegetable garden
- Visit of the castle across 5 floors with 16th-century Renaissance décor
Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. .