Traveling cultural season of the Department of Puy-de-Dôme
Les Automnales, renamed Impulsions in 2022, is the traveling cultural season of the Departmental Council of Puy-de-Dôme. From October to May, this ambitious program offers around thirty performances of theater, music, dance, circus, and puppetry in the rural communes of the department. Since 1995, this cultural initiative has welcomed over 116,000 spectators and strives to make live performance accessible to all, as close as possible to the inhabitants of Puy-de-Dôme.
Created in 1995 under the name Les Automnales, this cultural season of the Departmental Council of Puy-de-Dôme became Impulsions in 2022 to reflect a new artistic direction and an expanded territorial focus. For nearly three decades, this initiative has brought live performance to the heart of the department's rural communes, with a constant ambition: to make culture accessible to all, everywhere in Puy-de-Dôme.
Each season, Impulsions offers around thirty performances covering all disciplines of live performance: theater, music, dance, circus, and puppetry. The program is designed to reach all audiences, from the youngest to the oldest, with accessible and high-quality shows. Performances take place in about fifteen living areas, reaching over 70 communes in the department.
The Department works in close partnership with communes, intercommunalities, and local associations to host performances in municipal halls, gymnasiums, and unique venues. This collaboration helps to culturally irrigate the entire Puy-de-Dôme territory, including the most rural areas and those furthest from major performance venues.
Since its creation in 1995, the cultural season has welcomed over 116,000 spectators. After 28 editions under the name Les Automnales, the program was renamed Impulsions in 2022 to mark a new momentum and expand the programming to the entire cultural season, from October to May. This evolution reflects the Department's desire to offer an enriched and ambitious cultural offering over a longer period.
True to its mission of cultural democratization, Impulsions offers very accessible prices: tickets at €10 and €6, with free admission for all under 15s and middle school students. This pricing policy helps remove financial barriers to accessing culture and reaches a large and diverse audience.
2026-2027 season of Impulsions. New traveling cultural season of the Department of Puy-de-Dôme with an enriched program of theater, music, dance, and circus in the department's villages.
After a necessary pause to rethink its programming, the Impulsions cultural season returns for the 2026-2027 season with an enriched and ambitious offering. The Department of Puy-de-Dôme promises a program highlighting local, national, and international artists in the department's rural communes.
The full program will be unveiled in the fall of 2026.
The Impulsions season runs from October to May in various communes of Puy-de-Dôme.
Online booking at spectacles.puy-de-dome.fr or by phone.
Territories and Cultural Actions Department
Departmental Council of Puy-de-Dôme
Jean-Denis PARIS
Phone: 04 73 42 35 64
Ticketing: 04 73 42 24 90
Email: [email protected]
Tickets at €10 and €6. Free for under 15s and middle school students.
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