Les Historiques Festival
History Videographers Festival at Montbazon Fortress — event on hold (last documented edition in 2018)
Edition 2026 — event currently on hold
There is no edition scheduled in 2026 for this event. This page remains accessible to archive the history of the manifestation and will be updated if a new edition is announced.
About Les Historiques
ℹ️ Festival currently on hold. Les Historiques was a festival dedicated to history videographers, organized at the Montbazon Fortress (Indre-et-Loire) by Calie (Calidoscope) and Ben (Nota Bene). Its last publicly documented edition took place in July 2018. No new edition has been renewed since. If a new edition were to be organized, this page would be updated.
ℹ️ Festival currently on hold — last documented edition in 2018.
A festival born from the encounter between YouTube and History
Les Historiques was a festival dedicated to videographers and history enthusiasts, held at the Montbazon Fortress, one of France's oldest medieval fortresses, in Indre-et-Loire. It was organized by two videographers from Tours: Ben, creator of the Nota Bene channel, and Calie, from the Calidoscope channel.
The very first edition took place in 2015 as a gathering between subscribers of the Nota Bene channel and a few videographers who came to tell stories by the fire. The event grew over the years: it expanded to two days, then took the name "Les Historiques" in 2017, before extending to three days of programming in 2018.
The program brought together conferences by videographers and historians, shows, workshops, as well as historical re-enactment associations. The event attracted over 2,500 people, with tickets selling out in a few days.
The end of the adventure
The last publicly documented edition was in July 2018. The festival has not been renewed since. The official website has not announced any new edition, and no independent source confirms the holding of an event in subsequent years. Montbazon Fortress, for its part, continues its own tourist and event programming (visits, medieval banquets, evenings), distinct from the Les Historiques festival.
Les Historiques — edition 2026
ℹ️ 2026 edition not confirmed — festival currently on hold. No 2026 edition of Les Historiques has been announced. The last publicly documented edition of this history videographers' festival at the Fortress of Montbazon took place in July 2018, and it has not been renewed since.
ℹ️ 2026 edition not confirmed — festival on hold since 2018.
No official or independent source confirms the holding of a 2026 edition of the Les Historiques festival at the Fortress of Montbazon. The festival, created by Ben (Nota Bene) and Calie (Calidoscope), had its last documented edition in July 2018, over three days, and has not been renewed since. The official website has not announced any new edition. Should the event resume, this page will be updated.
Practical information — Les Historiques
Practical Information
Access
By car: Montbazon is located 13 km south of Tours via the D910. The Fortress is signposted from the village center. Free parking.
By train: Montbazon SNCF station or Tours station (then bus).
Hours
Open for 3 days, from approximately 10 am to 7 pm, with evening events on Friday and Saturday.
Contact
Website: leshistoriquesfestival.fr
Forteresse de Montbazon: 02 47 34 34 10
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Where does it take place — Les Historiques
Forteresse de Montbazon
Forteresse de Montbazon, 37250 Montbazon