Les Rues en Scène

Les Rues en Scène: Live Performance Outdoors in Morlaix

Les Rues en Scène is a summer highlight organized by Morlaix Communauté to bring street arts closer to the residents of its territory. For over twenty years, this event has animated the streets, squares, and public spaces of Morlaix and surrounding towns with free and accessible performances for everyone.

Forty Free Shows All Summer Long

Each summer, Les Rues en Scène offers about forty free shows, during the day or in the evening, for all ages. The program features burlesque, street circus, and public space performing arts, with a particular focus on regional Breton companies. The forms offered are varied: itinerant shows, acrobatic performances, street theater, clowning, giant puppets, street concerts.

A Traveling Festival Across the Territory

Les Rues en Scène unfolds over several dates and in several towns. The core of the programming is in Morlaix, with performances every Wednesday in July and August, then the festival spreads to neighboring towns at the end of the season — Lanmeur, Lannéanou, Henvic, and other towns in the region. This traveling dimension allows live performance to reach residents, including in rural areas.

Popular and Festive Art

Les Rues en Scène embodies a popular and festive vision of street arts. The shows are designed to be accessible to everyone, without ticketing or reservations, in an atmosphere of conviviality and sharing. Artists perform up close to the public, in streets and squares, creating a unique proximity between creators and spectators.

Over Twenty Years of Artistic Diffusion

This commitment by Morlaix Communauté to street arts dates back to the 2000s, continuing a longer history initiated in 1987 by Yvon Diraison. Over the years, Les Rues en Scène has become an anticipated summer event in Morlaix, contributing to the cultural animation of the territory and the discovery of original and surprising artistic forms.