Les Virevoltés
Free street performance festival in the Vire bocage since 1991
About Les Virevoltés
A free street festival since 1991
Created in 1991, the Les Virevoltés festival has become over thirty years the unmissable summer event of Vire Normandie and its bocage. Every early July, for about ten days, the streets, squares, and public spaces of the town transform into open stages to host free street performances.
800 companies hosted
Since its first edition, Les Virevoltés has hosted over 800 companies and artistic groups, introducing audiences to a diversity of styles and disciplines: street arts, contemporary circus, street theater, music, dance, puppetry, and performances. The festival showcases both emerging artists and established national and international companies.
Free access and conviviality
The founding principle of Les Virevoltés is free access: all performances are freely accessible, without ticketing or reservation. This philosophy, supported by a team of passionate volunteers, makes the festival a popular and family-friendly event, open to all audiences. The association organizing the festival continues its activities throughout the year, with cultural initiatives in the Vire bocage.
The bocage on stage
Les Virevoltés is not limited to the town of Vire: the festival also takes over the surrounding bocage communes, transforming villages and hamlets into ephemeral performance venues. This itinerant dimension is the festival's uniqueness and charm, animating an entire rural territory during the summer.
Les Virevoltés — edition 2026
The 35th edition of Les Virevoltés takes place from June 30 to July 9, 2026, in Vire Normandie and the Vire bocage. For ten days, the festival offers free street shows, circus, music, and dance in the city's streets, squares, and courtyards. The program for this 2026 edition includes: 18 companies, 23 performances, and 11 venues.
35th edition of Les Virevoltés, from June 30 to July 9, 2026
From June 30 to July 9, 2026, the Les Virevoltés festival will take over the streets, squares, and courtyards of Vire Normandie and its bocage for ten days. Jugglers, acrobats, musicians, clowns, dancers, and street companies transform the city into a vast artistic playground, close to residents and passing visitors.
This 2026 edition brings together 18 companies, 23 performances, 10 days of festival, and 11 venues. True to its founding principle, the festival remains entirely free: all shows are freely accessible, without ticketing or reservation. Some evenings also offer a catering and convivial space.
The detailed day-by-day program is published on the association's official website: www.lesvirevoltes.org.
Programme Les Virevoltés 2026
The 35th edition of Les Virevoltés takes place from June 30 to July 9, 2026, in Vire Normandie and the Vire bocage, with 18 companies, 23 performances, and 11 venues. All shows are free, with no ticketing or reservation required. Here is the daily program announced on the association's official website:
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
- Cie Girouette — Enseignements secondaires
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
- Cie Girouette — Enseignements secondaires
Thursday, July 2, 2026
- Cie Girouette — Enseignements secondaires
Friday, July 3, 2026
- La 3 et demie — Ce sera pire après
- La Baleine Cargo — Furtives
Saturday, July 4, 2026
- Cie du Deuxième — On opère bien les morts
- Impérial Kikiristan — Fantaisies Kikiristanaises
- Orchestre d'Harmonie
- Les Cirk'voltés
- Linocut Workshop
- Five Foot Fingers — L'autre Dame de Paris
- Bruital Cie — Dark
Sunday, July 5, 2026
- AFAG Théâtre — L'étoffe de nos rêves
- Carnage Production — Les moyens du bord
- Impérial Kikiristan — Jumelag
Monday, July 6, 2026
- DBK — Mission Président
- Le Grand Colossal Théâtre — La Chienlit · Épisode 3
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
- Cie Maboul Distorsion — La cuisine monte le son
- Pour que tu m'aimes — Playback FM Vol. 1
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
- Pour que tu m'aimes — Playback FM Vol. 2
- Wise Fool — Hot and Cold
Thursday, July 9, 2026
- Cheptel — Aleikoum OctOpus
- Léandre Clown — Fly me to the moon
The precise times and locations of each performance are published on the association's official website (a paper program is also distributed at Vire's shops). Some evenings offer a catering and convivial space.
Prices Les Virevoltés 2026
Practical information — Les Virevoltés
Practical Information
Location
The festival takes place in the streets of Vire Normandie (14500) and the bocage communes, in Calvados.
Access
- By car: From Caen (60 km), take the N174 then the D577. From Paris (280 km), A13 then A84 towards Rennes, exit Vire.
- By bus: Nomad bus lines from Caen and Flers.
- Parking: Free parking in Vire town center.
Prices
- Free admission for all performances and concerts.
Contact
- Website: www.lesvirevoltes.org
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Where does it take place — Les Virevoltés
Rues et places de Vire Normandie et du bocage
Centre-ville de Vire Normandie, 14500 Vire Normandie