Quelques P'Arts - Le Temps Fort

A National Center dedicated to street arts in Ardèche

Quelques P'Arts, National Center for Street Arts and Public Space, was born from a project initiated by Palmira Picon within the MJC of Annonay in 1988. Located in Boulieu-lès-Annonay, in the heart of northern Ardèche, this place of creation and diffusion has developed a unique artistic and cultural dynamic around street arts, irrigating a rural territory across five departments: Ardèche, Loire, Drôme, Isère, and Rhône.

Le Temps Fort: a weekend of outdoor performances

Every year in September, Quelques P'Arts' flagship event — Le Temps Fort — transforms the squares, streets, and landscapes of several towns into open-air stages. For three days, national and international companies take over Annonay, Boulieu-lès-Annonay, Peaugres, Vernosc-lès-Annonay, and Villevocance to offer a rich and diverse program: street theater, dance, circus, music, fanfares, puppets, mime, and poetic parades.

A committed and popular artistic program

The program of Le Temps Fort is distinguished by its artistic rigor and its ability to address societal issues — politics, ecology, equality, economy — through spectacular forms accessible to all. The invited companies transform words into poetry, the body into movement, and public space into a place of sharing. Each edition offers about ten different shows, some of which are free access and others require booking, in formats ranging from intimate performances to large collective parades.

Strong territorial roots

Beyond Le Temps Fort, Quelques P'Arts conducts a season of performances throughout the year across the territory, creation residencies hosting artists in public spaces, and cultural mediation actions with residents. The National Center actively participates in the Ardèche Terre d'Artistes network and contributes to making northern Ardèche a benchmark territory for street arts in France.