Street Art Rillieux Festival

Street Art Rillieux: When Walls Tell Stories

Since 2022, the Street Art Rillieux Festival has established itself as a major urban art event in the Lyon metropolitan area. Entrusted to the Spacejunk Lyon association by the City of Rillieux-la-Pape, this ambitious festival transforms the town's walls into an open-air gallery each autumn, where artists from around the world come to create monumental works intended to dialogue durably with the inhabitants and the urban space.

Two Weeks of Artistic Effervescence

For fifteen days in October, Rillieux-la-Pape lives to the rhythm of street art. Each day brings its share of live creations: artists take over facades, gables, and blind walls to give birth to monumental frescoes before the fascinated eyes of passers-by. The festival also features fresco unveilings, solemn moments when the completed work is revealed to the public in an atmosphere of collective celebration.

Le Seize: An Ephemeral Cabinet of Curiosities

A true gem of the festival, Le Seize is an ephemeral exhibition space located in the basements of a building in the Mont-Blanc district. Across 150 m², street artists create an immersive universe, a true cabinet of curiosities blending surrealism, commitment, and poetry. This unique installation, conceived as a total experience, is one of the festival's most memorable moments.

Activities for All Audiences

The Street Art Rillieux Festival offers a rich and varied program beyond the frescoes. Guided urban walks allow visitors to discover the works from previous editions and new creations. Artistic workshops introduce young and old to graffiti and stencil techniques. Conferences and screenings shed light on the history and challenges of contemporary street art. Dance battles and skateboarding demonstrations complete this multidisciplinary program.

An Artistic Heritage Under Construction

Edition after edition, the festival enriches the artistic heritage of Rillieux-la-Pape with lasting works that transform the daily lives of its residents. The frescoes created in previous editions now form a permanent street art trail that can be discovered year-round throughout the town's streets. This ever-expanding open-air museum makes Rillieux-la-Pape a must-visit destination for urban art enthusiasts.

Spacejunk Lyon: Expertise Serving the Territory

The Spacejunk Lyon association, led by Jérôme Catz, an artistic director renowned in the street art world, brings its curatorial expertise and international artist network to the festival. This collaboration between a specialized organization and a committed community makes the Street Art Rillieux Festival a model of ambitious territorial cultural policy.