Via Aeterna
Edition 2026 Music Classical Sacred Music

Via Aeterna

Musical festival of Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay (Manche)

Avranches — Manche (50)
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Dates 13 Sep — 04 Oct 2026
Location Avranches (50)
Prices 5.00€ — 25.00€
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About Via Aeterna

Via Aeterna is the musical festival of Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay, in Manche (Normandy). Dedicated to sacred and spiritual music, it offers around thirty concerts each autumn in about ten heritage sites in the bay: Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, La Lucerne Abbey, churches and venues in Avranches, Granville, Pontorson, Cancale or Saint-Pair-sur-Mer.

Via Aeterna, the sacred music festival of Mont-Saint-Michel

Via Aeterna is a sacred and spiritual music festival that takes place every autumn in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, in Manche (Normandy). Created in 2017 and supported by the Musiques et Festivals structure, it invites the public on an itinerant musical journey through the religious buildings and heritage sites of the bay.

A musical journey in the bay

The program brings together around thirty concerts spread across about ten communes: Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, La Lucerne-d'Outremer Abbey, churches and the theatre of Avranches, as well as Genêts, Carolles, Pontorson, Granville, Cancale, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer or Val-Couesnon. Sacred chants, baroque music, polyphonies and contemporary creations resonate in exceptional settings.

Information and program

The festival traditionally concludes with a grand day of concerts at Mont-Saint-Michel. To find out the detailed program, schedules and ticketing, consult the official website via-aeterna.com.

Via Aeterna — edition 2026

The 2026 edition of Via Aeterna, the music festival of Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay, takes place from September 13 to October 4, 2026. Around thirty sacred and spiritual music concerts are held in the bay's heritage sites, under the artistic direction of Laetitia Corcelle, before the grand closing day at Mont-Saint-Michel.

Via Aeterna 2026 — September 13 to October 4

For its 2026 edition, Via Aeterna presents around thirty concerts from September 13 to October 4, 2026, in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel (Manche). Under the artistic direction of Laetitia Corcelle, the program blends baroque music, sacred chants, polyphonies, and new creations, in heritage settings: Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, Lucerne-d'Outremer Abbey, churches and theaters in Avranches, Granville, Pontorson, Cancale, or Saint-Pair-sur-Mer.

The opening concert brings together accordionist Félicien Brut and the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Normandie Rouen at Mont-Saint-Michel. The closing day on October 4 features several concerts in the abbey, including Le Poème Harmonique for Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus.

Programme Via Aeterna 2026

Saturday, September 13, 2026 — opening concert

  • 17:00 — Félicien Brut & Orchestre de l'Opéra de Normandie Rouen, « From Piazzolla to Galliano » · Le Barrage, Mont-Saint-Michel

Wednesday, September 23

  • 20:30 — Julien Beaudiment & Alexandra Luiceanu, « Badineries » · Église Notre-Dame, Genêts

Thursday, September 24

  • 20:30 — Romain Bockler & Ensemble Les Surprises, « Bach with Family » · Abbaye de la Lucerne, La Lucerne-d'Outremer

Friday, September 25

  • 18:00 — Raphaël Feuillâtre, « From Bach to Piazzolla: Unsuspected Affinities » · Église Saint-Vigor, Carolles
  • 20:30 — ChÅ“ur de chambre Mélisme(s) & Bankal Trio, « Brahms, the Gypsy » · Ancien Haras, Avranches

Saturday, September 26

  • 17:30 — Amel Brahim-Djelloul, « The Paths that Ascend » · Théâtre, Avranches
  • 20:30 — Mikrokosmos, « Saga of Peoples Without Armor » · Ancien Haras, Avranches

Sunday, September 27

  • 15:30 — Alia Sellami & Ensemble De Caelis, « The Thebaids, Desert Spiritualities » · Abbaye de la Lucerne, La Lucerne-d'Outremer
  • 17:30 — Ensemble Correspondances, « A Crown of Roses — Marc-Antoine Charpentier » · Abbaye de la Lucerne, La Lucerne-d'Outremer

Wednesday, September 30

  • 20:30 — Julie Depardieu & Thomas Ospital, Ensemble Dulci Jubilo, « Licht! — Bach Motets » · Église Notre-Dame de la Paix, Pontorson

Thursday, October 1

  • 18:30 — Bryan Montarou & Quatuor Anches Hantées, « Strauss Connections » · Théâtre de l'Archipel, Granville
  • 18:30 — Quatuor Girard, « Schubert & Mendelssohn: To Love Until Death » · Église Saint-Martin de Tremblay, Val-Couesnon
  • 20:30 — Baptiste Bailly Trio, « Courtly Love » · L'Amérance, Cancale

Friday, October 2

  • 20:30 — Ensemble Ô & Quatuor Girard, « Libera me — Fauré's Requiem » · Église Saint-Paterne, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer

Saturday, October 3

  • 17:30 — Bleue Quintet · Théâtre, Avranches
  • 20:30 — Didier Sandre (Comédie-Française) & Les Apaches !, « Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale » · Ancien Haras, Avranches

Sunday, October 4 — closing day at Mont-Saint-Michel

  • 10:00 — Léa Duret, « Bach, Suites for Solo Cello » · L'Abbatiale, Mont-Saint-Michel
  • 13:00 — Comet Musicke, « Orfeo, a Singing Demigod — Monteverdi » · Le Réfectoire, Mont-Saint-Michel
  • 14:30 — Ensemble vocal de Sainte-Anne-d'Auray & Stradivaria, « Sacred Breaths — Schubert's Mass » · L'Abbatiale, Mont-Saint-Michel
  • 16:00 — Ensemble Ô, « The Songs of the Earth » · La Salle des Chevaliers, Mont-Saint-Michel
  • 17:30 — Philippe Mouratoglou & Henri Demarquette, « Sol! » · Le Réfectoire, Mont-Saint-Michel
  • 19:00 — Eva Zaïcik & Le Poème Harmonique, « Vivaldi, Nisi Dominus » — closing concert · L'Abbatiale, Mont-Saint-Michel

Highlights Via Aeterna 2026

  • Opening concert on September 13 at Mont-Saint-Michel: Félicien Brut & Orchestre de l'Opéra de Normandie Rouen
  • Around thirty concerts in about ten towns in the bay
  • Closing day on October 4 at Mont-Saint-Michel (Le Poème Harmonique, Comet Musicke, Stradivaria…)
  • Sacred and baroque music in heritage sites: abbeys, churches, theaters

Prices Via Aeterna 2026

Prices per concert (per ticket): full price, reduced price (students, job seekers, beneficiaries of social minimums) and child price (under 12). Concerts at Mont-Saint-Michel from 5 € to 25 €; 11h30 mass with free access. PACK 2026 offer: -12% on orders of 4 or more concerts purchased (up to 10). Tickets available online, at partner tourist offices (Bréhal, Granville, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Jullouville) or on site 30 minutes before each concert.

Practical information — Via Aeterna

Practical information

Location: Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay (Manche, Normandy) — concerts spread across about ten communes (Avranches, Granville, Pontorson, Cancale, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, La Lucerne-d'Outremer, Genêts, Carolles, Val-Couesnon).

Ticketing: online on the official website, at partner tourist offices (Bréhal, Granville, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Jullouville) or on site 30 minutes before each concert.

Prices: full price, reduced price (students, job seekers, beneficiaries of social welfare) and child price (under 12). PACK offer with discount from 4 concerts purchased.

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Where does it take place — Via Aeterna

Mont-Saint-Michel et communes de la baie

Mont-Saint-Michel et sa baie, Manche (Normandie), 50300 Avranches

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Music Classical Sacred Music Heritage Manche

History of Via Aeterna