Voix & Patrimoines Festival
Departmental festival of vocal music and heritage in the Puy-de-Dôme
About Voix & Patrimoines
A festival at the crossroads of voice and heritage
The Voix & Patrimoines Festival, organized by the Departmental Council of Puy-de-Dôme, is a major cultural event that takes place every summer from June to July throughout the department. Formerly known as Voix Romanes, the festival has expanded its scope to encompass all the heritage of Puy-de-Dôme: architectural, natural, gastronomic, and intangible.
An exceptional vocal program
The festival offers about ten concerts highlighting the diversity of vocal art across eras and cultures. The program combines Renaissance polyphonies, sacred chants, music from the Mediterranean basin, Corsican and Occitan traditions, Georgian polyphonies, and contemporary creations. Each edition explores a specific vocal theme: in 2025, chants from the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea were featured with vocal styles ranging from ancient Iberian chants to Sephardic traditions.
Remarkable heritage sites
The concerts take place in remarkable heritage sites throughout the department: Romanesque churches, chapels, castles, and natural sites. This resonance between vocal music and architecture or landscape is the festival's unique feature, offering the public a unique cultural and sensory experience.
More than fifty cultural activities
Beyond the concerts, the festival offers more than fifty free activities spread across the territory: discovery hikes, conferences, guided tours of heritage sites, tastings of local products, participatory workshops, and meetings with artists. These activities highlight the material and intangible heritage of the towns hosting the festival.
A festival for everyone
Voix & Patrimoines is aimed at all audiences, from discerning music lovers to families seeking cultural discoveries. The festival works closely with local municipalities, inter-municipalities, and associations to reach the entire Puy-de-Dôme region and make culture accessible to the greatest number. An educational component is also offered in conjunction with the Clermont-Ferrand Academy.
Voix & Patrimoines — edition 2026
The 2026 edition of the Voix & Patrimoines Festival takes place from June 5 to July 25, 2026, throughout the Puy-de-Dôme. Organized by the Departmental Council, this edition brings together 11 vocal music concerts in remarkable heritage sites (Romanesque churches, abbey church, Gallo-Roman theater, chapels) and more than 50 free cultural activities (singing workshops, singing hikes, guided tours, tastings).
2026 Edition: Voices and Heritage in Resonance
From June 5 to July 25, 2026, the Voix & Patrimoines Festival unfolds its new edition across eight territories of the Puy-de-Dôme. The festival, organized by the Departmental Council, this year strengthens the alliance between artistic creation and heritage, with a program that explores the links between vocal art and territories from here and elsewhere.
An Exceptional Vocal Program
Eleven concerts are offered this year, featuring a wide variety of vocal styles: French acoustic polyphonies with Sylvain GirO and Le Chant de la griffe, ancient music with sensitive strings with Niséïs, world polyphonies with La Mécanique des Songes, popular Latin American songs with Canto Chile, film music with Canto Général Auvergne, metropolitan polyphonies with Vilaine, baroque (soprano-lute duo Alia Mens), traditional world music with Emmanuelle Troy and Lucas Demuynck, Russian classical music with Chloé Jacob and Ivan Foucher, jazz/folk with Ellinoa, and contemporary a cappella creations with the Sedna quartet.
Remarkable Heritage Sites
The concerts take place in the department's heritage sites: Saint-Julien church in Chauriat, Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Caprais abbey church in Mozac, Gallo-Roman theater of the Corent oppidum, Romanesque churches of Orléat, Lezoux, Usson, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Roche-d'Agoux, Aubusson-d'Auvergne, La Renaudie and Sauxillanges, and the Notre-Dame de Vassivière chapel in Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise.
Over 50 Free Activities
Beyond the concerts, the festival offers over fifty free activities throughout the territory: collective singing workshops, singing hikes, guided tours of heritage sites, pre-concert meetings with artists, landscape readings, astronomical walks, tastings of local products, and craft workshops. These activities highlight the tangible, intangible, culinary, and natural heritage of the communes hosting the festival.
Programme Voix & Patrimoines 2026
Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6, 2026 — Chauriat (opening activities)
- Friday, June 5, 10 AM-12:30 PM and 2 PM-4:30 PM — Collective singing workshop with Le Chant de la griffe, Maison du Peuple (free, registration required)
- Friday, June 5, 7 PM — Meeting with the artists at Le Central bar (free)
- Saturday, June 6, 10 AM — Guided vocal tour of the fortified village (2h)
- Saturday, June 6, 2 PM and 6 PM — Tours of Hôtel Rudel du Miral (Masonic and Art Deco symbols)
- Saturday, June 6, 8 PM — Evening discussions and shared songs at the old Abbey cellars
Sunday, June 7, 2026 — Opening Concert
- 6 PM — Sylvain GirO and Le Chant de la griffe · Église Saint-Julien, Chauriat · Acoustic polyphonies, French and local traditional songs
Friday, June 12, 2026
- 8 PM — Niséïs · Abbatiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Caprais, Mozac · Ancient and traditional music with sensitive strings
Sunday, June 14, 2026
- 6 PM — La Mécanique des Songes — Exploration · Théâtre gallo-romain de l'oppidum de Corent · World polyphonies
Friday, June 19, 2026
- 8 PM — Canto Chile · Église Saint-Bonnet, Orléat · Popular Latin American narrative songs
Saturday, June 20, 2026 — Fête de la musique (Music Festival)
- 8 PM — Canto Général Auvergne · Église Saint-Pierre, Lezoux · Dvořák's Stabat Mater and film/musical scores (choir directed by Anne-Marie Lerche)
Sunday, June 28, 2026
- 6 PM — Vilaine · Église Saint-Maurice, Usson · Metropolitan and world polyphonies
Friday, July 3, 2026
- 8 PM — Soprano-lute duo (Alia Mens) — L'onde et l'écho · Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur · Baroque program
Saturday, July 4, 2026
- 8:30 PM — Emmanuelle Troy and Lucas Demuynck — Orient(s) · Chapelle Notre-Dame de Vassivière, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · Traditional world music
Sunday, July 5, 2026
- 6 PM — Soprano-lute duo (Alia Mens) — L'onde et l'écho · Église Saint-Genou, Roche-d'Agoux · Baroque program (repeat performance)
Friday, July 10, 2026
- 8 PM — Chloé Jacob and Ivan Foucher — Chants de brume et d'exil · Église Notre-Dame d'Espinasse, Aubusson-d'Auvergne · Classical music, the Russian romantic soul (soprano and piano)
Sunday, July 19, 2026
- 6 PM — Ellinoa — Mejiro · Église Saint-Pierre, La Renaudie · Jazz / folk
Saturday, July 25, 2026 — Closing Concert
- 8 PM — Sedna — Un jour de nuit · Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, Sauxillanges · A cappella quartet, contemporary creations
Highlights Voix & Patrimoines 2026
- 11 vocal music concerts from June 5 to July 25, 2026, in the Puy-de-Dôme
- Opening concert on June 7 in Chauriat with Sylvain GirO and Le Chant de la griffe
- Closing concert on July 25 in Sauxillanges with the Sedna quartet
- Over 50 free cultural activities (workshops, singing hikes, tours, tastings)
- Concerts in Romanesque churches, abbey church, Gallo-Roman theater, and heritage chapels
- Accessible prices: 10 € full, 6 € reduced, free for under 15s and middle school students
Prices Voix & Patrimoines 2026
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Practical Information
Venues
Concerts and activities take place in various heritage sites in Puy-de-Dôme. Specific locations are announced for each event in the festival program.
Booking
Concert bookings can be made online at spectacles.puy-de-dome.fr.
Contact
Culture Department of the Departmental Council of Puy-de-Dôme
Contact: Blandine Dumond
Activities
Cultural and heritage activities are free and open to all. Some require prior registration.
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