Festivals in Sarthe

The Festival des Tufféeries is one of the major summer events in eastern Sarthe. Every August, the Tuffé-Val-de-la-Chéronne lake hosts a day...

Since 1978, the Festival de Sablé has resonated with baroque music in the heart of the Sarthe region. For four days in August, this national...

The Truculent Festival is an open-air performing arts and music festival born in 2025 in the park of the Château de la Forêterie in Allonnes...

Since 2001, Les Siestes Teriaki have taken over the park of the Abbaye Royale de l'Épau in Yvré-l'Évêque, near Le Mans, at the end of August...

Created in 2009, Les Troubles Ville is the free street arts and music festival in Connerré, Sarthe. Organized every last Saturday of August...

Created in 2021 by the association Événements Jeunes Lavernat, the Laver'Night Festival is an outdoor music event in the Sarthe countryside,...

Organized every two years by the association Le Lude Renaissance, this festival transforms the town of Le Lude and its castle into a vast op...

Lire Autre'Mans is the regional literature exhibition of Le Mans that brings together the major players in books in Pays de la Loire: author...

Heir to the legendary 25th Hour of the Book founded in 1978, Faites Lire! is the major reading festival in Le Mans. Every autumn, between Pl...

Every autumn, the Folkiri Festival transforms the Saulnières hall in Le Mans into a temple of traditional dance and folk music. For two inte...

Since 1999, the Graines d'Images Junior festival has delighted young audiences in Sarthe with a selection of art-house films suitable for al...

Halloweenfest' is a festive musical evening organized every October 31st in Bouloire, Sarthe, by the association Bilurfest. On Halloween nig...

Created in 1987 by the Bebop association, the Bebop Festival has become over nearly forty years one of the essential events for contemporary...

DJAM, Les Heures Ludiques, is the grand board game festival of Le Mans. Every autumn, the Palais des Congrès et de la Culture Les Quinconces...

Since 1993, the Le Mans Pop Festival has been the unmissable event for emerging French-language music in Sarthe. Organized by the associatio...

Created in 2023, Open The Gates is an inclusive hip-hop festival in Le Mans that highlights women and gender minorities in the music and cul...

Created in 2004 by the association Au Film des Mots, the Festival des 24 Courts is the annual event for short films in Sarthe. Every winter,...

Connexions Festival is the major hip-hop event in Le Mans and Allonnes, co-directed by Superforma and MJC Ronceray. For four days in April,...