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All Saints' Day & Halloween 2025: Let yourself be enchanted by the Ardennes
Autumn is slowly settling into the Ardennes, tinting the forests with flamboyant colors and providing an ideal atmosphere for recharging your batteries... or giving yourself a gentle scare! The All Saints' Day holidays are the perfect opportunity to discover the region in a different way, with family walks, cultural events, and Halloween festivities. Here are some ideas for a magical stay...
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The Barionnettes take over the Voie Verte as a prelude to the World Puppet Festival
The Barionnettes de la Voie verte are three teams of puppeteers who will travel along the Voie verte by bike and perform their show in bars, the week before the launch of the World Festival of Puppet Theaters of Charleville-Mézières which will be held from September 19 to 28, 2025. These shows are accessible...
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The evenings at La Cour des Prés celebrate their 30th anniversary with music
For 30 years, musical evenings followed by a candlelit dinner have been offered in the historic setting of the Cour des Prés in Rumigny in Thiérache Ardennes. To mark this anniversary, the association "Les Amis des Soirées de La Cour des Prés" invites you to experience an exceptional weekend on August 22, 23 and 24...
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Gourmet tours 2025 at the Sedan fortified castle
Visit the fortified castle of Sedan, the favorite monument of the French in 2023, while tasting delicious dishes concocted by talented chefs... This is the tempting program of the Gourmet Tours offered by the Embassy of the Confréries of the Ardennes and the fortified castle of Sedan on 29 and August 30, 2025. An original concept
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Let’s celebrate Nuit Blanche in the Ardennes
In the Ardennes, we like to party and make the night even more magnificent. It is therefore quite natural that the department participates in the annual artistic event of the Nuit Blanche, with Sedan on October 5 and Charleville-Mézières on October 12 as headliners. These two cities offer a rich program of varied cultural events over two weekends....
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All Saints' Day 2024 holidays in the Ardennes
The 2024 All Saints' Day holidays in the Ardennes promise to be a magical time. This time of year, when autumn illuminates the landscapes with its shimmering colors, offers an ideal break to recharge your batteries with the family. Discover the Ardennes through a multitude of activities, tours, and events suitable for all ages....
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An exceptional musical and gourmet evening at the Cour des Prés
Would you like a concert followed by a candlelit dinner in a magnificent setting? This is what the Avril family has been offering for many years. For this summer, unique evening on August 23, 2024 in the historic setting of the Cour des Prés, an old fortified house in Rumigny in Thiérache Ardennaise. On the program Friday...
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The historic festivals of Mont Cornu on August 3 and 4, 2024
Hear, hear Gentle ladies and noble damoiseaus, come and celebrate on August 3 and 4, 2024 at the Mont Cornu Historic Center located in the town of Montcornet. The Médiévales de Croÿ promise a program rich in shows and activities for the whole family. Come and experience total immersion in medieval life! A rich program...
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Crossing the Ardennes by the BiblioGysmo or the fantastic ballads of a utopian troubadour
Paul Griette, itinerant storyteller, offers an original journey in the Ardennes, along the greenways. Throughout a route to the rhythm of his mules, Gysmo and Mimule, Paul will make artistic and cultural stops to the delight of young and old alike. Bibliogysmo With its traveling library carried by Gysmo (thank you...
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The fortified castle of Sedan, a favorite monument of the French, is celebrating its 600th anniversary!
In 2024, we celebrate the start of the construction of the castle of Sedan, initiated 600 years ago by Évrard de La Marck. Enlarged and modernized from the 2023th to the XNUMXth century, the favorite monument of the French in XNUMX, the largest fortified castle in Europe, will therefore live to the rhythm of its anniversary festivities all...
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The first names for Cabaret Vert 2024 are known
After a record edition in 2023 with 127 festival-goers, Cabaret Vert will return from August 000 to 15, 18 in Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes. And to the delight of festival-goers, the first names of the 2024 vintage have just been released. A very rock atmosphere for the first day of the next Cabaret Vert...
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Ardennes naturalists at the Montier-en-Der photo festival
The Montier Photo Festival is THE unique meeting in Europe for wildlife and nature photography which brings together photographers, naturalists, associations and professionals. This year it takes place from November 16 to 19 around 100 forums on naturalist knowledge and photo technique and more than 80 hours of conferences, screenings...
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The Château fort de Sedan, favorite monument of the French 2023
Joy and pride mingled with Stéphane Berne's announcement of the result: the Château-fort de Sedan has been voted "Favorite Monument of the French 2023"! It succeeds the Cherbourg Transatlantic Station and the submarine Le Redoutable within the Cité de la Mer, which represented Normandy in 2022. Thank you for your votes! Let's spread the word...
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Live to the rhythm of puppets
A festival-goer since childhood, Marie now enjoys each edition with her daughter Anna. Marie is a volunteer, street coordinator Every 2 years Born in Charleville-Mézières 39 years ago, Marie Parizot has "always been linked to the festival!" Having become a street volunteer as an adult, there's no doubt for her that the World Festival of Theatres of...