Lyon is forever on the go!
Lyon hosts a number of annual festivals and biennials on a wide range of topics: graphic novels, art or street food, electronic music and films, to name but a few... Just walk this way!
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The Fourvière Nights
Since 1946, The Fourvière Nights has brought together audiences on its terraced seating beneath the stars. From 2 June to 26 July 2025, the festival...
Lyon Street Food Festival
France's biggest culinary festival is back, more ambitious than ever, for a 9th edition that promises to be unmissable.
Reperkusound
Double Mixte & LDLC Arena
The festival Reperkusound has become a standard-bearer of electronic, contemporary, urban and ground-breaking music.
Nuits Sonores
Les Grandes locos
In 2025, the crème de la crème of Lyon's international and national electronic music scene will be present from May 28 to June 1 at Les Grandes Locos...
Rendez-vous aux jardins (gardening festival)
Lieux divers
Vegetable patches, orchards, ancient conservatories, allotments and shared gardens, as well as vicarage and abbey gardens are in the spotlight for...
Lyon BD Festival
Lieux divers
In just a few years, Lyon comic book festival has become one of France’s stand-out “ninth art” events.
10 years of the Musée des Confluences
Musée des Confluences
For its 10th scientific and cultural season, the museum is offering a series of new and original events to surprise and delight its visitors and...
Lyon Street Food Festival
Les Grandes Locos
France's biggest culinary festival is back, more ambitious than ever, for a 9th edition that promises to be unmissable.
Entre Rhône et Saône Festival
Lieux divers
On 27, 28 and 29 June 2025, some 300 events reveal the rivers from a historical, cultural, scientific, sports or ecological point of view. They’re...
Festival du Printemps de Pérouges
Château de St-Maurice-de-Rémens
Printemps de Pérouges is the largest open-air music festival in the Ain region. A convivial musical experience in the heart of the Plaine de l'Ain,...
Woodstower
Parc de Gerland
A new venue for the Woodstower festival! Join us in the Parc de Gerland for a series of concerts, shows, entertainment and fun...
The Fourvière Nights
Lugdunum Roman Theatres of Lyon
Since 1946, The Fourvière Nights has brought together audiences on its terraced seating beneath the stars. From 2 June to 26 July 2025, the festival...
Tout l’monde dehors!
Hôtel de Ville de Lyon
Every summer, "Tout l'monde dehors!" offers, in the 9 districts of Lyon, a multitude of free artistic events in the public space.
The European Heritage Days
Lieux divers
Every year you are invited to visit public buildings, museums, chateaux or private homes free of charge.
The Dance Biennial
Fagor-Brandt Factory
Every two years, alternating with the Contemporary Art Biennale, the Dance Biennale brings the Lyon metropolitan area into step with its tempo. In...
Knit Eat & Co.
La Sucrière
The Knit Eat & Co Festival, a concentration of materials and colours, for an unmissable festival for those with a passion for knitting sewing and...
Lyon Braderie Festival
Quartier Presqu'île
The Lyon Braderie Festival is back again, showcasing the different shopping, craft and gastronomic attractions in Lyon city centre.
The Lumière Festival - Grand Lyon Film Festival
Lieux divers
The birth city of Cinematography hosts the Lumière Festival and invites filmmakers, actors, critics, historians and writers to come and celebrate its...
Karavel Festival
Centre de Congrès de Lyon
Created in 2007 in Bron on the initiative of choreographer Mourad Merzouki, the Karavel festival takes place every autumn in Bron and throughout the...
Silk in Lyon Festival
The Palais de la Bourse Lyon
The Silk in Lyon festival is returning to the Palais de la Bourse, offering a chance to learn about silk production, which forms an important part of...
Airt de Famille
4ème étage du Centre d’Échanges de Lyon Perrache
The participatory circular economy art festival takes place at the Galerie des Terreaux.
Festival of Lights
Lieux divers
When Lyon is dressed in lights, everybody comes down into the streets to take in the sights. The facades of the city’s most beautiful buildings...
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