Highlights of the Year

• The Illustration Festival “Rencontres de l’Illustration” and the Central Vapeur” Festival showcase the vibrancy of this discipline in Strasbourg, through workshops, exhibitions and festive events.
• Actuelles Festival at the TAPS: five entertaining evenings dedicated to contemporary playwriting and theatrical readings.

• No Limit Festival: a major festival dedicated to video game music and film soundtracks.
• Ind’Hip Hop Festival by the Pelpass Association: a festival that highlights the French and international hip hop scenes.
• International Women’s Day: special cultural events.
• Strass'Iran Festival: a multidisciplinary festival that pays tribute to Iranian culture, held on a biennial basis for a two-week period.
• Expressions d’Elles: this 100% female festival, organised by Hanatsu Miroir, gives the floor to artists, composers, project leaders and local associations for two days of concerts, conferences, experience sharing, and more.

• La fête du court: a celebration of short films, with special screenings in cinemas, and much more!
• Vrai de vrai Festival: shining a spotlight on documentary filmmaking in Strasbourg, this festival shows films in the presence of their director. The selection is from Les Étoiles de la Scam: 30 documentaries chosen from the year’s best.
• Printemps du cinéma: 3 days of film screenings at reduced rates to celebrate spring!
• Printemps des Poètes: highlighting poetry throughout France and in Strasbourg.

• Les Ateliers ouverts (Open Studios): for 2 weekends, the artists of Strasbourg and the Eurometropolis open their doors to let the general public in!
• Tous à l’Opéra (Opera Festival)
• Europe Day: Europe will be celebrated in Strasbourg and throughout the Eurometropolis, in all its rich diversity, through a varied programme for all ages.
• NL Contest: the international urban culture festival of Strasbourg, at the Rotonde skatepark.

• La Nuit des Musées (Night of Museums): the museums of Strasbourg can be explored at night!
• Pelpass festival: 4 days of festivities and musical discovery at the Jardin des Deux Rives!
• Arsmondo Festival: every year, the Opéra National du Rhin organises this intercultural, multidisciplinary festival, organised as an integral part of Strasbourg’s cultural and artistic scene.

• Rencontres des claviers Organ Festival: the Amis de l’Orgue Sainte-Aurélie Association organises a series of musical offerings featuring organs and early keyboard instruments.
• Block Party: a dance battle, a DJ set and a graffiti jam on the square in front of the Malraux Media Library.
• Démostratif: a festival of emerging performing arts
• Elsass Rock and Jive: a festival for people who love the 1950s, burlesque shows, concerts and retro dances, at the Illiade.

July and August

• Kiosque en Musique (Music in the Park): at Contades Park, shows for young audiences on Wednesdays and music concerts on Sundays.
• Outdoor cinema in Strasbourg and in the towns of the Eurometropolis.
• Friday Nights at Saint-Pierre le Jeune Church: the cultural association of St-Pierre le Jeune Church organises a multidisciplinary, mostly musical programme, showcasing local artists.
• Summer season at the TAPS: shows designed especially for kids and families.
• Saturdays in the Neustadt: the Musique et Orgues de Saint-Paul Association puts on a summer series of organ concerts every Saturday from July to mid-August.
• The tour of shows in the districts of Strasbourg

July

• Summer chamber music concerts: travel through time with chamber music.
• Jazz à la Petite France: the jazz festival that highlights women and emerging musicians from all over Europe, on Place St Thomas.
• Les Habité·e·s Festival: this small-scale mobile festival showcases contemporary, amplified and experimental music, through programming based on equality, giving a prominent place to emerging artists from the local community.

En août

• Festival of Street Art (FARSe): summer magic happens at over 70 free street shows, open to all.
• Stras’Orgues Festival: the only one of its kind in France, this festival shines a spotlight on Alsatian organ heritage.

The full summer programme can be found on the following website: ete.strasbourg.eu/en/

• Théâtralis Festival: Théâtralis opens up the stage to amateur theatre troupes from the local area and all over France.
• Science Festival: a meeting of minds between scientists and the general public.
• Architecture Days: every year, this festival brings architecture in all its forms to the forefront for Alsatian, Swiss and German audiences.

• Les Sacrées Journées de Strasbourg Festival: every year, this interfaith and intercultural festival, at the crossroads between Strasbourg as a European capital and Strasbourg as a capital of human rights, features multidisciplinary programming fostering encounters between cultures and spiritualities.
• Voix et Route Romane Festival: through programming that combines live performances with architectural heritage, this itinerant festival of medieval music showcases prestigious architecture on the Romanesque Route of Alsace.

• Hopl’Awards: an annual awards ceremony paying tribute to local cultural and artistic trends.
• Festival du film de l'Est at the Star and Cosmos cinemas. An event dedicated to cinema in the Grand Est region, to stimulate and highlight emerging local filmmaking, encourage innovative art forms in the local area and connect local audiences to the audiovisual and cinematographic creation of their region.

• Paye ton Noël:a series of concerts, shows, workshops and short films organised by the Pelpass Association, at the Molodoï and on Place de Zürich
• The "OFF" Christmas Market: daily shows on Place Grimmeissen
• Makerland Festival: production workshops, fun games, 3D printing, arts and crafts and innovative projects to try with your family...key players in the “make it yourself” movement await you at informative workshops.

• Enfantines: shows and workshops for children and young people from 0 to 10 years of age, organised by the Media Library network.

• Strasbourg mon Amour: the festival that will warm your heart, light up your life and get the sparks flying in the middle of winter!

• Fanfarodoï by the Pelpass Association: a marching band festival at the Molodoï and in public spaces.