Spring bazaar in the city center, Everyone at the Opera!, Creators’ market at the Café solo, “Roues Libres” festival at MBA, “Etty” at the Utopia cinema, Saperlipopette at the Domaine d’O or the 40th anniversary of the Castaways and the Rockstore.
Discover our selection of outings for this Saturday, May 9, 2026 near Montpellier and stock up on ideas with our online agenda.
Grand Spring Bazaar
Shops and entertainment. Giant flea market, which brings together merchants from the city center. Strolling musical entertainment will liven up the heart of the city on Saturday from 1:30 p.m.
Vide-greniers : of 6 au 10 maiPlace Jean-Jaurès with the Montpellier Garrigues Lions Club and Philippe-de-Valois space with the Zonta Club; SATURDAY May 9, rue Philippy and place Sainte-Anne with the Nouveau Sainte-Anne association; Sunday May 10, square Bagouet, place Saint-Roch, rue du Four des Flammes, rue du Plan d’Agde, rue Saint-Paul and rue du Petit-Saint-Jean, with the Au CÅ“ur de St Roch association, boulevard Ledru-Rollin and boulevard du Jeu de Paume with the Pari Jeu de Paume association, and Canourgue district with the Voies de neighborhood committee Palace.
>Â Du Wednesday May 6 to Sunday May 10 in downtown Montpellier.
Tous à l’Opéra !
Fêtes et festivals. Open the doors of your Opéra Comédie to take advantage of free visits and activities offered throughout the weekend. This edition is placed under the theme “Youth(s)†, a choice which aims to highlight not only young audiences, but also the new generation of artists and of professionals who are renewing the opera sector.
> Ce samedi 9 et Sunday 10 à partir de 9 h 30 à l’Opéra Comédie de Montpellier. Gratuit, certains ateliers et animations sont sur réservation. Contact au 04 67 60 19 99.
Creators’ market and artistic workshops
Marché et animations. Creators’ market (pottery, crochet, illustrations, painting, linocut…) and creative workshops run by professional artists and craftswomen from Montpellier. On the program: introductions to watercolor, kintsugi, dyeing crochet pieces, textile linocut, ceramic modeling and gouache.
> Ce SATURDAY 9 mai de 10 h à 18 heures at Café Solo, 21 rue Saint-Guilhem in Montpellier. The price of the workshops varies from €25 to €45 per person (materials provided and a drink of your choice).
“Free Wheels” Festival
Fêtes et festivals. Artistic, cultural and sports festival, with roller and scooter initiation, slam workshop, exhibitions, bicycle repair workshop, tattoo salon, massage, rap concert, roller disco…
> Ce SATURDAY 9 mai de 10 h à 1 heure at MBA, 59 rue de l’Industrie in Montpellier. Free price until 5 p.m., then €10 for the evening.
Intégrale from the series “Etty”
Cinéma. Series in six episodes created, written and directed by Hagai Levi (5:24 a.m., VOSTF) with Julia Windischbauer. The series is inspired by the writings of Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), written between 1941 and 1943 and published long after her death, which occurred at Auschwitz at the age of 29, following her voluntary deportation.
> Ce SATURDAY 9 mai de 10 h 30 à 13 heures (episodes 1, 2 and 3) and 14 h à 17 heures (épisodes 4, 5 et 6) au cinéma Utopia, 5 avenue Docteur-Pezet à Montpellier. 10 € les deux séances. Contact au 04 67 52 32 00.
Saperlipopette
Fête and festivalsEvery May, the Cité Européenne du Théâtre Domaine d’O becomes a land of adventure where childhood takes its place. Under the pines, between clearings and theaters, artists invent worlds. Contemporary circus, dance, music, puppets, sensory installations and immersive forms intertwine to awaken curiosity and nourish the imagination of young and old alike.
> Ce SATURDAY 9 and Sunday 10 mai de 11 h à 20 heures au Domaine d’O, 178 rue de la Carrierasse à Montpellier. Entrée adulte 10 €, 3-18 ans et réduit 6 €, moins de 3 ans 4 €. Shows and reservations.
40 years of Castaways and Rockstore
Concert. For 50 years, the rock poet Spi has been performing on stages throughout France. After the OTH adventure, the flagship group of alternative punk-rock of the 80s, Spi performed with the group Les Naufragés, a more festive alternative song-rock. Arriving at the age of 20 in Montpellier, Spi never left the region. A group of young Bretons, l’École de la rue will also perform that evening in an OTH tribute.  In the first part discovery, a contemporary punk-rock group from Montpellier, “the Tardigrades”.
> Ce SATURDAY May 9 from 18 heures au Rockstore, 20 rue de Verdun à Montpellier. Prévente early 14 €, prévente 17 €, sur place 20 €. Contact au 04 67 06 80 00.
