Culture at the height of summer

Concerts, shows, cinema under the stars, exhibitions, heritage visits: culture beats at the heart of summer to offer you a bouquet of emotions and shared moments. Follow the guide…

Culture Thursdays, a now unmissable event throughout the summer season which reflects our ambition to make culture a common good. By supporting artists on our territory, we show that we are there for each other. A culture everywhere, for everyone and with everyone.

Valérie MAILLARD,
deputy mayor responsible for culture and heritage

MUSIQUE

• Fête de la Musique
  June 21, from 3 p.m.
  In the heart of the city, music invites itself to the party for a cocktail of sounds and atmosphere that is irresistible to the ear and to the foot beating time.
  Complete program on frontignan.fr
• Akufen Metal Fest
  25 juillet, de 19 h à 1h
  Arènes municipales, av. du 81e RI
  Extreme and committed music HORIZ’arts brings Beyond The Styx, Spleen, Northern Lights, Wednesday, Punxriot (DJ) on stage.
  Bar and restaurant on site, free entry from €5. Resa: 06 98 40 22 98 / horiz.arts@gmail.com

LIVE SHOW: CULTURE THURSDAYS

Thursday evening at Place Jean-Jaurès is the meeting place for circus arts to discover a free show, up close to the artists.

• Thursday #1 | 15 m2 – Cie le Poil flou (50 min)
  July 9, 7 p.m.
  All-terrain and high-flying reading in pajamas
  A bed, a shelf, a few books… and two characters who share and divert a banal daily life to escape.
• Thursday #2 | OPTICIRQUE – Cie Longshow (30 min)
  July 23, 7 p.m.
  Object manipulation, juggling and new magic
  Through this intriguing solo, the artist becomes a knife thrower, rope tamer or popcorn seller.
• Thursday #3 | ZIP ME – Cie Si Jamais (45 min)
  July 30, 7 p.m.
  Fusion of circus, dance, theater This intimate and humorous solo depicts the torments of a young woman in search of love in the digital age. From 7 years old.
• Thursday #4 | HOW MUCH WE CARRY – Cie Immersive Circus (35 min)
  6 am, 7pm
  Circassian wandering
  This acrobatic proposition invites passers-by to stop, to meet around an atypical apparatus, a giant pole in permanent imbalance.
• Thursday #5 | OUTSIDE THE BOX – Cie Largade (30 min)
  13 août, 7pm
  Circus dance This duo mixes contemporary, martial and tribal dance, and plays with a parkour cube which propels their choreography into the air.
• Thursday #6 | SOBRE RODES – Cie Yldor Llach (40 min)
  20 août, 7pm
  Vélo acrobatique
  The music begins, the acrobat and his dancing bicycle share with us the illusion of a world without gravity. In partnership with the Sete Sóis Sete Luas festival.
• Thursday #7 | LOOking fOR – Cie Allégorie (45 min)
  27 août, 7pm
  Crossing for a singer, a tightrope walker and a porter Throughout the songs, a game of manipulating chairs and moving bodies unfolds with virtuosity and fun.

CINÉMA

• Cinema under the stars
  June 12, from 7 p.m.
  A Provençal evening offered by Les Hallu’cinés at Mas Rimbault with a screening of the film Le Schpountz by Marcel Pagnol around a Muscat cocktail and a gourmet plate.
  Résa : 06 18 65 00 36 (par sms) / domainerimbault@gmail.com
• Festival du Cinéma document
  From July 3 to 5
  Cultural center Les Chais du Canal and Quai Voltaire
  Treat yourself to a cinematic escapade in Belgium organized by the Brigade d’Intervention Cinéphile (BIC) in connection with the Quai des lumiéres cinema and the City. Previews, meetings, music, tasting of Belgian beer and mussels and fries!
• THE AMUSEMS
  Muscat, cinema and brasucade under the starry sky, in the setting of the wine estates: the Emmuscades are celebrating their 20th edition with the theme, life is beautiful. Re-enchant everyday life, enjoy simple moments and share the emotions of film, a program from Les Hallu’cinés. Résa at the Archipel de Thau Tourist Office.
  – July 22 | Château de la Peyrade
  Le Sens de la fête d’Éric Toledano (2017)
  – July 29 | Stony Castle
  Two lovers de James Gray (2008)
  – August 5 | Domaine de La Plaine
  Moonlight de Barry Jenkins (2016)
  – August 6 | Domaine de La Plaine
  Film surprise !
  – August 12 | Domaine du Mas Rouge
  Bandits à Orgosolo by Vittorio De Seta (1961)

EXPOSITIONS

• From golden grain to divine nectar: ​​the AOP nutmeg, 90 years of passion!
  Until September 20. Tuesday to Saturday: 10 a.m. > 12 p.m. / 2 p.m. > 6 p.m.
  Musée municipal, rue Député Lucien-Salette
  On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Protected Designation of Origin (AOP), the city pays homage to the emblematic grape variety which has shaped the identity of our territory for centuries: muscat petit grains.
  AND ALSO… Muscat de Frontignan, a story of terroir
  July 20 and August 3, 9 a.m.
  Unique visit tinged with wine tourism, which will take you from the museum to the city’s wine estates. Free, upon reservation.
• Flags for my city
  From June 19 to July 2
  Montaigne Media Library, place du Contr’un
  Opening June 19, 6 p.m.
  Project led by Tisseuse de lien in partnership with the City. Come and discover the latest original works created by locals.

HERITAGE

History of the heart of the city, secrets of the Gardiole, street art or open-air art, destiny of the old saltworks and the canal, birth of the jousts: set off to discover the heritage of the muscatiere city alongside cultural mediators.
Free, upon reservation.

• Throughout history
  July 7, 21 and 28, August 4, 18 and 25, at 10 a.m.
  Heart of the city
  Durée: 2h.
• The Hamlet of the capitelles
  Read July 29 and 28 août, à 9h.
  Massif de la Gardiole
  Durée: 2h.
• Street Visit
  Read July 22. and 19 août, à 10h.
  Heart of the city
  Durée : 1h30
• Frontignan along the water
  Read July 17 and 7 août, à 10h.
  Canal du Rhône à Sète
  Durée : 1h30

LUDO LIBRARY ON THE GOGUETTE

Reading and board games

Every Tuesday from July 7 to August 18, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Harbor office, marina Thursdays July 16 and August 27, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.: readings for children up to 6 years old.
Accès libre