Festivals and cultural places

Montpellier offers you all year round film, music, theatre, dance, circus and other festivals... the best musicians and dance companies in the world come to perform in its festivals. Montpellier shines through its cultural sites where art shows itself in all its facets: academic, contemporary and popular, and in spaces rich in history.

Musée Fabre

The Fabre Museum is the main fine arts museum in Montpellier. Discover all its exhibitions, collections, acquisitions, paintings, sculptures... The collections and temporal exhibitions await you.

Montpellier Danse

The Montpellier Danse Festival is an annual contemporary dance festival founded in 1981. It takes place in June and July, in several areas. Today it is one of the most important meetings on the European scene.

Opéra Comédie

The Opéra Comédie is an Italian-style theatre built in the 18th century. With 93 musicians and a choir of 31 artists, the structure has a very wide repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music and from lyric to symphonic.

CineMed

The annual meeting of the best Mediterranean productions with many films screened and film celebrities. On the program, screenings of short and feature films, special evenings and meetings with artists.

Moco-La Panacée

MoCo, a multi-site structure dedicated to contemporary art, makes the Mediterranean city a stronghold of art and a cultural destination. The Panacée, Hotel Montcalm and the Ecole Supérieur des Beaux Arts are part of the project.

Estivales / Hivernales

In summer, the City of Montpellier organizes a summer market for Montpellier residents and visitors and in December a Christmas market. The wine of the regional gastronomy is the main protagonist.

Pavillon Populaire

Open to the public free of charge. It displays the works of artists of national and international reputation. On average, three exhibitions are held there each year.

Architectures Vives

The Festival des Architectures Vives is an architectural tour for the general public, which allows you to discover emblematic sites of Montpellier, by getting in touch with this rich heritage and by proposing contemporary art installations.

Faculty of Medicine - Museum of Anatomy

Montpellier’s reputation is inseparable from its medical school, the oldest school in the Western world (12th century) still in activity, classified as a historical monument since 2004. It houses an important library and the Museum of Anatomy.

Radio France Occitanie-Montpellier

The festival offers symphonic and lyrical concerts, chamber music, concerts of young soloists, jazz concerts, world music and electronic music in Montpellier every year.

Quai de Verdanson

The Verdanson is a stream that stretches over a length of 4 kilometres in Montpellier. But it is above all an open-air museum, since the walls of the canal are covered with graffiti and tags.

Printemps des comédiens

In June, this festival welcomes some twenty theatre and international live shows to the various spaces and venues of the Domaine d’O de Montpellier. Music, dance, gesture and speech in a warm atmosphere.

Our cultural activities

The cultural service of the Alliance Française de Montpellier offers you free activities for a total learning experience. Guided tours, outings, conferences and workshops are held in a spirit of spreading French culture and promoting intercultural exchanges.

Montpellier Historical center

Come and discover the city centre and its monuments from the Middle Ages and the 19th century. Discover the secrets of the cultural heritage and the stories of its characters. A city of confluences.

Street Art in Montpellier

Wall frescoes, flying bicycles, rooftop writing, collage and graffiti. From the medieval alleys to the banks of the Lez, passing by the Quai de Verdanson. A different Montpellier....

Bazille and Impressionism

Discover Montpellier through the eyes of Frédéric Bazille, one of the pioneers of Impressionism. Come with us from the city centre to Domaine de Méric.

On the steps of Saint-Roch

Follow in the footsteps of this Montpellier man, who became the patron saint of his city, and discover the medieval city, an essential stopover on the pilgrimage routes

Writers and Montpellier

Several writers have stayed in Montpellier, they have marked the city with its presence and the city has marked them with its personality.

Maguelone: cathedral and beach

Between the sea and the lagoons stands the imposing cathedral of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul, an exceptional site in Languedoc. The Maguelone peninsula is rich in history and landscapes.

Sète: musical and poetic

Visit this Mediterranean city through routes that highlight its famous characters. Find the links between this space and Brassens’ songs and Paul Valéry’s poetry.

Lake of Crès

An artificial lake near the city, to enjoy the greenery and a cool bath during the summer period or to go hiking the rest of the year.

French history and culture

Political and cultural history, literature and the arts, current events and popular culture are subjects to be discovered or rediscovered every week.

Arts and literature

Plastic arts, poetry, narrative, comics, cinema... Complete the learning of the French language with creativity.

Cooking lessons

Discover French gastronomy with real professionals. Enjoy a gourmet experience by discovering culinary flavours and techniques.

Pastry workshop

French pastry is an art to be discovered. Prepare and taste the typical recipes of the South of France.

Cheese tasting

Travel while enjoying local specialities. Find a wide variety of cheeses and know their origins.

Wine tasting

The diversity of French wines will no longer hold any secrets for you. Fun and friendly oenology courses in Montpellier