Tous à l’Opéra
May
Each year L’Opéra-Théâtre de Limoges throws open its doors to celebrate this national festival, and puts on a weekend of free shows and behind-the-scenes tours to entertain and educate visitors.
Urbaka
June
Crowds of more than 200,000 descend on this street art festival each year to take in the art installations. They spring up in what are usually ordinary public spaces, such as streets, squares, lawns and fountains.
Cuivres en Fête
August
Enjoy concerts, street music, dancing and jamming sessions as the Opéra-Théâtre and the bandstand at the Jardin d’Orsay celebrate brass music in style. Leading musicians from around the globe convene to help deliver one of the France’s biggest festivals of its kind.
Les Francophonies en Limousin
September
This celebration of French-speaking culture, going since 1984, encompasses a wide array of entertainment from visual arts, dance and theatre to French-language music and literature.
La Frairie des Petits Ventres
October
Explore the meat products that aren't to be found on supermarket shelves at this day-long festival. Blood sausage sandwiches and lamb testicles may not be for everyone, as some may prefer to settle for the religious procession around the Rue de la Boucherie that sees the day out.