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Wednesday 22 January 2025

2025, here we come!

Bourges 2028 wishes you a creative, cultural, and committed year! As highlighted by the France Bleu Berry article last December, 2024 was a pivotal year for the future European Capital…

Friday 20 December 2024

Bourges 2028 welcomes you during the holidays!

During the holiday season, the Bourges 2028 team remains at your service! A time of respite, perfect for gathering information, exchanging ideas, and planning the next steps of our journey…

Friday 20 December 2024

365 thanks for an unforgettable first anniversary!

A celebration in excellent company!   Smiles, shared emotions, shouts of joy and enthusiasm… One year after Bourges was named European Capital of Culture, contagious joy filled Rue Moyenne. This…

Wednesday 11 December 2024

ONE YEAR !

Let’s celebrate together the first anniversary of being awarded the title BOURGES, EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2028! Join us for a festive stroll along Rue Moyenne in Bourges on Friday,…

Wednesday 13 November 2024

Folies Berruyères: Four Days of Festivities to Celebrate Music in Bourges!

After a three-year hiatus, Les Folies Berruyères made a grand return this weekend, bringing music, energy, and a lively atmosphere to the heart of Bourges. Relaunched with enthusiasm by a…

Tuesday 15 October 2024

Discussion on the calls for projects and the Bourges 2028 Academy

Bourges 2028’s calls for projects! 800 people attended the evening, 16 volunteers happily welcomed them, and the entire Bourges 2028 team was present to launch the first CRI of Bourges…

Thursday 3 October 2024

A touch of Norway in Bourges, with the European Pocket Theatre!

This Saturday, October 5th, it’s already time for the second edition of the European Pocket Theatre in Bourges, as part of Bourges 2028! After the success of the first chapter…

Wednesday 2 October 2024

Discussion on the calls for projects and the Bourges 2028 Academy

Dear friends of Bourges 2028, We are very pleased to invite you to a time of discussion and networking on Tuesday, October 15th, at the Halle au Blé in Bourges….

Monday 16 September 2024

The “Mourners” a project supported by Bourges 2028!

The “Mourners” by the Vitrines Artistiques du Berry association   How can we revitalize our town centers and turn empty shops into exhibition spaces? This is the question that Bourges…

Monday 9 September 2024

One-on-One with the Bourges 2028 Team

Bourges 2028, a human-sized capital! Do you have a project to share with us? Want to know how to participate in the European Capital of Culture? Tell us face-to-face! Every…

Friday 12 July 2024

Bourges 2028 welcomes artists from Oulu!

 To celebrate the opening of the Beautiful European Summer, we welcome the Finnish group JUNNA, coming directly from Oulu, European Capital of Culture 2026. Anna Haaraoja and Juha Seppänen will…

Saturday 29 June 2024

The Bourges 2028 community is growing!

This summer, new faces have joined the Board of Directors of the Bourges 2028 association. We are delighted to welcome these diverse individuals, who reflect the spirit of our project….

Saturday 15 June 2024

Bourges 2028 welcomes you!

Welcome to Bourges 2028! Bourges 2028 now has an address! The entire team is ready to welcome you at 36 Moyenne Street, in the heart of Bourges. A vibrant space…

Wednesday 13 December 2023

Bourges is European Capital of Culture 2028!

Following the deliberations of the European jury, the French Ministry of Culture organised a press conference on Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 6.00 pm to announce the name of the…

Friday 8 December 2023

Tribune Bourges 2028 – European Capital of Culture: dare to make a humane choice!

150 million. That’s the number of Europeans who live in small and medium-sized towns. Towns on a human scale. And we believe that the future of our societies lies in…

Wednesday 22 November 2023

Special issue Connaissance des Arts, Bourges – a region of the future

At the suggestion of the editorial staff of the Connaissance des Arts magazine (Les Echos/Le Parisien group), a 68-page Special Edition of the magazine dedicated to Bourges 2028 and the…

Sunday 2 July 2023

Bourges 2028 at the Avignon Festival!

This year again, the Avignon festival is the ideal time to affirm the structuring axes of the Bourges 2028 candidacy: The concerts Trilogy 72, Transformer, Ziggy Stardust and Harvest, creations…

Friday 3 March 2023

Bourges in the final for the title of European Capital of Culture!

A la suite de la délibération du jury européen, le Ministère de la Culture a organisé une conférence de presse pour annoncer les noms des villes françaises finalistes qui poursuivront la compétition. Bourges a été sélectionnée pour le sprint final ! 

Tuesday 14 February 2023

Let’s cross our fingers for Bourges 2028!

L’équipe Bourges 2028 a déposé son dossier de candidature au ministère de la Culture le 16 décembre 2022. Le 28 février 2023, une délégation berruyère présentera ce dossier de candidature devant le jury européen à Paris !

Monday 26 September 2022

Bourges 2028 receives a delegation from Matera 2019

A reconciliation between Bourges 2028 and Matera 2019 has been woven because of the many similarities in the two cities, starting with their typology of median size. In fact, Matera…

Friday 24 June 2022

Metro Europa / RER Low Carbon

Metro Europa est une proposition prototype d’un nouveau moyen de penser et diffuser la culture sur le territoire, lier les citoyens, les artistes et acteurs culturels entre eux.

Tuesday 19 April 2022

Printemps de Bourges

Ranked 1st creation and contemporary music festival in France, the Printemps de Bourges hosts every year a highly anticipated event for professionals and the media: the Printemps de Bourges Crédit…

Thursday 24 March 2022

Public presentation of the candidature Bourges 2028, European Capital of Culture

All the actors of the Bourges 2028 project invite you to a public presentation meeting about the candidacy of Bourges, Cher Centre-Val de Loire, European Capital of Culture 2028. Bourges…

Tuesday 8 March 2022

Nevers officially announces support for Bourges 2028 Bid

On the occasion of the press conference that was held on march 8, 2022 in the framework of the european Summit of telecommunications in which are collected the 27 ministers…

Friday 4 March 2022

European Project LIFE_LETSGO4CLIMATE In the Centre-Val de Loire Region

The european project LIFE_LETsGO4Climate, winner of the call for project LIFE programme, aims to increase of 14 % renewable energy production and reduce the energy consumption of individual and collective…

Thursday 3 March 2022

Bourges 2028 in the European Capital of Culture 2022

The French delegation will also discover various spaces and exhibitions related to the Esch2022 programme, including the rehabilitated former steel district of Belval, the cultural hub of Micheville, called l’Arche,…

Saturday 5 February 2022

Transduction, an exhibition of Ensa Bourges

The City of Bourges in partnership with the national School of art, permits every year to the young artists of the Ensa bourges to exhibit in a space in the…

Saturday 11 December 2021

Lydia Lescarmontier COP26 live an hour

The european Union, in the framework of the european programme on climate change, which organizes events in parallel to the COP 26 in Glasgow. Lydia Lescarmontier, godmother of the application…

Saturday 11 December 2021

The Natural History Museum in London at the Natural History Museum of Bourges

Organised every year since 1964, the National History Museum in London (Great Britain), the Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the largest and most prestigious european competitions of photos of nature. The…

Wednesday 1 December 2021

Installation “The Concert extended” to the Abbey of Noirlac

The installation “The Concert extended” provides the public with a new form of listening to a concert. Excerpts of pieces recorded during concerts in the abbey according to a technique,…

Monday 15 November 2021

Multiple Worlds

Meetings, Multi-Media and Multi-Player (antrepeaux.net) See and hear a World of a Multiple or Multiple Worlds, is to enter into a vortex because of the complexities that we want to…

Saturday 23 October 2021

Japanese ceramics exhibition at La Borne

The exhibition presents ceramic works from the wood-fired ovens of Bizen from an ancient Japanese tradition linked to the tea ceremony.

Friday 15 October 2021

Act in his place | Den Skins

Agir dans son lieu is a cycle of exhibitions led by curator Julie Crenn, devoted to the links that exist between artists and peasants at the Transpalette art center in…