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 of Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel, in co-production with the Avignon Festival and with the support of the Maison de la Culture de Bourges Scène nationale, are a great opportunity to recall the strength of the links associating the cities of Avignon and Bourges and their emblematic actors. This partnership was born from a process of cooperation and exchange between cities of less than 100,000 inhabitants with similar profiles on a European scale, launched as part of the Bourges 2028 candidacy, La Matrice, which today brings together 15 cities in France and Europe, including Bourges, Avignon and Angoulême, in order to share their practices and thoughts in all their areas of intervention.

The Festival is also an opportunity to show the richness of the projects that we can carry out within the framework of the European City of Artists and Authors, a key idea of the Bourges 2028 candidacy.

Finally, this time in Avignon is an important moment to present the artists and participants of the Classe Départ, a social transformation project for young people from the outskirts of Avignon who have dropped out of school, a system that we will develop in the Berruyer region and with our French partners. and Europeans within the framework of the European Capital of Culture.

Bourges 2028 is going to the 77th edition of the Avignon festival and it’s quite a program!

Saturday July 15

10:30 a.m.: Trilogy 72 press conference
With Tiago Rodrigues, director of the Avignon Festival, and Boris Vedel, director of Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel
Presentation of the Trilogy 72 concerts, creations of Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel, in co-production with the Avignon Festival and with the support of the Maison de la Culture de Bourges Scène nationale, as part of the European City of Artists of Bourges 2028 and of the creative cities triangulation Bourges – Avignon – Angoulême.
Location: Cloître Saint-Louis, 20 rue du Portail Boquier, Avignon.

11 p.m.: Transform – Trilogy 72
Location: courtyard of St Joseph high school, Avignon.
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Sunday July 16

Working meeting of the cities of the Bourges 2028 Matrix on the occasion of the Avignon festival.
The Bourges 2028 Matrix brings together 15 French and European cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants around the Bourges 2028 candidacy and its challenges.

Working day open to partners and the press:

10 a.m.: Guided tour of the Palazzo exhibition by Eva Jospin

11 a.m.: La Matrice Bourges 2028 working session
In the presence of Cécile Helle, Mayor of Avignon, Yann Galut, Mayor of Bourges, Xavier Bonnefont, Mayor of Angoulême, Pascal Keizer, Commissioner General Bourges 2028, Mathilde Cocq Deputy Director Bourges 2028, Louise Tournillon, Coordinator of the Bourges 2028 bid .

12 p.m.: Presentation of Bodo 2024 European Capital of Culture
In the presence of Norwegian officials and artists, message from Henrik Sand Dagfindug, General Director of Bodo 2024.

12:30 p.m.: Bourges 2028 press conference followed by brunch
Presentation of the Matrix, the European City of Artists and the creative triptych Avignon, Angoulême and Bourges as part of the Bourges 2028 candidacy, presentation of the support of the City of Bourges and the Centre-Val de Loire Region to the press and to partners.
In the presence of Cécile Helle, Mayor of Avignon, Yann Galut, Mayor of Bourges, Xavier Bonnefont, Mayor of Angoulême and Delphine Benassy, Vice-President for Culture and international cooperation, Center Val de Loire Region.
With the Bourges 2028 team and Boris Vedel, director of Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel.

9:00 p.m.: Bourges 2028 aperitif, friendly time open to all:
Meeting with the Bourges 2028 team and artists from Classe Départ, a social transformation project for young people on the outskirts of Avignon who have dropped out.
Location: La Manufacture, 2 rue des Ecoles, Avignon.
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11 p.m.: Ziggy Stardust – Trilogy 72
Location: courtyard of St Joseph high school, Avignon.
Creation of the Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel, in co-production with the Avignon Festival and the support of the Maison de la Culture de Bourges Scène nationale, as part of the European City of Artists of Bourges 2028 and the triangulation of creative cities Bourges – Avignon – Angoulême.