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Lyon’s Festival of Lights dates back to the 17th century


masterclass and a free children’s concert too. www.festival-music-dinard.com


Les Nuits Secrètes July 29-31, 2016


Annual music festival held in Maubeuge, just a few miles from the Belgian border. This year’s line-up includes Selah Sue, The Shoes, Lilly Wood and the Prick, Alice on the Roof, Jagwar Ma, Odezenne, O’, FKJ, General Elektriks and Ausmuteants on the Friday; Souchon and Voulzy, Mickey 3D, Deluxe, Thylacine, Mr Oizo, Hinds, Petit Biscuit, C Duncan and Flavien Berger on the Saturday; and Ludwig Von 88, Oblivians, Gogol Bordello, Feu! Chatterton, Mansfield TYA and Vitalic on the Sunday. www.lesnuitssecretes.com


FILM & ARTS FESTIVALS World Puppet Theatre Festival


Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes September 16-24, 2017 First staged in 1961, this huge event in the Ardennes capital, Charleville-Mézières, features dozens of stages ranging from theatres, public halls and courtyards to private rooms and street corners, showing every imaginable style of puppet show


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– a sort of Glastonbury for puppetry. The last festival drew in 160,000 people from all over the world. www.festival-marionnette.com


Angoulême International Comics Festival Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême Late January 2017


Every January the Poitou- Charentes city of Angoulême is transformed into a huge celebration of comic-book culture with pretty much everyone who’s anyone in the European comic-book industry in attendance. At many venues all over town there are exhibitions, lectures, shows, workshops, book signings and innumerable book stalls selling every type of comic book in styles ranging from the classics such as Tintin and Asterix to graphic novels, super-heroes and the erotic. www.bdangouleme.com


Rencontres d’Arles July 4-September 25, 2016 The Provençal town of Arles has some wonderful historic buildings, many of which host exhibitions during this annual photography festival. The premise of the festival is to display photography that has


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