Main events of the year

This exciting festival is dedicated to the songs, dances and music of world religions, and offers a setting for unprecedented artistic gatherings. In places of worship (churches, a synagogue, a mosque), music will forge friendships and break down barriers.

Interested in having an original, glamorous, different Valentine's Day? Romance, seduction, the out-of-the-ordinary? For ten days, the city will put on a festival to celebrate lovers with a programme that is simultaneously poetic, cultural, glamorous, and slightly quirky! Exceptional moments in an exceptional setting… For a Valentine’s Day like none other, don’t miss “Strasbourg mon amour”!

The Strasbourg Carnival attracts tens of thousands of people to its huge procession through the city centre. Marching bands, majorettes, flag throwers, comedians, dancers and floats will make their way through the streets of Strasbourg surrounded by music – a great day out for young and old alike!

One of the biggest festivals in France devoted to the accordion. On the programme: French rock, traditional music from South America and Eastern Europe, jazz, classical music and more contemporary styles, as well as dance, cabaret and theatre performances.

String or digital puppets, matter in motion, shadow and reflection games, dummies, robots and 3D printers… a wide alternate variety for soliciting our imagination on stage. Backed by the only National Centre of Dramatic Art, managed by a puppeteer, Les Giboulées places Strasbourg at the crossroads of stories and practices of puppet-art today, in the heart of the profession and for the public.

Jazz festival, offering open-air concerts in the unusual setting of the Fort Kléber, near Strasbourg.

Every year since 2004, this electro groove music festival gathers thousands of fans who enjoy a rich programme that combines the local scene and the greatest artists of the genre.

The organ heritage of Strasbourg is truly unique, incomparable both in terms of quantity and quality, with about fifteen organs spanning history from the 14th century to the present day. Stras’Orgues has set itself the objective of introducing the widest possible audience to this instrument, its repertoire and the world it inhabits.

This international festival presents works that are significant of musical developments in the second half of the 20th century, contrasting them with current music trends

Open days of historic monuments and heritage sites (including many buildings normally closed to the general public).

Instigated in 2000, this event is an unprecedented example of trans-national cooperation, rallying the various Rhineland components (France, Switzerland and Germany) behind the idea of a common architectural area. Exhibitions, projections, conferences, guided tours, bike tours... On the programme: exploring architecture from every angle.

Avant-garde art, Constructivism, « figuration libre »… This art fair is an opportunity for all the attending galleries to exhibit and sell their pieces to an international audience including collectors

Jazzdor explores the most exciting music coming out of the world of contemporary jazz and offers about thirty events featuring musicians from here and elsewhere. The best of present and future jazz, at different venues in Alsace.

Every year since 1570, Strasbourg has hosted the Christmas Market, and the city sparkles with countless lights and colors.