Monday 1 June 2026 at 7.30pm
La FabricA at the Festival d'Avignon will host a meeting with Gisèle Pelicot to mark the publication of her book Et la joie de vivre (And the Joy of Living), written with Judith Perrignon.
An event organised by the Youpi! café-bookshop and the Festival d'Avignon.
Monday 9 march 2026
Don't miss the opening of applications for our seasonal jobs, which will take place on Saturday 9 March at 10am on our website.
We are looking for ticket agents, receptionists, receptionists/switchboard operators, maintenance and security staff for the performance venues, and waiters/waitresses.
Applications must be submitted via an online form only.
Technical positions have been open for applications since 19 January. For the 80th edition of the Festival, we are looking for stage managers, set managers, lighting technicians, sound technicians, audiovisual technicians, signage technicians, as well as technicians in various fields, stagehands, and dressers and head dressers.
Tuesday 17 February 2026
The Festival d’Avignon pays tribute to Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker, who passed away at the age of 96 on 16 February 2026.
A major figure of contemporary cinema, Frederick Wiseman built, over nearly six decades, a vast body of work exploring in depth social life, institutions and human practices. Through an unadorned observational approach, without voice-over, without interviews, he shaped a cinema of reality which, through its subtlety, patience and awareness of the world, brings documentary images close to a form of poetic truth.
Wednesday, 4th march 2026
On 4 March 2026, la FabricA du Festival d’Avignon will host the 5th meeting for the employment of people with disabilities in the cultural sector.
Are you disabled and looking for a job in the cultural sector? This event is an opportunity to find out about the support and assistance available and to meet companies in the cultural sector to discuss recruitment opportunities.
FROM 4 TO 25 JULY 2026
For this 80th edition, Tiago Rodrigues, director of the Festival d'Avignon, invites us to look to the future: "This edition will be rooted in the future and projected towards the next eighty years of the Festival. It is to the future that the questions raised by the invited artists will be addressed, in line with Jean Vilar's utopia."
For the second consecutive year, the dates coincide with those of the festival off Avignon.
See you in early April to discover the programme for the Festival d'Avignon 2026.
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Today, on the eve of their 80th anniversary in 2027, the Edinburgh International Festival, the Festival d'Avignon and the Holland Festival are joining forces for the first time, combining their artistic visions for a special collaboration that marks the beginning of a shared journey for years to come, adding a new chapter to their shared legacy.
What if I don't understand anything? Will I feel like I belong? Am I dressed correctly?
Faced with these questions that we have all asked ourselves, the Festival works to make performing arts accessible to all. The "Fisrt time" project was born out of the desire to answer these questions, to respond to a desire to feel at home or to make coming to a performance more comfortable.
Accompanied by professionals, nearly 600 young people a year learn about machinery, lighting, sound, video and costumes. A practical immersion behind the scenes to become an informed audience!
The Festival d'Avignon has joined forces with Making Waves to offer young people from all over France the opportunity to discover the world of live performance and learn radio and interviewing techniques.
