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To mark the 2026 European Heritage Days, the Avignon Festival invites you to take a behind-the-scenes look at the creation and history of this celebration of the performing arts through one of its most iconic venues: the Cour d’honneur of the Palais des Papes. Accompanied by Clément Demontis, a qualified tour guide, visitors will be immersed in almost 80 years of history.

SATURDAY 19th at 11.00 am, 2.00 pm and 3.30 pm; SUNDAY 20th at 2.00 pm and 3.30 pm.
Free, subject to booking | Duration: 1 hour

‘C’est pas du luxe’ is stopping off at La FabricA for two evenings. On the programme: Friday from 6.30 pm, ‘Méditerranée’, the Orchestre national d'Avignon's season-opening concert, featuring the Sequenza 9.3 ensemble, narration by Lambert Wilson and local organisations; Saturday from 7 pm, ‘Street Fighters’, a dance, rap and theatre party by Marina Gomes and the Hylel company, with battles, flash mobs, food trucks and a bar.

Five characters trapped in a time loop see their bodies transform and defy the laws of physics. With Chroniques, the Belgian company Peeping Tom has, for over twenty years, been exploring a unique artistic language in which bodies, objects and places seem subject to shifting realities. On 29, 30 and 31 January 2027 at La FabricA, as part of Fest’hiver, organised in collaboration with Les Scènes d’Avignon.

Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists by Tiago Rodrigues, produced by the Avignon Festival, is being performed at the National Theatre in London. This is a truly exceptional occasion: for the very first time in its history, the prestigious British institution is hosting a Portuguese-language production on its stage.

Did you attend one or more shows at this 80th Festival d’Avignon? We want to find out how you experience the Festival through an audience survey. Since 1995, the Festival d'Avignon's audience has been the subject of a vast research programme, in partnership with Avignon Université and Inseac. The data collected is anonymous.

In collaboration with Artcena, all the Café des idées meetings can be replayed on the Festival's website.

Relive the 80th edition of the Festival d’Avignon through music! Dive into the world of this year’s Festival with a playlist featuring iconic tracks heard during the performances.

A way to extend the Festival experience, ready to take with you anywhere.

Available on Spotify, Deezer and Apple Music!

The recent announcements of budget cuts affecting companies and performing arts institutions at national level are placing considerable uncertainty over the whole sector. Artists, technicians, and directors of venues and festivals fear for the future of their professions and for the public service mission of culture.

The Festival d'Avignon, a member of Syndeac, fully supports the mobilisation movement calling for a moratorium on the cuts announced for 2026, and for culture's share of the state budget to be defended at 1% by 2027.

Audiences affected by the cancellations over the past few days can still transfer their tickets to the performances on 24 or 25 July.

To celebrate its 80th edition, the Festival d’Avignon raises the flag of questions. Poetic and political, intimate and collective, theatrical or choreographic, in French or Korean: a multitude of inquiries carried by the creativity of artists from across the country and around the world.

New photos and videos are now available online for several productions from the 80th edition: pre-premieres, premieres and recent stages of the creative process, all available to view now on each production’s page.

On 26 July at 5am, the Cour d’honneur will host L'Aube des questions, the final gathering of the 80th Festival d’Avignon. Alongside Aurélie Charon, Patrick Boucheron and Tiago Rodrigues, new guests will join this collective journey shaped by questions, including Christiane Taubira, Boris Charmatz, Maria Melchior, Régine Chopinot, Laura Vazquez, Blandine Rinkel, Camille de Toledo, Léonor de Récondo and many others.

A way to greet the rising sun and carry forward the spirit of an edition shaped by curiosity, dialogue, and the questions that connect us.

The Festival d'Avignon learns with immense sadness of the passing of Edgar Morin, on 29 May 2026, at the age of 104. A Resistance fighter, sociologist, philosopher, poacher of knowledge, a century spent looking the world squarely in the face, never once turning away. A thinker of complexity, of humanity, of the fragility of civilisations, he believed deeply that culture and live performance were spaces of resistance and hope.

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.

Les Territoires cinématographiques returns to the Cinémas Utopia in Avignon with daily screenings, meetings with the Festival’s artists, a programme for young audiences and a selection of films in Korean.

From the forecourt to the stage and behind the scenes, secondary school pupils and young people from social, medical-social and judicial support services take part in artistic activities alongside guest artists. They all come together for one event: the Festival de La FabricA, a huge celebration that showcases the work carried out throughout the year to promote access to culture for everyone.

80 people have gathered at La FabricA to present the programme for the 80th Festival d'Avignon. Forming a choir, festival-goers take to the stage to give voice to the Festival and tell the story of the upcoming edition.

The shows, exhibitions, debates and talks for the 2026 edition are available online on our website. You can filter the programme to create your own schedule and add ♡ to your favourite events, to create a personalised itinerary!

Did you know that the 80th Avignon Festival poster features a question mark banging its fist on a table? It is a way of celebrating an edition characterised by questions, fruitful doubt and curiosity.

Brand identity designed by the Marseille-based agency Perméable

To ensure smooth access and prevent the website from becoming overloaded, the first phase of online ticket sales this year will operate on a time-slot basis. Once registered, each ticket holder will be allocated a specific time slot in which to make their purchases.

A discussion with Tiago Rodrigues, director of the Festival d'Avignon, focusing on the key themes of the programme for the 80th edition. This will be followed by a free ticket pre-sale. The Festival d’Avignon team will be on hand to offer advice and answer questions.

The direction and the board of the Festival d'Avignon announce the appointment of Clémentine Aubry as managing director to Tiago Rodrigues. She will take up her post in spring 2026.

With over twenty years of experience in the management and administration of cultural organisations, Clémentine Aubry has supported and developed projects for leading multidisciplinary institutions, driven by the same idea of public service in culture, with a shared focus on supporting artists and building relationships with audiences and the local community.

Applications for seasonal jobs in 2026 will open on Monday 9 March at 10am. The Festival d'Avignon is looking for ticket office staff, audience receptionists, standard receptionists, multipurpose staff for performance venues, and waiters/waitresses. Applications must be submitted via an online form only. Applications for technical positions have been open since 19 January.

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.

Following her appearance at the Festival d'Avignon 2023 with A Noiva e o Boa Noite Cinderala, the first part of her Cadela Força trilogy, Brazilian artist Carolina Bianchi returns to La FabricA at the Festival d'Avignon for a three-week artistic residency and invites the people of Avignon to share and discuss her work alongside Tiago Rodrigues, Director of the Festival d’Avignon, and Magda Bizarro, Co-Director of Programming.

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. 

It is with profound emotion that the Festival d’Avignon has learned of the passing of Valère Novarina, one of the most singular and essential authors, directors and artists of contemporary theatre, who died on 16 January 2026 at the age of 83.

What if young people were at the very heart of programming in Europe's major cultural institutions?
That is the ambition of the EUphoric Youth project, supported by the European Commission: to give young people from across Europe a voice so that they can actively participate in artistic and cultural life and beyond that, in democratic life. The Festival d'Avignon is committing to this endeavour until 2029, alongside 10 European organisations from Norway, the Netherlands, Latvia, Germany, Hungary, Ukraine, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal.

The festival Vis-à-vis, a highlight of creative work in prisons, showcases collective creations in theater, dance, music, video, and podcasts. Unique in France and supported by the Théâtre Paris-Villette since 2016, it reveals the vitality of live performance as a space for openness and dialogue. From December 10 to 12 at La FabricA du Festival d'Avignon, Vis-à-vis offers a program born of demanding work and shared commitment, going beyond its social mission to affirm art in all its essentiality.

The gift card can be used for any purchase made online, by telephone or directly at the Festival d'Avignon box office. It can be used once or several times on all items in the online shop, show tickets and discount cards. Valid from the date of purchase until 31 December 2026, it is available from 30€.

Want to see several shows in 2026?
Passes Festival and 3 clés allow you to benefit from reduced rates. Without a pass, the single price applies.

▶ valid for all your orders in 2026 (from 1 January to 31 December 2026)
▶ valid for all shows
▶ 5% discount on the shop and bookshop
▶ individual and dematerialised

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.

Are you a disabled person looking for a job in the cultural sector?

Come along to La FabricA on 26 February 2025 for the 4th rencontres pour l'emploi des personnes en situation de handicap dans la culture. This is an opportunity for people with disabilities to find out about the help and support available and to meet companies in the cultural sector to discuss recruitment opportunities.

The discussions will be translated into LSF by interpreters from URAPEDA Sud and will be accessible via instant speech transcription using the "Acceo-Tadeo" solutions.

In the Cour d'honneur du Palais des papes, on Thursday night from 00:30 until dawn.

A night of unity, a night of mobilization, a popular night to counter the supposed inevitability of a far-right victory.

When the world is even more troubled than usual, where do we find the hope and strength that motivate us to organise this artistic and civic celebration? At a time where democracy is under threat, why is it important to participate in the Festival d’Avignon and meet artists from all over France and the world?

Guest column by Tiago Rodrigues, director of the Festival d'Avignon and Boris Charmatz, choreographer and director of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina-Bausch and Terrain.

Micheline Attoun passed away on March 14 at the age of 87. A leading figure in the world of theater, she devoted her life to promoting arts and culture alongside her late husband Lucien Attoun. They leave behind them the legacy of Théâtre Ouvert.

The Festival d'Avignon is paying tribute to two immense figures in the world of theatre who recently passed away, two artists who embodied the circulation of aesthetics and European collaboration: René Pollesch and Edward Bond.

Since 2021, we've had the pleasure of welcoming more than 550 young people to explore behind-the-scenes technical professions during discovery workshops at La FabricA. These introductory workshops give hands-on experience of the behind-the-scenes trades (machinery, lighting, video, sound and costumes), accompanied by stage managers. Here's a look back at these moments of sharing and learning.