Vienne’s Historic Festival
Initially called the Medieval Festival, this great event, which became the Vienne Historic Festival, offers a different theme each year.
For two days, the whole town goes back in time: medieval market in the town centre, parades, walks, shows at the Théâtre Antique… More than 500 volunteers and a dozen theatrical companies take part in the event and make Vienne unrecognisable!
The Vienne Historic Festival is a real trip back to the Middle Ages which each year gathers more than 20,000 visitors over two days! The high spots of Vienne’s heritage, such as the Théâtre Antique and the Garden of Cybèle, are brought into focus by reconstructions of camps, unusual performances and shows with original stagings: knights’ battles, troops’ parades, typical dances, magic…
Strolling down the streets or through the stalls of the typical medieval market becomes a real adventure, a total immersion in another time…
