Qué hay en Lyon, Francia, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Winter (February) holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Winter (February) holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Reflets du cinema iberique

  25 Mar – 5 AbrFestival de cine

  A week of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American cinema at Le Zola in Villeurbanne, a tram ride from central Lyon, running for over forty years, with screenings spilling out to other venues afterwards. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Quais du Polar

  3–5 AbrFestival de artesMucha gente

  Europe's big crime-fiction festival takes over the Palais de la Bourse, the city hall and venues across the Presqu'ile for a weekend in early spring: author talks, signings and a city-wide detective game, mostly free. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Quais du Polar, Spring holidays en Francia

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Reflets du cinema iberique (25 Mar – 5 Abr), Quais du Polar (3–5 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays en Francia

• Festivo

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 MayFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Nuits Sonores

  8–20 May · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  Warehouses and docks along the Rhone host five nights of electronic acts each May, one of Europe's larger club-and-warehouse festivals and a reason hotels fill early. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Nuits de Fourviere

  28 May – 25 Jul · normalmenteFestival de artesReserva pronto

  Two months of concerts, theatre and circus in the Roman theatres on the hill, from the end of May to late July. Take a cushion for the stone and something for the wind that comes up after dark. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Fete de la Musique, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Fete de la Musique

  21 JunFestival de músicaMucha gente

  Every neighbourhood gets a stage for the summer solstice: free concerts across roughly 20 sites from the Presqu'ile to Villeurbanne, standing room only by evening. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: May holidays and ponts (1–25 May), Nuits de Fourviere (28 May – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Bastille Day (14 juillet), Summer holidays en Francia

• Riesgo

  Heatwave weeks

  1 Jul – 20 Ago · normalmenteCalor extremo

  The city sits in a river corridor that traps the heat, and most summers bring a run of days when the Presqu'ile is unwalkable in the afternoon. Meteo-France runs the department warnings. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 JulFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Nuits de Fourviere (28 May – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Cierre

  The bouchons close

  1–25 Ago · normalmente

  The old bouchons and most neighbourhood kitchens shut for two or three weeks in August, which in this city is the thing you came for. Check the door before you plan the evening around one. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Heatwave weeks (1 Jul – 20 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Festival

  Lyon Biennale

  19 Sep – 13 DicFestival de artes

  Contemporary art and dance alternate years, so one of the two takes over disused factories and the theatres from mid-September to December. The dance edition opens with a costumed parade through the centre. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — All Saints (autumn) holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Lyon Biennale (19 Sep – 13 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Christmas market, All Saints (autumn) holidays en Francia

• Festival

  Beaujolais nouveau

  15–21 Nov · normalmenteFestival gastronómico

  This is the wine's own city and the third Thursday of November is taken seriously in the bouchons, which pour from midnight. The vineyards themselves start forty minutes north. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Christmas market

  21 Nov – 24 Dic · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Chalets fill the Place Carnot from late November to Christmas Eve, with a smaller craft market up on the Croix-Rousse. It is the warm-up act for the lights in December. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Lyon Biennale (19 Sep – 13 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Christmas market, Fete des Lumieres

• Festival

  Fete des Lumieres

  5–8 DicLuces y fuegoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Four nights of light installations around 8 December, free, and the busiest thing that happens here all year: a couple of million people on the same few bridges. Hotels reprice by the autumn. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Lyon Biennale (19 Sep – 13 Dic), Christmas market (21 Nov – 24 Dic (normalmente))