Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Lyon, Frankrijk

Druk — Christmas holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Reflets du cinema iberique

  25 mrt – 5 aprFilmfestival

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Quais du Polar

  3–5 aprKunstenfestivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Quais du Polar, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Reflets du cinema iberique (25 mrt – 5 apr), Quais du Polar (3–5 apr)

Topdrukte — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

• Feestdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Nuits Sonores

  8–20 mei · meestalMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Nuits de Fourviere

  28 mei – 25 jul · meestalKunstenfestivalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Fete de la Musique, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Fete de la Musique

  21 junMuziekfestivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: May holidays and ponts (1–25 mei), Nuits de Fourviere (28 mei – 25 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Bastille Day (14 juillet), Summer holidays in Frankrijk

• Risico

  Heatwave weeks

  1 jul – 20 aug · meestalExtreme hitte

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Nuits de Fourviere (28 mei – 25 jul (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Sluiting

  The bouchons close

  1–25 aug · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Heatwave weeks (1 jul – 20 aug (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Lyon Biennale

  19 sep – 13 decKunstenfestival

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Lyon Biennale (19 sep – 13 dec)

Topdrukte — Christmas market, All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Beaujolais nouveau

  15–21 nov · meestalEet- & drinkfestival

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Christmas market

  21 nov – 24 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lyon Biennale (19 sep – 13 dec)

Topdrukte — Christmas market, Fete des Lumieres

• Festival

  Fete des Lumieres

  5–8 decLicht & vuurDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lyon Biennale (19 sep – 13 dec), Christmas market (21 nov – 24 dec (meestal))