Not-to-be-missed events in the Saint-Junien, Oradour-sur-Glane and Rochechouart areas

A festival of contemporary and world music, with concerts in the château courtyard and Rochechouart town center. Associated with the town, the Labyrinthe de la Voix has gone beyond its original setting to become one of the major events in our region and beyond.

Since 2008, this festival has been a must for fans of rock and extreme music. It’s two days of festivities and music, with something for everyone. For two days, the small town of Saillat-sur-Vienne in Haute-Vienne brings together music lovers and the simply curious to discover bands from the Haute-Vienne and Charente regions, playing around a headliner each evening.

Access to the festival site is entirely free, with only the concerts inside the hall subject to a fee (wristband required for entry).

Make the most of the site, with its various food and refreshment stalls, wooden games, craftsmen and exhibitors showcasing their skills, all to the sound of the outdoor stage.

In the purest tradition of the country air shows of the 50s, Legend’Air brings together enthusiasts of vintage aircraft of all kinds and a curious public on the Saint-Junien aerodrome.

Champ Libre is a week of festivities, encounters and sharing, in the warm and friendly setting of the Corot site (Saint-Junien), with its banks of the Glane, its woods and its old factories. We’ll be putting on plays, concerts, readings, films, workshops, musical siestas, conferences and shows for young audiences. Over a hundred artists from all walks of life will be on hand to showcase their talents over the course of the week.

The Cassinomagus thermal baths are among the best-preserved ancient monuments in Europe! Come and discover or rediscover this exceptional heritage of 12,500m² on the occasion of the Great Antique Days. Two events this summer:

“The Barbarian Invasions” in July: discover a little-known period of Late Antique history, the Barbarian invasions, and meet the fearsome warriors of King Attila’s court.
“La Pax Romana” in August: experience a time of peace and festivity, and take part in festivities and discoveries from antiquity (crafts, sports, comedy shows, animals and the inevitable gladiators). Immerse yourself in the heart of Gallo-Roman civilization!

A not-to-be-missed event for big-engined enthusiasts, truck cross attracts fans from all over France. Trucks compete in spectacular style on the Saint-Junien circuit in the qualifying rounds for the French Cup. During the truck cross, the decorated trucks are paraded for even closer inspection.

In 1995, two artists with a passion for naive art, Annie Courtiaud and Sylvie Desainriquer, decided to organize the first exhibition dedicated to naive art in Saint-Junien. In 1998, given the success of the exhibition, a biennial event was organized.

The public has the pleasure of discovering the works of dozens of artists and the world they inhabit – naïve and singular, of course, but above all revealing a wonderful, colorful world, where dreams have no limits and reality is poetically expressed.

At each Biennale, the committee is delighted to welcome French and international artists to the heart of the 3 towns of Saint-Junien, Rochechouart and Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne.

Every two years, the Biennale Internationale d’Arts Naïf et Singulier brings people together. The theme of this event is always sharing and meeting. It’s a time for gathering and discovery. Introductory art workshops are also organized as part of the Biennale Internationale d’Arts Naïf et Singulier.

An event that brings together art lovers and novices alike, and introduces young and old to a wide range of art forms.

The Ostensions are a septennial religious ceremony unique to the diocese of Limoges. The word “Ostensions” comes from the Latin ostendere, meaning to show, to make visible, to present. It’s when the relics of the saints are taken out of their reliquary, to be venerated by the assembled people.

Originally celebrated occasionally in special circumstances (epidemics, bad weather), they became septennial from 1519 onwards.

In 2013, the Ostensions were classified by UNESCO as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage.

In Porte Océane du Limousin, 4 communes celebrate the Ostensions: Saint-Junien , Rochechouart, Saint-Victurnien and Javerdat.

In Saint-Junien, for example, a historic procession of over 1,000 figures leaves the collegiate church to accompany the Relics of Amand, Junien and Théodore through the town, decorated with thousands of flowers and the main street covered with branches symbolizing the Comodoliac forest, the birthplace of the town.