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Join a bread-making workshop with two bakers and their mobile wood-fired oven! Come and get your hands in the dough and leave with your creation! The insights from researchers at INRAE will shed light on the socio-agronomic issues surrounding bread making. This workshop is co-organized by Agropol’eat, INRAE (Divin Food project), the Montpellier Metropolis (Fibani project), and Paul-Valéry University of Montpellier. 30-minute sessions - Activity for a maximum of 12 participants Find us on the forecourt of the Atrium.

Claire wants to buy an apartment while three chronic illnesses have taken up residence in her body. Life is a party! She must prove to the insurance companies that she is in perfect health, will not get sick, and will never die. She revisits her epic medical journey through multiple characters, searches for a trigger in her story and environment, slams, dances, and humorously narrates her transformation into a superheroine: Hépatik Girl.

The choreographer and performer weaves connections between her life and texts of contemporary feminist poetry, which she conveys directly to the audience with her voice. She seeks to understand through the body the poems of Gloria Anzaldúa, Lisette Lombé, and Marie-Hélène Voyer, based on the emotions these texts evoke in her. Performance to be discovered on the forecourt of the Atrium.

Annual event, the 19th edition of theatre strikes returns from Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11! 3 days, 3 comedies, 3 good reasons to enjoy a lovely evening! On the program: Friday, October 9: Mirabeau the Insolent – 9 PM Armingué Hall Saturday, October 10: My Mother is a Panda – 9 PM Armingué Hall Sunday, October 11: The Suitcase Ball – 5 PM Armingué Hall 1 Box office on site: €5 entry / €10 for 3 tickets. (free for under 12s). We look forward to seeing many of you for these theatrical evenings! [Find the program here](https://www.vendargues.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/prog-recto-verso.pdf)

Even though it weighs only about 2% of the body’s weight, the brain is made up (among other things) of nearly a hundred billion neurons, connected by a staggering number of connections. It is the seat of our thoughts and emotions, our memory, our behaviors, and our ability to interact with the world. In short, it is our humanity. Well protected within the skull, it has yet to reveal all its secrets. This year, at Futurapolis Health, researchers, neurologists, psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, and other health professionals will make the latest knowledge about the functioning of this organ and the advances in research accessible. Why and how do we create our inner cinema? How do the brains of expectant mothers and their fetuses evolve during pregnancy and after birth? How do profilers work during criminal investigations? The forum will also dedicate significant attention to the well-being of young people as well as mental illnesses. In particular, it will address treatment-resistant depression and the most recent and effective ways to combat it. Additionally, specialists will explain what can truly be expected from transcutaneous neuromodulation (electric, magnetic, or light stimulation) and which patients are likely to benefit from it. The public will be able to discover, as if they were in the operating room, how to "insert" catheters into a patient’s body by navigating through blood vessels to reach the site of a stroke or an aneurysm and treat it. They will also witness the removal of a brain tumor from a conscious patient, in order to preserve the most useful areas of their brain and thus maintain their quality of life. Fascinating images await. Finally, a health pathway will be offered to you – in addition to numerous workshops and other activities – to test your physical and mental fitness. The two are linked. Two millennia ago, the Roman poet Juvenal declared: "Mens sana in corpore sano". So, meet us at and around the Opéra Comédie on October 9 & 10.

BANQUETS MÉDITERRANÉENS ENTRE GRECS, ÉTRUSQUES ET GAULOIS Du 5 juin 2026 au 1er février 2027 Visites guidées tous les vendredis à 10h du 10 juillet au 28 août 2026   Les pratiques alimentaires antiques, et plus spécifiquement les repas collectifs, sont un langage complexe. Le choix des aliments, des ustensiles, la mise en scène autant que les gestes rituels effectués constituent un ensemble de codes culturels partagés. À l’occasion de ces banquets, donnés en l’honneur des morts et des dieux ou pour célébrer la vie, les participants adoptent des valeurs, des règles sociales et des pratiques de consommation communes.   La Méditerranée nord-occidentale, caractérisée par de fortes interactions entre les cultures grecque phocéenne, étrusque et gauloise, offre un terrain d’étude idéal pour aborder cette thématique du banquet. Au-delà d’une apparente similitude des objets mis au jour lors des fouilles archéologiques – souvent interprétés au filtre du modèle du symposion gréco-étrusque – se pose en effet la question de la réalité et de la diversité des rites selon les contextes et les domaines culturels.   Cette exposition est reconnue d’intérêt national par l’État (ministère de la Culture) qui lui apporte à ce titre un soutien financier exceptionnel.

From Saturday, December 13, 2025, the Hôtel de Cabrières-Sabatier d'Espeyran, a private mansion located next to the Fabre Museum, will host Guimet+ Montpellier, born from a partnership between the Montpellier metropolis and the Guimet Museum in Paris. Discover an exceptional selection of masterpieces, a first approach to the ancient civilizations of China, the Indian world, Japan and the Himalayan world. A rich cultural program, combining artistic practices, conferences and debates, will enrich and nourish this new axis of openness to the world, in the great tradition of sharing knowledge and cultures in the city of Montpellier. Welcome to Guimet+ Montpellier! IMPORTANT The Cabrières-Sabatier d'Espeyran hotel is open on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 6pm.

"Jaume PLENSA is part of the long tradition of Catalan sculptors, of which he is today the foremost representative, who have conceived their work in a dialogue between Mediterranean memory and universality. For several decades, the sculptor has been showcasing a body of work on the international stage that questions the human condition at the scale of public space. From the famous Crown Fountain at Millennium Park in Chicago to his installation at the San Giorgio Maggiore Abbey for the Venice Biennale in 2015, his silent figures translate into space a deep meditation on identity, vulnerability, and language. Bodies woven from letters, intertwined alphabets, faces with closed eyes absorbed in a dense interiority: this iconography suggests that humanity is a text in the making, creation a palimpsest of languages and cultures. Following its reopening in 2025 with the JR exhibition, Carré Sainte-Anne also asserts a southern and universal ambition, both heritage and contemporary, aware of the diversity and richness of its roots. After discovering and loving this place for "the intensity that emanates from its walls, its stones, and its light," Jaume PLENSA will propose a large-scale installation this summer, designed for the verticality of the nave and its unique history, a rare encounter questioning the notions of contemplation and elevation, as well as the capacity of contemporary art to weave connections between memories and territories. Numa HAMBURSIN, curator of the exhibition Biography Born in Barcelona in 1955, Jaume Plensa is an essential figure in international contemporary sculpture, much of whose work is specifically designed for public spaces. His sculptures are present around the world: "Crown Fountain" at Millennium Park in Chicago; "We" at the foot of The Shard in London; "Water’s Soul" in Jersey City facing Manhattan; "Julia" on Plaza de Colón in Madrid; "The House of Light and Love" in Taipei. In France, his works can be seen in front of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen, at Port Vauban in Antibes, Place Masséna in Nice, and Place des Ormeaux in Valence. Numerous museums in Europe, the United States, and Asia have showcased Plensa's works. Among his major exhibitions are the one at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona in 1996, which was later presented at the Jeu de Paume National Gallery in Paris and at Malmö Konsthall in Sweden the following year; and "Genus and Species" at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas in 2010. In 2011, a large selection of his sculptures was exhibited at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton (UK), which earned this institution the Most Magnificent Attraction award in 2011. His work was recently exhibited at the Museum of Art and Archaeology in Valence as part of a public commission, as well as at the Fundación Telefónica in Madrid. In June 2025, he presented "Forgotten Dreams" as part of Art Basel Unlimited, confirming his recognition on the global art scene. In the fall of 2025, a major retrospective was dedicated to him at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Michigan (USA), one of the largest sculpture parks in North America. A recipient of numerous national and international awards, including the National Fine Arts Prize awarded by the Catalan government in 1997, Jaume Plensa was made a Knight of Arts and Letters in France in 1993. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005. In Spain, he received the National Fine Arts Prize in 2012 and the prestigious Velázquez Prize in 2013. With "Together," an exhibition on the sidelines of the 56th Venice Biennale at the Basilica San Giorgio Maggiore, Jaume Plensa received the Global Fine Art Award for Best Public Outdoor Installation in 2015. In 2025, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center. (Based on Galerie Lelong) Practical Information Address: 2, rue Philippy, 34 000 Montpellier Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm except from June 16 to August 30: 11am-1pm and 2pm-7pm

This is the major summer exhibition at the Musée Fabre, and the first dedicated to design! Until November 1st, come and observe the colorful works of Pierre Paulin (and sometimes even sit on them!) Pierre Paulin explored all the ways of being a designer over the course of five decades. Visionary and demanding, this strong personality offers through his work, or his craft as he preferred to say, a true journey into the era that shaped our century, transforming lifestyles and technologies. The exhibition's layout is fluid, providing beautiful perspectives on reconstructed interior arrangements and significant milestones that mark both Pierre Paulin's career and the cultural and historical context in which it unfolded. Diverse and informative, it allows visitors to discover how a designer's spirit evolves from the commission to the delivery of an object. Interactive, it offers all sorts of activities in its workshop lounge to experience the designer's profession. Spectacular, it showcases the most monumental installations of the work. The Video Barnum, conceived in 1985, offers an immersive experience orchestrated by Paulin, Paulin, Paulin and Sounds Like Paulin. From Tuesday to Sunday, 11 AM to 6 PM. [Musée Fabre Website](https://www.museefabre.fr/expo-paulin)

The Pavillon Populaire presents the exhibition "First Times / First Photos" curated by the French photography specialist Luce LEBART, Independent Artistic Director responsible for the 2026-2027 programming of the Pavillon Populaire. An invitation to a playful and scholarly journey through 200 years of innovations and experiments in photography. The exhibition brings together a selection of "first times" that are technical, aesthetic, scientific, and societal, from the initial attempts of inventors to recent images of galaxy births, including the first photographs transmitted remotely, the first performed image, the first photography book, not to mention the first day of school, or even the first "bug" in the history of photography. Iconic photographers are also given a voice as they share in images "Their First Times" and through them, their encounter with photography. Visitors will discover the first attempts and images of Henri Cartier Bresson, Bernard Plossu, Martin Parr, and Boris Mikhaïlhov. The exhibition highlights the connections between contemporary innovations and past experiments, but it also narrates the economic and industrial stakes that underpin the inventors' research and their strategies to ensure recognition and legacy through the protection of their intellectual and commercial property. From the "photocyclist" to the "phototrap," the ingenious patents and quirky brands will delight and surprise visitors. The exhibition will also unveil the hidden side of inventions through the controversies that arose in the race for innovation: the stakes of authorship in the invention of color or the grid, for example. There is also a significant focus on tests and trials, not forgetting the inventions that went nowhere. "Try again, fail again, fail better": these famous words from Samuel Beckett are a recurring theme of the exhibition, whose journey through the multiple inventions of photography is viewed through the lens of experimentation. There is certainly not one invention but multiple inventions of photography. In the background of the exhibition, 4 contemporary works resonate with images from the past while several photographic "first times" related to the history of the city of Montpellier and its region punctuate the journey. The exhibition is accompanied by an eponymous catalog published by Spector Books (June 2026). Practical Information From July 1 to August 30: Tuesday to Sunday 11am-1pm and 2pm-7pm. From September 1 to November 1: Tuesday to Sunday 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm. Free admission.

Group dog training course at Domaine de Méric from 9 AM to 11 AM: Saturday, September 5 Saturday, September 26 Saturday, October 31 Saturday, November 28 The City of Montpellier is organizing free group dog training sessions at the dog area of Domaine de Méric. This initiative aims to raise awareness among dog owners about how to manage and train their pets, as well as the behavior to adopt in public spaces, in order to promote harmonious living together and allow everyone to benefit from the experience of dog trainers. Note: A maximum of 10 dogs is accepted, with a maximum of 2 dogs per owner. Attention: Dogs that are reactive to humans or other dogs are not accepted in the group sessions.

The City of Montpellier is organizing free group dog training sessions at the dog area of the Grande Lironde Park. This initiative aims to raise awareness among dog owners about how to manage and train their pets, as well as the behavior to adopt in public spaces, in order to promote harmonious coexistence and allow everyone to benefit from the experience of dog trainers. Please note: a maximum of 10 dogs is allowed, with a maximum of 2 dogs per owner. Attention: Dogs that are reactive to humans or other dogs are not permitted in the group sessions.

The City of Montpellier is organizing free group dog training sessions at the dog area of Montcalm Park. This initiative aims to raise awareness among dog owners on how to manage and train their pets, as well as the behavior to adopt in public spaces, in order to promote harmonious coexistence and allow everyone to benefit from the experience of dog trainers. Please note: a maximum of 10 dogs is allowed, with a maximum of 2 dogs per owner. Attention: Dogs that are reactive to humans or other dogs are not permitted in the group sessions.

The Espace Saint-Ravy is pleased to host, from September 17 to October 18, 2026, the exhibition The Garden in Motion, featuring a selection of works by the artist Ella Zadok. Through layers of oil painting, pastel, and drawing, the artist brings to life a representation of the landscape in perpetual transformation, where memory reinvents what the eye has perceived. Her works invite the visitor to a contemplative and deeply intimate experience. Opening on Wednesday, September 16 at 6:30 PM. Rooted in direct observation of the living, the paintings gathered in the exhibition The Garden in Motion arise from the time spent by the artist in the heart of gardens, ponds, and plant landscapes. Water lilies, flowers, and fragments of vegetation become the starting point for a work that oscillates between observation and memory. The drawings and studies made on-site serve as the foundation for a process that continues in the studio, where memories, sensations, and imagination gradually transform the observed forms. More than a representation of the landscape, these works seek to evoke the intimate experience of its traversal. Created in oil and oil stick on large formats, they explore the expressive possibilities of pictorial material. The layers build up, fade, and then reappear, leaving the image in perpetual transformation. Between figuration and abstraction, each canvas becomes a space where gesture, color, and material carry as much meaning as the subject itself. The exhibition engages in dialogue with the history of landscape painting, extending to the languages of contemporary abstraction, while affirming painting as a living medium, deeply relevant today. At a time when images multiply and are consumed instantly, these works celebrate the unique ability of painting to slow down the gaze, to give a sensitive presence to the world, and to renew our way of perceiving it. They invite the visitor not only to look at nature but to experience it through the materiality and poetry of painting. "I am interested in what is alive, changing, and impossible to freeze. Through these paintings, I hope to invite the gaze to slow down, to regain a form of sensitive attention to the plant world and to the way we inhabit landscapes. For me, painting is a way to enter into dialogue with what transcends us: time, memory, and the silent metamorphoses of nature." Ella Zadok. Artist Biography Originally from the United Kingdom, Ella Zadok currently develops her practice between the south of France and England. She began her artistic training in 2015 with a preparatory diploma in art and design (Foundation) in the UK. In 2017, she joined the Plymouth College of Art. After an Erasmus exchange at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier, she chose to continue her studies there and obtained her art degree. Her work has been the subject of several solo and group exhibitions in France and the UK and is now included in private collections across Europe. After presenting her works at the Grad Show of the Morley Gallery in London in 2018, she continued a path of exhibitions in France and the UK. Her production has notably been shown in venues dedicated to contemporary art and heritage, including the Henri-Prades Archaeological Museum in Lattes as part of the exhibition "LUCY IN THE SKY" in 2020, as well as several group exhibitions at the Céret Printmaking Center and the Palais des Congrès in Perpignan in 2022. Since 2022, Ella Zadok has also been developing a regular collaboration with Tralala Galerie, where she has presented several exhibitions in Collioure and then in Perpignan. Her work was subsequently showcased in solo exhibitions at the Vue sur Cours Gallery in Narbonne in 2025-2026, and then at La Capelleta and Galerie Art Sant Roch in Céret in 2026.

In her exhibition "Red bloom," presented in the Orangerie of the Jardin des Plantes, Alice Pallot focuses on the proliferation of green algae. Through photography, she questions the consequences of human activities on the environment. By immersing her photographic prints in baths of algae, the artist reveals an invisible toxicity through the very alteration of the images. She thus creates an immersive experience at the heart of a polluted natural world and paints a striking portrait of the sick beauty of our damaged environment.

CONCERTS 100 CONCERTS & EVENTS from September 20 to October 11, 2026 In Montpellier, in Hérault and Occitanie Pricing Web prices: booking fees are applied to the concert prices for purchases made through the online ticket office. Office prices: purchase price excluding booking fees. These prices are only available for ticket purchases at the festival office: 4 rue de l'Ancien Courrier, Montpellier - 04 67 66 36 55 Reduced prices: the festival offers reduced prices for all concerts for the following beneficiaries: young people under 16, students, unemployed, RSA recipients, non-taxable retirees, PMR and accompanying persons. Proof will be required at the entrance on the evening of the concert. [DISCOVER](https://www.les-ig.com/) THE SALON 2 FULL DAYS DEDICATED TO GUITAR: 100 exhibiting luthiers, masterclasses, demonstration concerts, exhibitions… October 17 & 18, 2026 La Cité • Toulouse  THE CRAZY 24H  11 FREE CONCERTS OVER 24H September 26 & 27, 2026 In iconic locations in downtown Montpellier [THE ARTISTS](https://www.les-ig.com/les-24h-dementes/) YOUNG AUDIENCE DOZENS OF FREE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AUDIENCES! [Discover](https://www.les-ig.com/le-jeune-public/) [](https://www.les-ig.com/jeune-public1/)

The City of Montpellier is organizing free group dog training sessions at the dog area of Malbosc Park. This initiative aims to raise awareness among dog owners about how to manage and train their pets, as well as the behavior to adopt in public spaces, in order to promote harmonious living together and allow everyone to benefit from the experience of dog trainers. Note: A maximum of 10 dogs is allowed, with a maximum of 2 dogs per owner. Attention: Dogs that are reactive to humans or other dogs are not permitted in the group sessions.

The City of Montpellier is organizing free group dog training sessions at the dog area of Rieucoulon Park. This initiative aims to raise awareness among dog owners on how to manage and train their pets, as well as the behavior to adopt in public spaces, in order to promote harmonious coexistence and allow everyone to benefit from the experience of dog trainers. Please note: a maximum of 10 dogs is accepted, with a maximum of 2 dogs per owner. Attention: Dogs that are reactive to humans or other dogs are not allowed in the group sessions.

The Unexpected Escapes of CNRS invite you on a journey through time to understand our future. How does paleontology, through the study of fossils and ancient climates, tell us fascinating stories? How have species adapted to climate upheavals? What do these transformations teach us about current global changes? By studying these adaptation models, scientists decode the mechanisms of biodiversity and the evolution of life to anticipate future trends. Wander through the exhibition of research conducted by scientific teams in the Occitanie region. On October 17, participate in demonstration conferences, micro-conferences, educational and fun workshops, documentary screenings… Discover unique fossils from the paleontological collection of the University of Montpellier. Ready to explore? The adventure begins here…

In the face of the massive deployment and almost ordinary use of generative artificial intelligence tools to find information, what role can Wikipedia play to avoid the risks of easily manipulable information? How can this online collaborative encyclopedia play a major role in science, critical thinking, and be a reliable source of information available to everyone? The exhibition "Opening Science and Ensuring Reliable Scientific Information in Wikipedia" explains how Wikipedia and other tools in the Wikimedia "galaxy" serve science and the provision of reliable scientific knowledge for all. During the Science Festival, come discover this exhibition produced as part of the Wikimedia residency hosted this year by the University of Montpellier at the University Pharmacy Library.