This weekend is the opening of the Foire de Tours… but not only! As every Friday Info Tours selects for you a series of ideas for outings in the department…
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Urban dances…
The Urban Dance Meetings offer this Saturday the 2e part of their 22e edition which began last October. On the program is a parade through the streets of Tours, a veritable dance marathon thanks to around thirty amateur dancers who join Compagnie X-Press for the duration of this participatory project. Departure 2:30 p.m. from Place de la Victoire to Place Plumereau. 4:00 p.m.: departure from the station, round trip to rue de Bordeaux with also a flash mob in front of the station at 4:15 p.m. (choreography available on www.rdu37.info/flashmob). You can then take part in a hip-hop class for one hour from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. with DJ Universe. All this will end with a battle from 8:30 p.m. at the Bially de La Riche gymnasium (entry €10). After the dance competition there will be a mix party.
All at the Opera…
Once again this year, the Grand Théâtre de Tours is joining this national initiative and opens its doors on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On the program: free visits, guided tours to discover behind the scenes and the trades of the opera, treasure hunts… Registration for visits and treasure hunts will take place on the same day. Times for guided tours (duration 1 hour): 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m., 4 p.m. Treasure hunt times (duration 1 hour): 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. A catering offer will be available there all day with a proposal for snacks in the afternoon.
Theater…
The Indre-et-Loire Departmental Committee of the National Federation of Amateur Theater Companies finds its departmental festival of amateur theater at the Salle Oésia in Notre-Dame-d’Oé until Sunday. 6 companies from the department will take turns on the stage to offer their shows, from comedy to drama. “The atmosphere will be friendly and above all focused on “Encounters” and the sharing of various theatrical experiences” announces the organization.
Expos…
Frédérique Fleurance and Alexandra Serrano are exhibiting this Friday at the Exuo gallery in the Velpeau district of Tours (opening at 6:30 p.m.). And that’s until June 5th. Presentation: SOLOR* questions the relationship that Man has with Nature and other living beings, his place, the one he agrees or assumes. This four-handed exhibition literally takes “root” from the similarities that connect them, the modes of operation that bring them together, their common goals: to anchor, feed, grow and reproduce.
And then from this Friday also, a new photo exhibition at Atelier 9 near the Halles de Tours. Jean-Pierre Dubois presents his work until the end of the month (opening Saturday at 5:30 p.m.). Here is what he says about it: “For the shots that I take, I take the time, I linger on the ground, ‘on the zone’, and I try to put it all in a frame, to make the ordinary, the vulgar aesthetic. Faced with our ordinary environment, often a priori, insignificant, chaotic (a kind of non-landscape), putting in place a rigorous graphic construction… or vaporous… or even joyful, calms me down. (…) And I have the hope that the photographic negative will bear the trace of this state, of this gap which invites me to press the shutter button to ultimately deliver images. »
Environment…
In Montlouis-sur-Loire, a citizen collective supported by several local associations is organizing a Festival of Possibilities: a free event for the general public on Saturday to bring together and highlight local actions and associative projects as well as to offer participatory workshops to raise awareness. to the ecological transition and the environment. On the program: cooking workshops at lunchtime, Repair Café and technical inspection of bicycles from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. then barter for plants, zero waste or child-parent workshops. There will be a relaxation area, games for the little ones, a refreshment bar and an associative village. In the evening from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. sale of fouées then cinema-debate.
In addition, a plant barter with a designer market, children’s workshops and free entertainment is planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday Place Louvois in Tours-Nord.
Shopping…
The SEPenVie association is organizing a garage sale on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Jardin des Rives in Saint-Avertin. Catering on site and concert scheduled for 2:30 p.m. with the Gramm’s group. Two other flea markets start at 8 a.m. on Sunday in Tours: Rue Lamartine and Esplanade François Mitterrand.
And then on Sunday, the bar La Grande Ourse organizes a vide dressing Rue Bretonneau in Tours, from 3 p.m. Also with DJ atmosphere.
In addition, storage and organization coach Rose Marie is organizing a dressing simplification workshop on Saturday at Camlouk Rue Bernard Palissy in Tours. Reservation required on 06 74 88 76 11 (20€). On the program: how to efficiently sort your clothes? What to do with the clothes you want to part with? Organize your dressing room and folding techniques or even create a spring/summer capsule wardrobe.
Sport…
The huge event is Saturday at 8 p.m. with the Tours-Montpellier volleyball match, the first leg of the Ligue A championship. a possible beauty at Grenon on May 14. This is TVB’s last chance to secure a title this season after its failure in the Coupe de France and the CEV European Cup.
In football, the Regional 1 team of Tours FC faces Dreux on Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Cher Valley. She is at the top of her group and aims to go up to N3 next season, which is downright playable.
Otherwise, as part of the “Terre de Jeux 2024” label, the City of Tours is organizing a “Tours Eau’Lympiades” morning at the Tourettes Sports Complex. The principle is simple: participate in the various workshops to try to win the 5 Olympic rings! On the program: blowpipe, archery, climbing, orienteering, cycling, biathlon in the swimming pool or even water polo. Admission is free, Saturday 7 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
