Festival 2025 programme
2025 programme
Friday 18 July - Competition in Coulon
- 8.00 am Painters welcome, coffee, Autremont car park, rue André Cramois
- From 9.00 am to 4.00 pm: meet the public with the painters on the banks of the Sèvre and in the streets of Coulon
- 16.00 End of the competition - Hanging and exhibition of works - Selection by the jury
- 17:00 Public vote
- 18:00 Welcome by elected representatives and prize-giving ceremony
- 7.00 pm Drinks hosted by the municipality of Coulon, with Bruno Ligonnière.
- 20.00 Food truck catering provided by "les marchés gourmands" from the Coulon dairy
Musical evening with the Calypso orchestra
Saturday 19th July - Competition in Magné
- 8.00am to 12.00pm: Painters welcome, café, place de l'église
- 11.00 Official opening of the festival and of the the urban fresco by Jean Marie Zacchi
- From 9.00 am to 6.00 pm:
The public strolls along the banks of the Sèvre and through the streets of Magné
Visit the exhibitions.
- 12.00 Lunch at €10 (cold meat, vegetable flan) and dessert at €2 (tartlet)
- 6.00 pm Musical aperitif led by the gypsy jazz group Anouman Swing Quartet
- 8.00 pm Dinner (€25: aperitif, salmon tartar, duck confit, Sarlat-style potatoes, strawberries)
- 8.30pm Entertainment by the Eclipse orchestra
Sunday 20 July - Continuation of the competition in Magné
- 8.00am to 10.00am: Young people up to and including 17 years of age can be welcomed
- 8.00 Competition resumes and the public strolls through the town of Magné
- 12.00 End of the competition and hanging of the works in the town hall gardens
Meal at €14 (mussels and chips, fruit salad)
- 13:00 Selection of the winning works by the jury
- 14h00 Portraitists in the streets
Painting workshop for children in front of the town hall
- 3.30 pm Exhibition of works in the Town Hall gardens and public vote
- 17h30 Festival 2025" awards announced
- 19.00 Closing of the festival and vin d'honneur offered by the municipality of Magné
