- Market: Saturday morning. From the 11th century, Bernay, crossed by a Roman road, took off with the institution of markets and fairs by the Benedictine monks. Today the city has preserved this attraction with its Saturday market in rue Thiers, where you will find excellent local produce that are the hallmark of Norman gastronomy.
- Go not to be missed:
- Great clearance sale and flea market in the city: the Ascension.
- Antiques fair: the weekend of Easter.
- Tractor Pulling: early June
- Music Festival: in June
- The booksellers along the water in June.
- Festival of Puppetry: early July.
- Summer Festival "Stage left, stage right": mid-July.
- Flea markets and fairs every July 14 and August 15, moules frites in the evening on the terrace and concerts.
- Free guided tours of the abbey (the July 13 and August 14 at night, the July 14 and August 15).
- Heritage Days in September.
- Jazz Festival: end of September.
- Festival of the accordion in November.
Festival Magnetik - les Automates de Patrick Lesieur
- From 24 to 26 may 2024
- Place Gustave Héon
- Patrick Lesieur is an enthusiastic collector from Berne, specializing in the world of fairgrounds, and reminding us that old-fashioned is not synonymous with outdated. To this end, he will be presenting authentic automata at the festival, whose electronic dimension and originality will surprise you.
Festival Magnetik - Tanguy Clerc "Crinoïdes Fous"
- From 24 to 26 may 2024
- Place Gustave Héon
- Plastic sculptor Tanguy Clerc (Paris) will present a series of works inspired by marine animals, also known as sea lilies for their resemblance to plants.
Festival Magnetik - Soirée Inaugurale
- On 24 may 2024
- Place Gustave Héon
- 7-8pm : Léo Vauclin / Evreux. Live electro pop. - Léo Vauclin explores the wastelands of French chanson. His nostalgic electro-pop veers from Étienne Daho to Dombrance, while asserting his own universe of meticulous arrangements and magnetic, danceable loops. - 8:30-9:30pm : Museau / Rouen. Live electro synthétic. - With Museau, a sound exploration project by a Rouen-based visual artist, she experiments, sniffs and snoops her way to a sound that blends multiple musical horizons, where various inspirations collide between caresses and barks. From this singular universe with an animal accent, she released her first album in March 2023 : Royal Câlin. - 10pm-0am : launch of the mapping on the Abbey Church, visible 3 evenings from dusk.
Festival Magnetik - Guillaume Marmin "II Lines"
- From 24 to 26 may 2024
- Place Gustave Héon
- A monumental immersive work, an original custom creation. - Guillaume Marmin (Nantes) designs audiovisual devices that bring light, sound and space into play. His work, connected to the music scene and live performance, is part of a revival of visual creation, freeing itself from conventional forms of narration and traditional scenic supports.
Festival Magnetik
- From 24 to 25 may 2024
- Festival des Arts Numériques et Musiques Electroniques (3rd edition) - Electro concerts - Mapping - Digital installations and exhibitions - The Magnetik Festival features 5 emblematic Bernay venues (the Place Gustave Héon, the Abbey Garden, the Chapter House, the Abbey Church and the Wedding Hall), emerging artists, electro music and interactive digital art trails. - It's also about strong, inspiring values : - #AUDACIOUS : Encouraging artistic expression and creativity in all its forms in the field of digital arts and electro music. - #INTERACTIVE : Promoting interactivity between the digital arts and the audience. Enable you to become actors in your artistic experience and participate in creation in real time. - #ONIRIQUE : A totally immersive experience, to lose yourself in a constantly evolving artistic universe, through interactive installations, visual performances or spellbinding electro lives. - #HYBRIDE : Magnetik combines electrifying rhythms, visual immersions and sensory discoveries… Sublimation of our heritage with an illuminated Abbey church. - #popular and inclusive : Open to all and free of charge. Magnetik is committed to making the digital arts accessible to as many people as possible, using technologies and formats that enable an inclusive experience for all. - With the participation of Molécule, Léo Vauclin, Violet Indigo, Museau, Modgeist, Que Diable !, Ranki_B3at et Mr Smiff, Guillaume Marmin, Bandit Visions, Tanguy Clerc, Patrick Lesieur, Collectif Spot, Micro Folie Mobile - For the duration of the festival, stroll through a dreamlike itinerary : marvel at the monumental mapping on the abbey ? S façade, dream at the immersive installation in the abbey church, enjoy an interactive experience in the chapter house, be amazed by the curiosity booths, admire a giant lotus in the abbey garden and discover a mobile digital museum.
Festival Magnetik - SPOT "Lotus"
- From 24 to 26 may 2024
- Place Gustave Héon
- SPOT (Solar Power On Tour) is a collective based in Geneva (Switzerland), made up of five members with backgrounds in design, interactive design, audiovisual, fashion design and communications. Its aim is to promote renewable energies from an emotional and educational angle, offering an alternative to the more conventional communication prevailing in the field.
Festival Magnetik - Bandit Visions
- From 24 to 26 may 2024
- Place Gustave Héon
- Based in Caen, Bandit Visions is an audiovisual creation collective, offering site-specific creations combining plastic research, artistic reflection and technical innovation, often using video mapping.
Festival Magnetik - Micro Folie
- From 24 to 26 may 2024
- Place Gustave Héon
- Designed as a local third-party venue, the Lisieux-Normandie Micro-Folie Mobile is an innovative digital cultural mediation system, promoting new forms of encounter between art and local residents. - https://lisieux-normandie.fr/micro-folie/
Festival Magnetik - Ranki_b3at
- From 24 to 26 may 2024
- Place Gustave Héon
- Immersive interactive installation by artist-architect-set designer Ranki_b3at (Paris) in association with Mister Smiss (Sofia, Bulgaria) B3AT is a collective that experiments with the combination of multiple processes (painting, anamorphosis, architecture, music, light, mapping and video…) around in-situ interventions inserted into architecture and in complete interaction with their environment.
Festival Magnetik - Concert Événement
- On 25 may 2024
- Place Gustave Héon
- Outdoor concert event for up to 2500 people : - 8-9pm : Modgeist / Paris. Live electronica - Musician and composer Mikaël Charry plunged into electronic music in 2001. It was the irresistible appeal of modular synths that finally captured his imagination. Under the name Modgeist, he embarks on a solo journey, exploring the infinite possibilities of a custom-made Eurorack modular system. His live performances, oscillating between progressive techno and downtempo electro, offer a return to his roots tinged with mysticism and cryptic symbols. - 9:30-10:30 pm : Violet Indigo / Rouen. Live electro hip hop - Accustomed to thunderous mixes, and surprisingly adept at blending styles, Violet Indigo is all about musical hybridization, lightness and casualness. Inspired by Hip Hop and RnB, she doesn't hesitate to take up the trails of Bass and Club Music, to give a new reading to your favorite pop hits. - ? https://marsatac.agency/artistes/violet-indigo/ - 11pm-0.15am : Molécule / Spatialized immersive electro live. - Following his immersive concert at L'Olympia on February 7, the artist returns to Bernay. A true adventurer of extraordinary territories from which he draws extraordinary sonic and visual material. Molécule is back with a deeply passionate new album that meticulously combines his love of house, Jamaican music and the studio. A combination as effective as it is original. The artist invites us to a collective, sensory experience. - ? Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/molecule_music/ - ? https://allofloride.com/our-talents/molecule/
