Events around Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

The Easter Tournament is the occasion for parties with no less than 80 soccer teams. An appointment not to be missed for lovers of the genre.

On July 14, the Ronde Cosnoise brings together the riders for an exceptional urban course. Three races are on the program with different levels of difficulty.

Also on 14 July, the Grand Prix of the City sees the cyclists on the road in a frantic race.

In February, the Winter in the attic warms the scene. This theater festival is for everyone.

In March, the Spring Concert announces the beautiful season.

In May, the feast of the Loire invites you to discover the sailors of yesteryear.

May is also the month of the Book Fair. Discover authors with sharp pen or approach your idols.

In October, the Automnal des Arts fair presents exhibitions of paintings, sculpture and various representative arts.

In November, the Cinema Festival marks the arrival of the cold season by offering you to warm up in the dark rooms.

In December, it is the Christmas market which takes place while waiting for Santa Claus.

• On 24 april 2024
• Palais de Loire, Salle de conférence du 1er étage, Rue du Général de Gaulle
• To mark the publication of La Loire portant bateaux. Le défi de la navigabilité XVIII^e-XX^e s, Yves Lecœur will talk about the efforts made by the people of the Loire to ensure navigability from Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert to the estuary. Boatmen, merchants, engineers and staff from the Ponts et Chaussées department all contributed to making the Loire a more human river, far from the image of the "wild Loire". These efforts to develop and maintain the river have been put at the service of a marine industry adapted to the constraints of the river and trade flows from the local to the international level.

• On 15 may 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• As you know, last April the Musée de la Loire opened its new exhibition Collection, raconte-nous une histoire. It invites you to discover the myths, tales and stories associated with the works or objects on display for the occasion. A fine selection drawn from the museum's own collections, joined by a number of items borrowed from selected institutions, and an immersive staging, all combine to create an atmosphere conducive to exploration through space and time. The collections become storytellers, offering a wide range of themes : historical events, great inventions, religions, myths, legends and fiction… there's something for everyone ! - During this guided tour of the exhibition, the museum team will take you in two groups through the different areas of the museum. First you'll plunge into history, from the Roman Empire to the French Empire, then you'll explore the imaginary world through mythology, religion and literature.

• On 18 may 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• Like every year, the Musée de la Loire is decked out in lights for European Museum Night, and welcomes you free of charge from 7.30pm to 11pm. - The Collection, tell us a story exhibition has already been opening a space-time door for a month, taking visitors 2,000 years back in time or to the Far East, but the special setting of Museum Night will extend the journey even further ! This year's guest of honour is Tshering Wangdu, a Tibetan musician, singer and dancer renowned for his mastery of traditional instruments (6-string dranyen lute, gyu-mang tympanum, ling-bou flute, etc.), his medium voice and his knowledge of the classical secular dance repertoire (Yak dances, Snow Lion dances, etc.). A child of exile, he now lives as a refugee in France, but is keen to share the emotions of a people whose culture is increasingly masked, in the West and exceptionally this evening in Cosne. - On the same night, you'll also be able to accept an invitation from the Cm² pupils of the Paul Bert school in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, as part of the joint initiative between the French Ministry of Education and the French Ministry of Culture, "La classe l'œuvre ! They're waiting for you… they've devised a game of clues and several original videos just for you, to immerse you a little more in the little and big stories of the exhibition. - So let yourself be carried away by the magic of a night in the museum !

• From 18 to 19 may 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• Loire en fête takes place in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May 2024. As every year, the museum is taking part by opening its doors free of charge on both days from 10am to 12pm and from 2pm to 6pm. - The permanent collections in the Musée de la Loire will complement the marine displays on the quayside organised by the Association des Gabarriers du Haut Val de Loire. Models of boats, tools and objects used by sailors, manoeuvres depicted in paintings or Nevers earthenware… will bring the lords of the river to life, and the Loire navy will no longer hold any secrets for you ! Exceptionally, the museum will also be exhibiting several portraits of members of the association, painted in the early 2000s by Suzanne Gaudry-de-Riz in virtuoso pastels. - Finally, on the quays of the Loire, come and discover the mast weathervanes created by children from local schools and social centres. Vote for the one you like best by putting your ballot paper in a ballot box and give the winning class a boat trip on Princesse de Loire with Les Gabarriers. - There will also be games for families to enjoy.

• From 22 may to 2 june 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• This year, the Musée de la Loire is fully involved in the Fête de la nature, with a number of events on offer. - - Landscapes of the Loire and Nohain - From 22 May to 2 June 2024, during normal museum opening hours - Exhibition at the Musée de la Loire - Many artists have sketched the river over the centuries. Ancient or modern, they have left us painted landscapes, a selection of which the Musée de la Loire invites you to discover. Anonymous artists of course, but also Deslignères, Messemin, Rameau, Dardy, Cipra, Rex-Barrat, Montchougny… all are invited to this exceptional presentation to inspire today's artists and launch the first Cosne-sur-Loire Landscape Artists' Week. - - 1st Cosne-sur-Loire Landscape Designers' Week - From 22 to 26 May 2024 - Calling all painters, watercolourists, draughtsmen, engravers… ! If you're an amateur or an established artist, if you're interested in nature and landscapes, if you're keen to work in the open air and from nature… the Musée de la Loire invites you to take part in the first Landscape Artists' Week. - On Wednesday 22 May, starting at 10am at the museum, you can sign up and discover the selection of landscapes on display for the occasion. Inspired by this wide range of water landscapes, you can then take to the banks of the Nohain or the Loire to create your own landscape until Sunday 26 May. It will then be exhibited at the Palais de Loire from Tuesday 28 May to Sunday 2 June. - Practical information : - - All techniques and media accepted (except photography) - - No format restrictions - - You must register at the Musée de la Loire between 10am on Wednesday 22 May and 6pm on Saturday 25 May (your medium will be marked). - - Original work inspired solely by a Cosne landscape (on the banks of the Nohain or the Loire) - - Work produced only during the period and must be framed or fitted with a hanging system. - - Works produced as part of Landscape Design Week - From 28 May to 2 June 2024 - Exhibition, conference room of the Palais de Loire - Presentation of works created by the artists taking part in Landscape Designers Week - All the participants, who have first validated their registration with the museum and produced a work of art in Cosne, are invited to exhibit at the Palais de Loire. A jury made up of elected representatives, shopkeepers, association leaders, heritage and cultural officers, etc. will meet to decide on a 1st prize, while the public will be invited to vote for a People's Prize by placing a ballot in a ballot box.

• On 23 may 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• One exhibition, one day each month, thirty minutes, one story ! - Every month this year, the Musée de la Loire will be offering a new activity, which will invariably begin like a tale with "Once upon a time…". - This month, "Once upon a time… the siege of Sancerre" in front of this engraving by Niverd dating from the end of the 16th century illustrating the turmoil of the Wars of Religion in the region : Figure of the town and castle of Sancerre reduced to the obedience of the king at the end of August 1573. - Between 7 February and 24 August 1573,6, 000 cannonballs fell on the town of Sancerre. At the time, France had been torn apart for several decades by the Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants. The Huguenots of Berry were being hunted down and persecuted, and some of them took refuge in Sancerre, a town that had traditionally embraced the Reformed faith. On the orders of the king, the governor of Berry, Claude de la Châtre, laid siege to the town with more than 7,000 men and 18 artillery pieces. On its rocky outcrop, with a castle and ramparts, Sancerre was impregnable, forcing Claude de la Châtre to begin a siege that lasted 7 months. What was the outcome of this deadly conflict ? - The museum invites you to take a short cultural and historical lunch break, before or after your lunch, come and enjoy a little art to whet your appetite or digest !

• On 26 may 2024
• Place de la Résistance
• As part of the Fête de la nature, organised by the town of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire in partnership with the Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux. - Birds, butterflies, snakes, fish, game… Man lives surrounded by animals on a daily basis, even in the city. There are also bats, owls, which are more discreet because they come out at the same time as we go into our homes ! So there they are, right in front of our eyes and within earshot ; we live together, in other words we share the same space, sometimes without even noticing - an ecosystem, in short. - On closer inspection, they can also be found swarming around museum collections… If you look closely, you'll find them here and there on all sorts of objects, giving you the opportunity to make a Prévert inventory : A candlestick, a cello windchest, a cufflink, a baluster vase, a plate, a bearded dish, a perfume burner, a pewter dish, an engraving, a painting… Now put your ear to the ground and hear them chirping, whispering, clattering, crackling, screeching, hooting, whistling, growling, bellowing or wailing. Can you recognise them ? This cacophony could turn our storerooms and halls, normally calm and hushed, into veritable menageries ! - Let's face it, you could be in for some surprises, and the pleasure won't just be for your eyes, for once it's not usual at the museum !

• On 27 may 2024
• 8 Impasse de la Madeleine, Salle des fêtes
• Laurent Dehors and François Thuillier have been working together for 25 years in a variety of bands, and they were keen to get together on a common repertoire. The virtuosity and personalities of these two exceptional musicians will give the members of the Big Doo-Doo Band a great deal of openness, and by confronting an unusual repertoire, they will emerge nourished by new energy. Having had the pleasure of playing in an orchestra in his youth, Laurent Dehors knows how to bring out the best in the different sections and give the musicians the chance to blossom around a composition that is both demanding and jubilant, ranging from solo to 'explosive' tutti.

• On 29 may 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• Nature certainly has unsuspected resources ! While it undoubtedly provides artists with an inexhaustible source of inspiration through its picturesque qualities (literally "paintable"), it also provides the material and tools for expression. Don't paper and canvas come from wood and linen ? Aren't pigments derived from natural elements such as plants and minerals ? And what about oils, gums or lacquers ? With this in mind, the Musée de la Loire and the Environmental Education Department invite you to go back to the origins of art and get closer to nature. - The Musée de la Loire will show you how paper, colours and watercolours are made, while the Environmental Education Department will invite you to draw on nature itself for the materials you need to create your own art. During a walk along the water's edge, you'll be introduced to the magic of dye plants, where broom, Saint John's wort, chelidoin, willow, maple, alder and lichen will reveal their secrets and provide you with a wide range of vegetable inks. - It's a colourful experience that will take you from the museum to nature, and from nature to artistic creation !

• From 31 may to 2 june 2024
• Devant la mairie, Place du Docteur Jacques Huyghues des Etages
• The 35th Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Book Fair will be held on the Place de la Mairie from 31 May to 2 June. Many authors and illustrators, eager to meet the public, will be present. More details will be announced shortly.