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Tales invite themselves in the little Gaume village. Do listen to some tales in a former barn or at the bend in a typical little street.

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A festival not to be missed! The 31st Chiny Intercultural Tale Festival. On schedule: Tales for everybody! Whether they are told indoor for optimal listening and vision of the creations or in the streets for a maximal interactivity between the artists and the public, everybody will go away with a lot of stories in their mind. And nobody will be forgotten! A children' village, some tales in the sign language for people who are hard of earing, some tales around a bonfire, a music programme with several concerts during the weekend, a book market, a flavours market, street art... An open stage and the tale competition that awards the Ministery for Culture's award, the Chiny Tale Festival's award. In the end, a schedule that has been very carefully selected with the most possible culture diversity and professional quality. Whether you come with your family or with your friends, the whole of you will find your « tale » !!!! In reason of the health measures because of the covid-19, the festival will have a different form, this year, it will be a radio event !!! The CraXX (the Coordination of the associative and expression radios in Wallonia and Brussels) will propose you 30 hours of live broadcast with some interventions from the story tellers' homes. Live from 2pm till midnight on Friday, Saturday and on Sunday. Specific programming between midnight and 2pm for a non-stop radio.

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Every third Sunday in July, Torgny receives over 100 artists and craftmen from everywhere in Belgium and from the neighbouring France. Discover some items that have been made with passion ans skill and taste a great number of local products that will delight your tasting buds.

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120 exhibitors in the streets of the village. Sculptors, lacemakers, basketworkers, chair repairers, a district of flavours, district of wine producers, local painters, exhibition of old tractors and also some music and folk groups will have you spend an unforgettable time. Free admission Varied entertainments all long the day Free concerts : 15H: Les Thés Gaumais 17H30 : Wight Spirit 20H : The Detain

L'Or du Val is a never-done show, presented in form of theater oratorio. This genuine art kind is based on the dialogue between theater presentation, musical creation and the work of lights. As a stage ritual, this living Art has a genuine writing, 4 acts in 1 prelude and 22 scenes. It gathers 80 professionals and amateurs : comedians, lyric artists, instrument players and a choir. L'Or du Val will relate the high times in the history of the Abbey since 1070, in its spirituality and its humanism. The theatrical creation is based on a thought about the successive constructions and destructions through the periods : fires, exiles, revolutions ... Grand finale of the celebrations of the 950th anniversary of the foundation of Orval, this culture event will take place in the middle-ages cloister because the organizers want to link both closely and physically the public and the story of the place. Price: from 18 up to 23 €

Do enjoy Belgian and European jazz in a matchless greenery setting ! You can come alone, in family or accompanied with the same purpose to share a cocktail of jazz and of fresh air, to discover what the best young professional talented musicians have to say, whether they are Belgian or European, to vibrate with the many stylistic accents of jazz open to the widest experssions : tradition, emerging beauties, prospective creations. With over 25 live concerts on turn on 5 stages without making too much noise, the Gaume Jazz Festival is also an OFF festival with about 10 concerts outside Rossignol that are to be added in several places, and that create an intense bubbling in the whole Belgian Provence. Finally, it is a paedagogical project with 3 trainings for the Musical Youths before the festival : jazz and visual arts (for children aged 4-6 years and 6-12 years) and in boarding school, jazz initiation and practice (amateurs from 12 years on).The places are : in the hall, under a big top, in the park and in the church

With its 47th edition, the Chassepierre International Street Arts Festival is the most ancient street arts festival in Europe. Every year, this festival hosts about 50 professional companies from everywhere in the world in the little typical Gaume village of 200 souls, located between Orval and Bouillon. The artists excel at the most varied fields of street arts : theater, dance, circus, music, puppets, freak show, visual arts… Astonishment, innovation, amazing feats, fantasy and humour are the key words of this festival to be tasted alone or with your family. Whether they are sit on the grass or on the tiers, in the street, in fields, on the squares or even with the feet in the river water, spectators will be carried away in an unusual universe, of dream and fantasia. The festival does also propose a handicraft and food market and a place of residence for the artists. It is a meeting not to be missed by street arts lovers nor by curious people who want to discover this universe…

This festival take splace during two days. Friday will be dedicated to Cover groups. The Saturday schedule is more eclectic and familial, with priority to French songs. This day will also be an opportunity for young groups both local and from Belgium to perform on the stage with a professional technical reception. A festival that makes it a point of honour to keep cheap prices independently of the names of the singers and groups on the bill, in a cultural and non-profit purpose. This year, you will notably have the possibility to applaude Les Innocents or even Les Frangines. The Goose Fest festival that should have celebrated its 10th edition on May 8 and 9 is put off to September 11 and 12 with a lightly different formula, in the open air in order to respect the best possible way the security measures against covid-19.

Basketwork trainings Guided tours Demonstrations... On Sunday : basketwork market

For the 41st time, the European cinema will be given the place of honour at teh Virton European Film Festival. The PATRIA cinema has honoured this kind of films for 40 years thanks to a precise and qualitative selection of 35 films from everywhere in Europe. A selection that delights every yer the hundreds of spectators who fill the hall during the 10 days, thanks to the trust they give the schedule of a selection from over 20 European countries. The festival is famous for its conviviality, for its guests, for its Belgian day (on Sunday) and also for a guest country that will have a day completely dedicated to films from there.