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7 – 20 July

Charlotte Qin and Tessel van der Putte present an exhibition of porcelain installation and paintings that treats water as both element and metaphor. Curated by Frédéric Elkaïm, the works shift the focus from control and extraction toward ecological, emotional and feminine inquiry. A central porcelain installation evokes aquatic creatures and the fluid forms of coral and blossom, while paintings explore the body as a permeable landscape, probing materiality, vulnerability and collective care.

Opening: Thursday 7 July, 18:00 – Performance of Charlotte Qin

10 – 12 July

An energetic country and bluegrass festival programme that showcases a mix of roots, contemporary country and high-energy rockabilly performances. Line-up includes The Bluegrass Parkway, New Country Rain and Brothers on the Run alongside The Cactus Candies, The HillBilly Rockers Band and Tobey Lucas Band, with Luke Bayne Band and Tuff Enuff Band closing the weekend. Expect tight musicianship, vocal harmonies and lively stagecraft that foregrounds storytelling and danceable grooves.

1 – 12 July

Join a playful builder who improvises a strange home in a garden. With brave, clever ropes and found objects she moves from one idea to the next, sometimes wild, sometimes stubborn, slowly assembling a surprising structure. Children will watch materials cooperate or resist, feel the rhythm of making, and wonder whether everything will collapse or turn into accidental genius. A lively, physical performance that celebrates imagination, trial and joyful experimentation.

In French. Ages 6 and up.

Sunday 12 July, 16:00

Singer and guitarist Tanya’Lya offers a luminous pop-soul set built around intimate voice-and-guitar arrangements. Her warm timbre and nuanced phrasing bring slow-burning ballads and syncopated grooves to life, balancing vulnerability with soulful strength. Sparse instrumentation creates close-up textures, letting subtle dynamics and expressive phrasing shape emotional arcs. The performance favors immediacy and soft intensity, inviting listeners into a contemplative, sunlit sound world.

In French.

Sunday 12 July, 19:00

Mike Nichols’ The Graduate is a sharp, satirical drama that captured the unease of 1960s America. Combining ironic wit, precise editing and an evocative Simon & Garfunkel-infused score, the film follows a young man’s disillusionment after college as he navigates desire, moral ambiguity and generational conflict. Subtle performances and Nichols’ crisp direction create a melancholic, comic tone that explores alienation, identity and the complicated rites of adulthood without revealing its twists.

In French.

7 – 15 July

Bellerive Festival presents a programme of chamber and orchestral music exploring repertoire from Classical to late Romantic and early 20th-century voices. Evenings feature works by Beethoven, Dvořák, Schubert, Mahler and Mendelssohn alongside evocative programmes centred on Grieg, Tchaikovsky and American classics. A New York-themed matinée offers lighter, rhythmic contrasts. A concurrent photographic exhibition by Michel Juvet creates a visual dialogue with the music. The festival highlights refined ensemble playing, expressive phrasing and an intimate atmosphere.

7 – 20 July

Charlotte Qin and Tessel van der Putte present an exhibition of porcelain installation and paintings that treats water as both element and metaphor. Curated by Frédéric Elkaïm, the works shift the focus from control and extraction toward ecological, emotional and feminine inquiry. A central porcelain installation evokes aquatic creatures and the fluid forms of coral and blossom, while paintings explore the body as a permeable landscape, probing materiality, vulnerability and collective care.

Opening: Thursday 7 July, 18:00 – Performance of Charlotte Qin

10 – 12 July

An energetic country and bluegrass festival programme that showcases a mix of roots, contemporary country and high-energy rockabilly performances. Line-up includes The Bluegrass Parkway, New Country Rain and Brothers on the Run alongside The Cactus Candies, The HillBilly Rockers Band and Tobey Lucas Band, with Luke Bayne Band and Tuff Enuff Band closing the weekend. Expect tight musicianship, vocal harmonies and lively stagecraft that foregrounds storytelling and danceable grooves.

1 – 12 July

Join a playful builder who improvises a strange home in a garden. With brave, clever ropes and found objects she moves from one idea to the next, sometimes wild, sometimes stubborn, slowly assembling a surprising structure. Children will watch materials cooperate or resist, feel the rhythm of making, and wonder whether everything will collapse or turn into accidental genius. A lively, physical performance that celebrates imagination, trial and joyful experimentation.

In French. Ages 6 and up.

Sunday 12 July, 16:00

Singer and guitarist Tanya’Lya offers a luminous pop-soul set built around intimate voice-and-guitar arrangements. Her warm timbre and nuanced phrasing bring slow-burning ballads and syncopated grooves to life, balancing vulnerability with soulful strength. Sparse instrumentation creates close-up textures, letting subtle dynamics and expressive phrasing shape emotional arcs. The performance favors immediacy and soft intensity, inviting listeners into a contemplative, sunlit sound world.

In French.

Sunday 12 July, 19:00

Mike Nichols’ The Graduate is a sharp, satirical drama that captured the unease of 1960s America. Combining ironic wit, precise editing and an evocative Simon & Garfunkel-infused score, the film follows a young man’s disillusionment after college as he navigates desire, moral ambiguity and generational conflict. Subtle performances and Nichols’ crisp direction create a melancholic, comic tone that explores alienation, identity and the complicated rites of adulthood without revealing its twists.

In French.

7 – 15 July

Bellerive Festival presents a programme of chamber and orchestral music exploring repertoire from Classical to late Romantic and early 20th-century voices. Evenings feature works by Beethoven, Dvořák, Schubert, Mahler and Mendelssohn alongside evocative programmes centred on Grieg, Tchaikovsky and American classics. A New York-themed matinée offers lighter, rhythmic contrasts. A concurrent photographic exhibition by Michel Juvet creates a visual dialogue with the music. The festival highlights refined ensemble playing, expressive phrasing and an intimate atmosphere.

7 – 20 July

Charlotte Qin and Tessel van der Putte present an exhibition of porcelain installation and paintings that treats water as both element and metaphor. Curated by Frédéric Elkaïm, the works shift the focus from control and extraction toward ecological, emotional and feminine inquiry. A central porcelain installation evokes aquatic creatures and the fluid forms of coral and blossom, while paintings explore the body as a permeable landscape, probing materiality, vulnerability and collective care.

Opening: Thursday 7 July, 18:00 – Performance of Charlotte Qin

10 – 12 July

An energetic country and bluegrass festival programme that showcases a mix of roots, contemporary country and high-energy rockabilly performances. Line-up includes The Bluegrass Parkway, New Country Rain and Brothers on the Run alongside The Cactus Candies, The HillBilly Rockers Band and Tobey Lucas Band, with Luke Bayne Band and Tuff Enuff Band closing the weekend. Expect tight musicianship, vocal harmonies and lively stagecraft that foregrounds storytelling and danceable grooves.

1 – 12 July

Join a playful builder who improvises a strange home in a garden. With brave, clever ropes and found objects she moves from one idea to the next, sometimes wild, sometimes stubborn, slowly assembling a surprising structure. Children will watch materials cooperate or resist, feel the rhythm of making, and wonder whether everything will collapse or turn into accidental genius. A lively, physical performance that celebrates imagination, trial and joyful experimentation.

In French. Ages 6 and up.

Sunday 12 July, 16:00

Singer and guitarist Tanya’Lya offers a luminous pop-soul set built around intimate voice-and-guitar arrangements. Her warm timbre and nuanced phrasing bring slow-burning ballads and syncopated grooves to life, balancing vulnerability with soulful strength. Sparse instrumentation creates close-up textures, letting subtle dynamics and expressive phrasing shape emotional arcs. The performance favors immediacy and soft intensity, inviting listeners into a contemplative, sunlit sound world.

In French.

Sunday 12 July, 19:00

Mike Nichols’ The Graduate is a sharp, satirical drama that captured the unease of 1960s America. Combining ironic wit, precise editing and an evocative Simon & Garfunkel-infused score, the film follows a young man’s disillusionment after college as he navigates desire, moral ambiguity and generational conflict. Subtle performances and Nichols’ crisp direction create a melancholic, comic tone that explores alienation, identity and the complicated rites of adulthood without revealing its twists.

In French.

7 – 15 July

Bellerive Festival presents a programme of chamber and orchestral music exploring repertoire from Classical to late Romantic and early 20th-century voices. Evenings feature works by Beethoven, Dvořák, Schubert, Mahler and Mendelssohn alongside evocative programmes centred on Grieg, Tchaikovsky and American classics. A New York-themed matinée offers lighter, rhythmic contrasts. A concurrent photographic exhibition by Michel Juvet creates a visual dialogue with the music. The festival highlights refined ensemble playing, expressive phrasing and an intimate atmosphere.

7 – 20 July

Charlotte Qin and Tessel van der Putte present an exhibition of porcelain installation and paintings that treats water as both element and metaphor. Curated by Frédéric Elkaïm, the works shift the focus from control and extraction toward ecological, emotional and feminine inquiry. A central porcelain installation evokes aquatic creatures and the fluid forms of coral and blossom, while paintings explore the body as a permeable landscape, probing materiality, vulnerability and collective care.

Opening: Thursday 7 July, 18:00 – Performance of Charlotte Qin

10 – 12 July

An energetic country and bluegrass festival programme that showcases a mix of roots, contemporary country and high-energy rockabilly performances. Line-up includes The Bluegrass Parkway, New Country Rain and Brothers on the Run alongside The Cactus Candies, The HillBilly Rockers Band and Tobey Lucas Band, with Luke Bayne Band and Tuff Enuff Band closing the weekend. Expect tight musicianship, vocal harmonies and lively stagecraft that foregrounds storytelling and danceable grooves.

1 – 12 July

Join a playful builder who improvises a strange home in a garden. With brave, clever ropes and found objects she moves from one idea to the next, sometimes wild, sometimes stubborn, slowly assembling a surprising structure. Children will watch materials cooperate or resist, feel the rhythm of making, and wonder whether everything will collapse or turn into accidental genius. A lively, physical performance that celebrates imagination, trial and joyful experimentation.

In French. Ages 6 and up.

Sunday 12 July, 16:00

Singer and guitarist Tanya’Lya offers a luminous pop-soul set built around intimate voice-and-guitar arrangements. Her warm timbre and nuanced phrasing bring slow-burning ballads and syncopated grooves to life, balancing vulnerability with soulful strength. Sparse instrumentation creates close-up textures, letting subtle dynamics and expressive phrasing shape emotional arcs. The performance favors immediacy and soft intensity, inviting listeners into a contemplative, sunlit sound world.

In French.

Sunday 12 July, 19:00

Mike Nichols’ The Graduate is a sharp, satirical drama that captured the unease of 1960s America. Combining ironic wit, precise editing and an evocative Simon & Garfunkel-infused score, the film follows a young man’s disillusionment after college as he navigates desire, moral ambiguity and generational conflict. Subtle performances and Nichols’ crisp direction create a melancholic, comic tone that explores alienation, identity and the complicated rites of adulthood without revealing its twists.

In French.

7 – 15 July

Bellerive Festival presents a programme of chamber and orchestral music exploring repertoire from Classical to late Romantic and early 20th-century voices. Evenings feature works by Beethoven, Dvořák, Schubert, Mahler and Mendelssohn alongside evocative programmes centred on Grieg, Tchaikovsky and American classics. A New York-themed matinée offers lighter, rhythmic contrasts. A concurrent photographic exhibition by Michel Juvet creates a visual dialogue with the music. The festival highlights refined ensemble playing, expressive phrasing and an intimate atmosphere.

7 – 20 July

Charlotte Qin and Tessel van der Putte present an exhibition of porcelain installation and paintings that treats water as both element and metaphor. Curated by Frédéric Elkaïm, the works shift the focus from control and extraction toward ecological, emotional and feminine inquiry. A central porcelain installation evokes aquatic creatures and the fluid forms of coral and blossom, while paintings explore the body as a permeable landscape, probing materiality, vulnerability and collective care.

Opening: Thursday 7 July, 18:00 – Performance of Charlotte Qin

10 – 12 July

An energetic country and bluegrass festival programme that showcases a mix of roots, contemporary country and high-energy rockabilly performances. Line-up includes The Bluegrass Parkway, New Country Rain and Brothers on the Run alongside The Cactus Candies, The HillBilly Rockers Band and Tobey Lucas Band, with Luke Bayne Band and Tuff Enuff Band closing the weekend. Expect tight musicianship, vocal harmonies and lively stagecraft that foregrounds storytelling and danceable grooves.

1 – 12 July

Join a playful builder who improvises a strange home in a garden. With brave, clever ropes and found objects she moves from one idea to the next, sometimes wild, sometimes stubborn, slowly assembling a surprising structure. Children will watch materials cooperate or resist, feel the rhythm of making, and wonder whether everything will collapse or turn into accidental genius. A lively, physical performance that celebrates imagination, trial and joyful experimentation.

In French. Ages 6 and up.

Sunday 12 July, 16:00

Singer and guitarist Tanya’Lya offers a luminous pop-soul set built around intimate voice-and-guitar arrangements. Her warm timbre and nuanced phrasing bring slow-burning ballads and syncopated grooves to life, balancing vulnerability with soulful strength. Sparse instrumentation creates close-up textures, letting subtle dynamics and expressive phrasing shape emotional arcs. The performance favors immediacy and soft intensity, inviting listeners into a contemplative, sunlit sound world.

In French.

Sunday 12 July, 19:00

Mike Nichols’ The Graduate is a sharp, satirical drama that captured the unease of 1960s America. Combining ironic wit, precise editing and an evocative Simon & Garfunkel-infused score, the film follows a young man’s disillusionment after college as he navigates desire, moral ambiguity and generational conflict. Subtle performances and Nichols’ crisp direction create a melancholic, comic tone that explores alienation, identity and the complicated rites of adulthood without revealing its twists.

In French.

7 – 15 July

Bellerive Festival presents a programme of chamber and orchestral music exploring repertoire from Classical to late Romantic and early 20th-century voices. Evenings feature works by Beethoven, Dvořák, Schubert, Mahler and Mendelssohn alongside evocative programmes centred on Grieg, Tchaikovsky and American classics. A New York-themed matinée offers lighter, rhythmic contrasts. A concurrent photographic exhibition by Michel Juvet creates a visual dialogue with the music. The festival highlights refined ensemble playing, expressive phrasing and an intimate atmosphere.

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