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Wild Week-ends in Lyon
13 Mai 2009
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To take great advantage of everything that culture proposes in Lyon in summer and all year long, it is necessary to look at an exceptional offer, baptized the weekends fous in Lyon (wild week-ends in Lyon) which offers extraordinary benefits. To profit from the programming of the Fourvière Nights and listen to Jazz in Vienna, for example!…

Lyon (69) - Les Nuits de Fourvière dans le théâtre gallo romain - Photo Rhône-Alpes Tourisme - JL Rigaux

In summer, the cultural season is in full swing with two essential events which cannot be missed. The Fourvière Nights will welcome this year prestigious concerts from the four corners of the world. Dance, theatre, music and cinema are gathered within the site of the Fouvière Gallo-Roman Theatres, which is registered on the UNESCO world heritage.

Every year, this long-term edition, which lasts two months, produces and co-produces world creations, exclusively presented at the Fourvière Nights.

Another ancient theatre, the one of Vienna, has been welcoming for thirty years, a very eclectic jazz programming concerned about straying from the beaten tracks of the artists’ summer tours.

Festival “Jazz à Vienne”, dans le théâtre gallo romain (38) - Photo Rhône-Alpes Tourisme - F. Da Costa

It is the first jazz festival in France, the first cultural event in Rhône-Alpes and one of the very first European festivals. With, this year, the sacred music of Duke Ellington and the unique presence of the Harlem Jubilee Singers, carte blanche to Martial Solal, but also an exclusive show by Seal with Yaà«l Naim in the first half for a tribute to Joni Mitchell.

To discover all of this, you need time, thus the idea of the Week-ends fous de Lyon which allow you to choose the category of your hotel between one and four stars and to benefit from the second night at half-price. Cherry on the cake, a preferential rate on the Lyon City Card which offers free access to more than forty leisure activities, not counting reductions on many others!

Player : Nuits de Fourvière – Jazz à Vienne

Informations pratiques
Grand Lyon Tourist Office, in Lyon 2nd district (Rhône)
The « week-ends fous de Lyon »

lyon-france.com
Fourvière Nights, in Lyon (Rhône)
Tel.: 00 33 (0)4 72 57 15 40
nuits-de-fourviere.org
From June 5th till August 1st 2009
36 spectacles and 53 performances

Creations and co-productions 
World creation of La Flûte Enchantée by Mozart revisited by the multi-ethnic orchestra of Mario Tronco – Indians of Rajasthan at the French Première – Cassandre according to Christa Wolf, staged by Georges Lavaudant. Didon*Enée , opera choreographed by Sasha Waltz and Mère Courage by Bertold Brecht interpreted by the Berliner Ensemble. And also West Side Story after Tokyo, London and Peking and a tribute to Boris Vian by a whole host of stars…
Jazz in Vienne, at Vienne (Isère)
From June 27th till July 10th 2009
Info line: 0 892 702 007 (0,34 €/mn)
jazzavienne.com
With: Africa Youssou N’Dour and Oumou Sangare evening; Gospel evening with Harlem Jubilee Singers, Carte Blanche to Martial Solal; Big Band Evening with Jason Lindner and Laurent Cugny. Roy Hardgrove and MC Solaar. Seal &Yaà«l Naim Evening.

Tags : Events and festivals, Going out, Rhône
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