Concerts and Music
Haut Allier - more than just a music festival
The High
Allier heritage area
The hills and valleys around Brioude and Langeac
The hills and valleys around Brioude and Langeac
A
heritage area in every sense -
history, culture and
environment
2026
SEASON,
programme
Programme May - July 2026
Thursdays in Brioude: evening entertainment night markets
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Archives: See programmes of previous years in Haut Allier.
Musicians : to participate
- Friday 22 May - 20h30 Lavaudieu Church. Concert Eight Seasons, Piazzola, Vivaldi String quartet with Gersende Mondani and Domi Emorine, accordion. - Ticket prices 20€ / 15€. Escales Brivadoises The Festival
- Saturday 23 May - 10h and 11h15 Brioude Le Doyenné -. Concert Marielle Nordmann Day, harp. Ticket prices 15€ / 12 €. Escales Brivadoises The Festival. ⚠ Reservation required.
- Saturday 23 May - 20h30 Blesle Abbey Church -.Concert centered around The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho with Marielle Nordmann (Harp) Eduardo Garcia (Bandoneon). Ticket prices 20€ / 15€. Escales Brivadoises The Festival.
- Saturday 23 May - 18h30 Chavaniac Lafayette Gardens of the castle. Promenade concert - The Violin through the roses, with Gersende Mondani, Amélie Hirsch on violin accompanied by actor Marko Stojamovic.. Escales Brivadoises The Festival
- Sunday 24 May - Departure 10h Brioude La Bageasse. Concert hike of 15 km.12H00 packed lunch 17h La Bageasse Concert/Novel "The Man Who Planted Trees" Orchestre Capella Forensis (Actor, clarinet, Marimba, Accordion) - Escales Brivadoises The Festival
- Monday 25 May - 10h30 Brioude Sapinière Hotel Gardens. Concert for young audiences with Capucine, piano-vocals Musical theater - piano, tubulum, melodica and Ukulele - 15 € - free for under 12s. Escales Brivadoises The Festival
- Friday 10 July 19h Brioude – Saint Julien Basilica - Concert Académie chorale des Escales with l'Académie Sequentiae: Programme from Bach to Mendelssohn. Organized by Escales Brivadoises The Festival - Entrance: 12€
- Wednesday 15 July 20h30 Chanteuges Concert Raphaël Feuillâtre followed by Orchestre sous influences - mixed concerto programme and Tango en sky by Roland Dyens, with Raphaël Duchosal soloist. Chanteuges Guitar Festival Admission price: 15€ / 19€.
- Thursday 16 July Chanteuges - Chanteuges Guitar Festival - 17h00 - Chapel concert, Benjamin Viallet 8€ / 10 €.: . 20h30 - church concert with the duo Canopée ( guitar cello) 15€ / 19€.
- Friday 17 July 21h Brioude – Saint Julien Basilica - Concert Orchestre national Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (ONAURA) : Beethoven Programme. Organized by Les Amis de la Basilique . Full price: 25€ - reduced rates
- Friday 17 July Chanteuges - Chanteuges Guitar Festival - 17h00 - Chapel Concert, with the winner of the Roland Dyens 2026 competition. 8€ / 10 €. 20h30 - Church concert : the trio Lydie Fuerte, 15€ / 19€.
- Friday 17 July - 18h
- Langeac -
Saint Gal Church
-
Orchestre sous Influences -
Tchaikovsky
Programme : Serenade in C major, o
Gounod : Petite Symphonie for winds, Mozart : Symphony No. 40 in G minor. - Saturday 18 July Chanteuges Abbey - Chanteuges Guitar Festival - 20h30 closing concert with Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel - Admission 32€ and 38€
- Saturday 18 July. 18h Saint Didier sur Doulon - Church. Duo Araëlle : Celtic essence - Invitation to a musical journey to the heart of the Northern islands. Organized by the Diméclub. Free admission
- Wednesday 22 July 20h30 Saint-Ilpize – Church - Concert with the Duo des Puys, (violin, viola) - organized by the Friends of Saint Ilpize
- Sunday 26 July. 18h Saint Didier sur Doulon - Church. Ensemble Kynesis « Dances » . Classical-tango and gypsy.. Violin and cello ensemble. Organized by the Diméclub. Free admission
- Sunday 26 July. 18h Chavaniac-Lafayette - Castle. Circé Chávez-Santander - piano . Concert for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence - American music programme Organized by the Lafayette Club. Admission 15€ and 10€
- Monday 27 July - 18h30 Brioude – Saint Julien Basilica - Quatuor Caliente : J.S Bach - A. Piazzolla. Concert organized by Les Amis de la Basilique Full price: 20€ - reduced rates
- Wednesday 29 July 20h30 Saint-Ilpize – Church - Candlelit concert with la Chapotée, traditional music - organized by the Friends of Saint Ilpize
- Friday 31 July 20h Langeac – Saint Catherine of Siena Monastery - Opening concert of the Festival the Musicales du Haut Allier - Mozart, Arensky, Roussel, Dohnányi and Cras - with young musicians from major French and European conservatoires. Full price: 18 euros / Reduced price: 14 euros
Thursdays in Brioude: evening entertainment night markets
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Archives: See programmes of previous years in Haut Allier.
Musicians : to participate
Programme
August - September 2026
For concerts that are part of the Festival de la Chaise-Dieu, advance booking is recommended, and may be essential.
For full details about booking, check out the website or the telephone number indicated for the organiser. ► Follow the "Info" links for each concert, or the details indicated in the Info section below.
- Saturday 1st August 14h Langeac – Saint Catherine of Siena Monastery - Musical tale concert, fun and participatory for children and families. organized by the Musicales du Haut Allier. Free admission.
- Saturday 1st August 18h Chanteuges – Abbey - Concert piano and string quintet. Niels Armand-Hasselweiler (piano) - Wagner/Liszt, Berg and Beethoven - Full price: 18 euros / Reduced price: 14 euros organized by the Musicales du Haut Allier
- Sunday 2 August 17h Chanteuges – Abbey - Concert piano and cello. Anna de Belsunce (cello) Aliénor Lamarca (piano) - works by Debussy, Poulenc and Rachmaninov for cello and piano - Full price: 18 euros / Reduced price: 14 euros organized by the Musicales du Haut Allier
- Sunday 2 August. 18h or 19h Saint Didier sur Doulon - Church. 30th Auvergne Baroque Festival - Duo Saint Stanislas from Cracow, Poland. Programme around the virtuoso violin - Vivaldi / Bach / Paganini Organized by the Diméclub. Free admission
- Wednesday 5 August. 20h30 Saint Ilpize - Church. The Mishaped Pearls with Manuela Schuette (mezzo soprano) - The Homecoming Concert ... the return of the English folk baroque ensemble. Organized by the Mairie de Saint Ilpize
- Friday 7 August 21h Brioude – Saint Julien Basilica - François-René Duchable (piano in quintet) Concert organized by Les Amis de la Basilique - Full price: 25€ - reduced rates
- Saturday 8 August. 18h Saint Didier sur Doulon - Church. Ensemble Parchemins «Nos esprits libres et contents» Baroque guitar, percussion, vocals - Organized by the Diméclub. Free admission
- Sunday 9 August.
18h30 Auzon
- St.Laurent Collegiate Church. Baroque quintet
Musical journey through Elizabethan and baroque England
Programme Purcell, Dowland , Coperario, and their contemporains. Organized by AMBAC and Auzon Toujours. Admission 15€ and 13€ - Monday 10 August. 18h30 Auzon - St.Laurent Collegiate Church. Baroque quintet Discovery of the musical world of early 17th-century baroque Italy Programme drawn from the repertoires of emblematic composers and anonymous pieces. Organized by AMBAC and Auzon Toujours. Admission 15€ and 13€
- Wednesday 19 August. 18h Saint Ilpize - Church. Duo Sostenuto - Guitar and flute - Dvorak - New World Symphony - adapted for guitar and flute. Organized by the Mairie de Saint Ilpize
- Wednesday 19 August. 20h30 Auzon - St.Laurent Collegiate Church. Amelie Robins Lyric Coloratura Soprano . Programme : Romantic composers, airs from opera, French melodies. Organized by Auzon Toujours- Admission 20€ and 15€
- Thursday 20 August. 20h30 Auzon - St.Laurent Collegiate Church. Trio with Quentin Vogel solo violin of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Paisit Bon-Dansac piano, Valentin Jouanny cello..Organized by Auzon Toujours Admission 20€ and 15€
- Friday 21 August. 20h30 Auzon - St.Laurent Collegiate Church. Medieval music recital with the Orion company - Marie-Virginie Cambriels, Olivier Feraud, Erwan Picque. Programme : “Under the wings of the archangel, songs and legends of Saint Michel »..Organized by Auzon Toujours - Admission 15€ and 13€
- Saturday 22 August. 18h Saint Didier sur Doulon - Church. Duo Sostenuto - Guitar and flute - A candlelit evening at the Castle of Sans Souci with Frederick II of Prussia and JS Bach - Organized by the Diméclub. Free admission
- Other upcoming concerts
Do I need to book in advance ?
For most concerts, advanced booking is not
necessary.
Nevertheless, for concerts organised by Les Escales brivadoises,
by the Amis de la
Basilique, by the Rencontres
musicales de Léotoing, by the Amis de Lavaudieu,
and by the Chanteuges
Classical guitar festival,
and for some other concerts, advance booking (by phone, online, or at
points of sale) may be recommended and ensure a better seat.For concerts that are part of the Festival de la Chaise-Dieu, advance booking is recommended, and may be essential.
For full details about booking, check out the website or the telephone number indicated for the organiser. ► Follow the "Info" links for each concert, or the details indicated in the Info section below.
- Les Amis de la Basilique
Saint Julien de
Brioude
contact: 07 86 61 39 71 at the Brioude Tourist Office in the week preceding a concert . Website . - Rencontres musicales de Léotoing Website Book through the website.
- Les Escales Brivadoises Ticketing online https://www.escalesbrivadoises.fr or in the Tourist office during the week preceding the concert.
- Saint Didier sur Doulon. Concerts organised by Saint Didier Mémoire: 0471 76 38 97 . Website email
- Amis de Lavaudieu: contact / tickets at the local tourism info bureau. 04.71.76.46.00 webssite.; Or by email
- Festival de la Chaise Dieu contact : 0471 000 116 reservation@chaise-dieu.com website
- Chanteuges :
Chanteuges International classical guitar festival Website
06.75.11.59.66 or
partenariatrecital@gmail.com
Tarif "pass" pour toul les concerts du Festival - Baroque en Val d'Allier 04 71 74 06 91or baroque.val.allier "at" hotmail.fr
- Concerts in Auzon
- Association
« Auzon Toujours »
Tél : 04.71.76.18.11 - Mairie de Langeac - service culturel. 04 71 77 28 06
- Mairie de St. Ilpize - Reservations 0952 66 22 66 in the week before a concert.
- Brioude-South-Auvergne Tourist information office Website
The high valley of the Allier heritage area stretches from Auzon in the north to Pébrac in the south, and includes the communes (rural areas) of Auzon, Bournoncle St. Pierre, Brioude, Vieille Brioude, Saint Ilpize, Villeneuve d'Allier, Blassac, Lavoûte Chilhac, Chilhac, Aubazat, Langeac, Chanteuges, Saint Arcons, Prades, and more. It includes the valleys of the Allier and its tributaries, the Allagnon, Senouire and Doulon, and the hills between.
Association Musique en la
Vallée - Cultural association - Mairie de
Saint Ilpize - 43380 -
Get in touch - admin at music-valley.org
Get in touch - admin at music-valley.org
Photo top
of page. - Benjamin Braude with the Quatuor
Tejo, award-winning sting quartet from
Portugal, in St. Julians's Basilica, Brioude, 2022
Music in the Auvergne -
"Music-valley"
is the high valley of the river Allier, covering the rural district
areas of Brioude and
Langeac, in the department of Haute Loire, Auvergne,
southern
France.
The music
season
in the valley is a relaxed affair, and unique in rural France by its
extent and its duration. The venues are mostly small, the
performers good - often top quality, but the prices reasonable. Some
concerts are
"give what you want", some are free, most are less than 20 Euros. Only
the full concerts in the basilica at Brioude and those organised by the
La Chaise Dieu music festival are a bit more. Unlike any other summer
music programme in rural France (and there are plenty of them), this is
a fringe without a festival, two months of music for
pleasure, organised by musicians themselves, volunteers, villages and
cultural associations.Musique
en la Vallée association invites you to discover our
sponsors
La Mirandelle -
Salon de thé
Tearoom & café
Beside the Basilica
Brioude
04 71 74 90 01
Couleurs Dentelle
Lace-making studio, gallery and shop
1 rue Notre Dame Brioude.
www.couleurs-dentelle.com
Lace-making studio, gallery and shop
1 rue Notre Dame Brioude.
www.couleurs-dentelle.com
Ets. Oléon
Cycles, motos, bricolage.
Cycles & D-I-Y store
Rue Croix st Isidore Brioude.
Website
Escandilha
Artisans créateurs - oeuveres d'art, accessoires, habillement
Local arts and crafts
19 r Sébastopol
Brioude
On Facebook
Artisans créateurs - oeuveres d'art, accessoires, habillement
Local arts and crafts
19 r Sébastopol
Brioude
On Facebook
Ets. PIC
Household goods and TV
Hifi - satellite -TV
kitchen equipment
Brioude
Website
Ets Cornaire
6 rue des Ecoles, chappes,43390 Auzon
Central heating systems, plumbing experts, solar panels, heat pumps - systems renovations.
Website
Librairie Vercingetorix
Livres, beaux arts, fournitures de bureau.
Bookshop, fine arts, postcards
14 Bd Vercingetorix
Brioude
On Facebook
Bookshop, fine arts, postcards
14 Bd Vercingetorix
Brioude
On Facebook
Le Saint Julien
Restaurant - Pizzeria.
A côté de la Basilique, Brioude.
Website
And more music ....
JAZZ - FOLK - BLUES and more
The music in Haut Allier is not all classical
Discover other musical activities put on by local tourist offices and villages.
The Brioude Tourist Office organises musical pic-nics on Thursday evenings from 11thth July to 20thth August, beside the campsite at la Bageasse. The music's free - bring your own pic-nic.
Blesle comes to life with its Musical aperitifs, from 11th to 13thth August