Once upon a time in Bourg-en-Bresse - Theatrical night visits

This year, 2026, they are 40 years old, created in 1996 and repeatedly improved, remodeled and reinvented. They await the many spectators, tourists and vacationers in search of the unusual on a summer's evening. Discover or rediscover the history of Bourg en Bresse, at night, in period costumes. July 24 and 31, 2026, August 14 and 21, 2026 Twenty or so professional and amateur actors take you on a joyful, musical and good-natured stroll from the Neolithic to the 21st century, discovering the adventures, half-timbered houses, characters and anecdotes that made the town what it is today. Weaving and draping in the Middle Ages, the charter of franchise of 1250, justice in the registry, the history of Notre-Dame, the great families of the 18th century, the Revolution, the Breakthrough, the Resistance, and also Jérôme Lalande, Mandrin, Xavier Bichat, Gustave Doré, Jules Migonney, Louis Albitte, not forgetting Marguerite d'Autriche and Philibert le Beau. You won't regret spending a long summer's evening here, ending with a glass of friendship. Tickets are available on site that evening, but it's best to book at Bourg en Bresse Destinations Office de Tourisme. Tours in French only