Kavinsky and Julien Clerc, headliners of the new summer festival in the Pink City
Twenty-two concerts and headliners from all artistic horizons. From July 8 to 24, André Manoukian, Natalie Dessay, Thibault de Montalembert, Lambert Wilson and Julie Depardieu will present eclectic musical works to the public in the Raymond VI garden and at the cinematheque, as part of the first edition of the Toulouse Festival. Classical, jazz, tango or pop, the program deliberately mixes genres to conquer all audiences.
The highlight will be held on Saturday July 16 at the Prairie des Filtres, capable of accommodating 18,000 spectators for the occasion. With three concerts in one: Thomas Valverde will kick off the evening at 8 p.m. with electro piano, followed by Julien Clerc who will perform six songs from his repertoire accompanied by the Orchester national du Capitole and its classical soloists. From 11:30 p.m., the already cult DJ, Kavinsky, will electrify the banks of the Garonne with his legendary night calland will present selected tracks from his second album To go past released at the beginning of the year after nine years of silence.
A new version of summer Toulouse
The Town Hall is already thinking of renewing the event to make it part of the summer culture of the Pink City. This new meeting is a revised, corrected and enriched version of the Toulouse d’été festival, which the town hall set up in 2004 and which combined, over several days in July, different musical styles during concerts in different places in the city. city. Its last editions had to be canceled because of the pandemic.
To get to one of these concerts under the stars, you will have to pay from 18 to 39 euros and 34 euros for the evening of July 16 at the Prairie des Filtres.