Ideas for day and night outings to have fun in the Nord and Pas-de Calais this weekend of May 14 and 15, 2022
If this weekend will be marked by the opening of the Utopia season in Lille 3000, many other outings await you such as the night of the museums, the night of the Arts, the fashion and design market, but also a fantastic fair and horror, an aviation show or even a blues festival.
The essential in the North remains the start of the season Utopia Lille3000 this Saturday, with the theme this year of nature and the imagination, with more than 35 exhibitions to discover in all of the heights of France.
And to launch hostilities from Saturday noon, a day of entertainment in the city center, with a big parade that will start from rue Faidherbe where you will discover the “Moss people”, who have adorned the street since the start of the week.
Various creatures will appear in the streets of Lille, you will see the aerial structures of the Belgian designer Tom van der Borght, the float of the company Tire-Laine, of Art Point M and the float Barbe à Papa of Vivien Roubaud. Dancers and performing arts companies also perform in the streets of Lille. The evening will end with a big fireworks display, fired from the Esplanade du Champ de Mars.
this weekend, at the gates of Mons, Maubeuge welcomes the Fantasy and Horror Fair. This festival brings together art enthusiasts, film buffs, series fans of all kinds, geeks.
A lounge to immerse yourself in the fantastic world of cinema, art and literature of all kinds. During this weekend, many festivities: a fire-eater, the exhibition of vehicles such as the Delorean from the film “back to the future” and the Ford Gan Torino from “Starsky and Hutch” The presence of artists, Saturday with Bo Gaultier de Kermoal (La Tour Montparnasse infernale, Kaamelott) and a conference on the world of comics with David Hasteda (Ankama) and JL Mast (Marvel).
Also noteworthy at Lille Grand Palais, the fifth edition of Geek Days this weekend, to immerse yourself in the world of manga, cosplay, video games, comics and science fiction.
This is a first in the mountains of Flanders, and it happens in several municipalities including Steenvoorde, Godewaersvelde, Boschep, Berthen.
On the program, A musical conference entitled “La Route du Blues”, A Blues Jam Session of blues concerts like the one this Friday evening at 7 p.m. from Philippe Ménard in Boeschèpe. Reservations at 06/95/50/10/42 or [email protected]
And for good reason, we celebrate museum night. Across the region, museums are on standby. This is the case at Flanders Departmental Museum which has a fantastic night in store for you with the “Bizarre. You said Fine Arts! »
Throughout the rooms, the museum offers you a dive into an extraordinary and unusual world, between tales, musical performances, object theater and dance.
the Louvre-Lens also promises us an imperial night, like the exhibition Rome. The city and the empire.
With throughout the evening from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., a puzzle game to help the emperor, immersive costumed visits to slip into the skin of a Roman citizen, workshops for making crowns , To end the night in complete serenity, a meditation session around the famous Crouching scribe.
All visits and activities are free, on registration on site the same evening (subject to availability).
The night will be long Roubaix. The swimming pool museum offers a family weekend and nightlife.
And in Roubaix this weekend is also held 22nd night of the artsafter two years of absence, no less than 70 places in roubais dedicated to culture and creation will be highlighted with always the same ambition: to put art in all its forms (painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, video installations ) and accessible to as many people as possible.
Still in Roubaix, the Fashion and Design Market, which is held at ENSAIT, at the Vestiaire and Avenue Jean Lebas. A real institution, this show brings together nearly 70 fashion, accessories, lifestyle & design exhibitors, but also a live artist, and DJs to animate Do it yourself workshops.
But also the 15th Comics and Graphic Arts FairSalle Watremez, Saturday and Sunday
Aviation is open to everyone this weekend with Open Days at Lille Marcq-en-Baroeul aerodrome from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Located on the aerodrome located in Bondues, it is the largest flying club north of Paris, where private pilots and future professionals are trained each year. A dozen planes from the most modern (electric) to the most vintage (post World War II) will be exhibited and in which you can board you can attend mirage 2000 flight simulations in virtual reality, perform first flights .