Theater, walks and creative hobbies this weekend in Toulouse
Like every week, the Journal Toulousain offers you a selection of activities to do during the weekend in Toulouse: a walk in the alleys of the Pink City as part of the Transtoulousaine, a chocolate workshop in the gourmet village of Aérospace, a visit to the MEETT Creative Leisure Fair or an immersive play on the theme of electronic music.
A long walk through Toulouse
The 5th edition of the Transtoulousaineorganized by the association 2 feet 2 wheels, a place this weekend in the Pink City. Participants are invited to choose from five walking routes. Their departures are from different places in Toulouse:
- “Green water, red bricks and street art», 6 kilometers long and accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM), from Sauzelong,
- “Nature in the heart of the neighborhoods“, 11 kilometers from Bellefontaine,
- “Wild touch and unlikely places“, 13 kilometers, from Saint-Martin-du-Touch,
- “Between lakes, rivers, parks and gardens“, from Saint-Jean for the 17 kilometer route or Soupetard for the 7 kilometer route,
- “In the direction of Compostela», from Castanet-Tolosan for the 17 kilometer course or Pech David for the 6 kilometer one.
With family, friends, or colleagues, everyone can complete the course at their own pace. Each route ends on the same finish line, installed at the open-air theater on the island of Ramier. Here, drinks, refreshments and musical entertainment expect walkers for the rest of the day.
This event is, for the first time this year, organized as part of the festival Toulouse Innovative and Sustainable. This takes place all weekend on the Place du Capitole. Dozens of exhibitors and players in the circular economy will offer visitorsexchange around ecological solutionssuch as repairing your bike, learning to sew, buying zero waste, sorting, responsible shopping, maintaining your garden, enjoying soft mobility, etc. On Sunday, a floral scent will invade the city center with the installation of flower stands, the organization of creative workshops to make plant works and bouquet compositions.
Practical information : TranstoulousianSunday, October 16, from various departure points between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Exact locations sent by email the old of the event.
Free for children, participation of 2 euros minimum for adults. Online registration.
Immersive Theater Play at a 1990s Rave Party
The Toulouse director Pierrot Corpel presents this weekend his latest creation, to say the least original: “Rave 1995”. An immersive show through the story of four young friends who discovered electronic music, and more particularly techno, in the “Rave Parties” of the 1990s. Their journey is presented as a kind of “initiation rite” of the transition to music. adulthood, during which they explore the notions of emancipation, defiance of authority, test illicit substances, claim to live in celebration and friendship while trying to flee work, family and credits. They also come up against their own limits, those of justice and the law.
This play “invites the public to dance with a generation that wanted to change the world and live at 150 bpm (beats per minute)”, explains the director. Indeed, the electronic music of Laurent Garnier, Carl Cox and Jeff Mills is linked together in spectacular sets made up of lasers that cross the crowd, mapping on the walls, videos broadcast in the background and other light effects. Immersion guaranteed.
Practical information : Nine Club, 26 alley of Foulques, Toulouse. Saturday October 15 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
From 12 years old. Price: 26.50 euros. Online ticketing.
23rd edition of the Salon des Loisirs Créatifs this weekend in Toulouse
The Toulouse MEETT welcomes the 23rd edition of the Creative Leisure Fair since Thursday, October 13. And good news for lovers of Do It Yourself: the event continues this weekend. The opportunity to meet creators and artists from the region, to buy equipment or raw materials to make unique creations, or to participate in one of the many workshops. It is for example possible to try your hand at sewing, weaving, mosaic, scrapbooking, calligraphy, the creation of brooches, medallions, notebooks, paper flowers, stickers, cushions and lingerie items.
Members of the “Blouses Roses” association are also present throughout the weekend. They will offer to make works on the theme “Say it with flowers”. These can take any form, be it drawings, paintings, sculptures, collages, etc. raise as much money as possible in favor of hospitalized children and elderly people who live in nursing homes with more than 4,000 volunteers working every day to provide comfort by organizing fun activities.
Practical information : Creative Leisure FairMEETT, chemin de l’Enseigure, Toulouse.
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 October, from 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Prices: from 6 to 8 euros. Free for children under 12. Free parking.
A gourmet village settles in the heart of Montaudran
The shopkeepers of the Aerospace area of Montaudran, located opposite the famous Halle de la Machine, are organizing a “Gourmet Village” this weekend in the heart of the district. Local producers will train a small market in which visitors could buy fruit and vegetables, wine, black garlic, snails, all kinds of cheeses, biscuits, nougat, but also vegetarian and vegan products. The association Toulouse at the tablepartner of the event, will propose different cooking workshopsmaking chocolate delicacies, cutting ham, preparing fruit and vegetables, or even tasting multiple wine references.
The music group from Colomiers “Bisto de Nas” will provide musical entertainment for the duration of the event. The Papinette food-truck will set up right next to awaken the taste buds of the greediest with its generous hot dogs, truffle croque-monsieurs, poke bowls or even pastrami sandwiches. “Other surprises” await visitors according to the organizers of the event. But to discover them, you will have to go there.
Practical information : Gourmet village of AeronauticsPlace Marcel Bouilloux-Lafont, Toulouse.
Saturday October 15 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. FREE ENTRANCE.