Ideas for outings in Nord and Pas-de-Calais for the weekend of the 28th
The ideas for outings to have fun with family or friends are still numerous, and there is no doubt that you will find one to your liking! Review.
A nocturnal exhibition, an exhibition all dressed in blue, or even an exhibition of contemporary art, a tribute to the great Georges Brassens, a dance festival, a sporting challenge without forgetting the Dunkirk carnival, one thing is certain, this weekend. end, you will have more good reasons to put your nose outside than to stay on your sofa.
A night visit to discover a museum in a different way
At the Natural History Museum of Lille which on Saturday evening will turn off all its lights to offer you a visit in the dark or almost. Soul sensible abstain, because it is equipped only with your flashlight or the light of your smartphone, that you will be able to survey the galleries of the museum and discover the dinosaurs, the reptiles and other skeletons and stuffed animals.
Surprises guaranteed! Natural History Museum of Lille, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 23, rue Gosselet.
A sporting event in Calais
This weekend, the Roller Derby Calaisis, and the city of Calais are hosting the first stage of the French roller derby championship, during which 6 teams will compete, in the Coubertin sports hall. If you don’t know this sport, you will be amazed, Roller Derby is a spectacular contact sport played on roller skates. A sport that combines skating, speed and contact. An extraordinary sport where falls and jumps are, of course, part of the show.
On 01/28/2023: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
On 01/29/2023: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
An unmissable event for Carnival lovers
This is the big meeting of Black Cat Ball Saturday evening, organized by the Quatz’arts association in Dunkirk, which opens the official carnival season every year. And this event year, the Chat Noir ball celebrates its 100th anniversary. For Dunkirk carnival regulars, the Chat Noir ball is the ball to be at.
Nearly 300 volunteers participate in its organization. With the sale of goodies at the entrance to the ball, each year the Quat’z’arts association raises money which it redistributes to associations. A ball you will understand charity!
A birthday in Dunkirk for the frac which reopens its doors with a new exhibition
the Frac Grand Large celebrates its fortieth anniversary, and this weekend is hosting the exhibition entitled “In their time, a look at private collections”. This exhibition is intended as a new snapshot of French collections of contemporary art through a selection of works, 70% of which were created after 2018, by artists, 40% of whom have less 40 years old, and of which 2/3 of them come from the French scene. Paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs, some acquisitions are also videos, or artistic performances. This exhibition was made possible thanks to the collectors of the ADIAF (Association for the international dissemination of French art). Who have chosen to share their passion by occasionally lending their pieces to institutions. It is to be seen from January 28 to April 23, 2023
Hip-hop in the spotlight this weekend in Lille
With the Hip-open dance Festival, the highlight dedicated to Hip-hop choreographic creation in the region. An event to experience with family, friends, or solo, from 1 to 99 years old. No less than forty-three appointments, you are offered at Flow and in 13 other places in the Lille metropolis, to discover and practice this dance. On the program, premieres of creations, shows on a national scale, battles, concerts and DJ sets, workshops, screenings, conferences…
Also to be discovered throughout the festival, an installation around the research work on the movement of the visual artist Keinoudji Gongolo, who signs the poster for the festival. Info and booking on flow.lille.fr
A tribute evening in Aire-sur-la-Lys on Saturday evening
With the group “The Familiar Strangers” which offers us a tribute concert to Georges Brassens at the Manège d’Aire sur la Lys. Familiar strangers is a band of 7 musicians from jazz and surrounding music, blues, folk, which brings to life the anger, as well as the tenderness of Brassens, by drawing from the repertoire of this great poet, who popularized no less than two hundred songs. Brassens who, more than four decades after his death, has lost none of his fans and above all has been able to seduce the younger generations, with themes as different as sharing, Chanson pour l’Auvergnat, militancy, Le Gorille, l love, On public benches, or even friendship, Les Copains d’abord. A beautiful souvenir evening in perspective.
Blue weaving at the Comtesse hospice, in Lille
And not just any blue. That of the stylist and designer Clivia Nobili, who since her debut in 2009, has brought working overalls up to date in her collections. A blue that until now was produced outside the European Union, until the designer had the idea during confinement to reintroduce the weaving of this particular “blue” in the north of France to create a collection. collector. Project that she will be able to carry out after having seen her file selected to benefit from a financing plan from the Ministry of Culture. It is the whole story of this new fabric made in the north, from its conception to its birth, which is told to us in this exhibition, at the same time as the Authentique Collector collection is presented to us, made up of ten iconic pieces of works.
A collection for which the designer chose a scenography in a nod to the “hanging room”, where miners hung their work overalls on hooks to dry. The exhibition is presented in the chapel of the Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse, a center of regional memory until February 6