EVENTS

What's happening around lake Annecy

15AUG

Pyroconcerts of Talloires

The Pyroconcerts, unpublished shows the undeniable success

Initially created in 2001 in the Bay of Talloires on Lake Annecy, the Pyroconcerts then occur on Lake Bourget and Paris.
This unique event aims to bring together on the same stage with several artistic disciplines that always accompany the fire, placing each performance at the heart of an ephemeral decoration lights and magic.

Music, dancing, singing or theater are the different expressions of the many artists who came to contribute to this artistic event like no other.

Jean-Claude Brialy, Brigitte Engerer, Liz Mac Comb, Thomas Dutronc, Korcia Laurent, André Dussollier, Macha Meril, Stéphane Freiss, Richard Galliano or André Manoukian and are among the great talents came to perform on stage of pyroconcerts.

Info & bookings: www.talloires.pyroconcerts.com

03AUG

Feast of lake Annecy

The first Saturday of August, the Bay of Albigny becomes the enchanting largest fireworks show in Europe…

70 minutes of fireworks punctuated by music, lights, water games….
A unique sight to see at least once in his life!

From the great celebration “Venetian” given in 1860 in honor of the coming of Napoleon III, this event has evolved by integrating all the new techniques fireworks and appealing to emotions of renowned designers.

Majestic, magical, unique! About 200 000 spectators and join the lake to participate in this evening of fun and wonder.

Organisation: Ville d’Annecy

Information about the Fête du Lac :
Mairie d’Annecy – BP 2305 – 74011 Annecy Cedex

Ph: 04 50 33 65 65 / Fax: 04 50 51 81 52
Email
: fetedulac@ville-annecy.fr

21JUN

Music feast

For its 35th edition, the Music Festival returns preserving what has made it successful: offering a day for groups and amateur musicians to play before the public in the streets, bars, restaurants and halls open for the occasion.

The 2016 program at Annecy is dense with a hundred groups that will play from 11am to 1am. Mainly concentrated in the city center and old town, musical groups will perform for each about 1 hour in 16 different locations. As in previous years, the panel of styles of music offered is wide and various scenes accommodate varied programming.

Note that Sibra extends the operation of its bus lines to promote the movement of each. The bus return is free with 5 special lines and 3 night lines. Every hour from the station until 1 am.

Information: Ville d’Annecy
Download the official program on the city website

10JUN

Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its Market (Mifa)

It is the world’s meeting of more than 8000 professionals.

Discover the latest animated masterpieces, locate current trends and tomorrow, meet your favorite directors and emerging talents, unearth your future employees and partners … in the friendly atmosphere of the International Festival of Animated Film Annecy.

Several venues host screenings of the Festival, from 10h to 23h.

Every evening at 22:15, a film on the big screen on the Pâquier (free access).

The International Market of Animation Film (Mifa) is the event of the animation industry in terms of co-production, purchase, sale, financing and distributing content across all distribution media.

Mifa has an exhibition area of over 4000 m2. It hosts 555 international exhibitors.

Located at the Imperial Palace, the Imperial driveway, the market for exhibitors is open from 9 am to 7 pm and the market visitors from 9:30 am to 7 pm.

Organisation: Ville d’Annecy / CITIA

Informations: www.annecy.org