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2012 CULTURAL AND FESTIVE TIMETABLE
Friday 23 March Café provençal at the Simiane house
of provençal culture
(Maison Ponson) High Village Entry 5 € – book at 07
86 64 67 90
Wednesday 28 Poetry evening organized by « Vivre à
Simiane » Theme for 2012 « Childhood »
at the « Chapeau Rouge » restaurant. A free glass
of wine for participating readers
Sunday 1st April Open Day at the Garden of the Abbey of Valsaintes
14.30 Book signing by Marie Buttigien of her volume « La
Stevia » published by Edisu
At 15.30 Jean-Yves Meignen presents 3 plants trialled in the garden.
Saturday 7 April Couscous Supper organised by the Comité
des Fêtes (Price 20 €)
Salle des Fêtes. Bring your own cutlery. Bookings at Vival
shop 04 92 75 98 20
Saturday 7 April to Friday 13 April 2nd year of « Bulb Week
» Garden of the Abbey of Valsaintes
Saturday 7, Sunday 8 and Monday 9 April, from 14.30 Guided visit
of the garden by Jean-Yves Meignen.
Price of tour included in the entrance fee
Saturday 14 April Course in provençal dialect (total immersion
method)
Simiane Maison of provençal culture (Maison Ponson) 30
€ including meal
Bookings 07 86 64 67 90
Friday 27 April to Tuesday 1st May Saint’s Day 2012 Fairground
attractions from 27 April to 1st May
Friday 27 April 18.00 Opening of the Fair (attractions and refreshments)
Saturday 28 April 10.30 Sainte Victoire’s Mass followed
by drinks
Street Entertainment by the SUCCA Company
14.00 Boules competition
21.30 Musical entertainment by the « Compagnie des Ménestrels
»
at the Village Hall (Salle des Fêtes)
Sunday 29 April 12.00 Lunch Mixed grills (followed by dancing)
animated by J-C Roussel
Reservations for lunch at the VIVAL shop Tel 04 92 75 98 20
22.00 Concert by « Mechta »
Monday 30 April Street entertainment by Vigo on stilts throughout
the day
22.00 Fireworks with « La caravane de feu » at the
Boulodrome
Tuesday 1st May Street entertainment with « Les diablotins
» throughout the day
Saturday 28 April Exhibition « Art in May » at the
Rotonde (Medieval Castle)
to Saturday 19 May Theme 2012 « Hidden Forces » Joint
exhibition by Simiane artists
10.30 – 13.00 Private view 28 April at 19.00
13.30 – 19.00 Exhibition included in the price of entry
to the Castle
each day
Saturday 28 April to Thursday 31 May Exhibition « Art in
May » at « Maison de Brian » High Village
Gisèle Buthod-Garço Ceramics
15.00 - 19.00 Stéphanie Ferrat Paintings
each day Christian Perrier Paintings
Private View Saturday 28 April 18.00 at Maison de Brian
Saturday 26 May to Sunday 10 June 12th Year of « Abbaye
en Roses » Garden of the Abbey of Valsaintes
Full programme on www.valsaintes.org
Friday 1st June to Tuesday 26 June Exhibition by Stéphanie
Mutrux at La Rotonde Paintings
Exhibition included in the price of entry to the Castle
10.30 – 13.00
13.30 – 19.00
each day
Saturday 2 June Lecture by Jean-Yves Meignen « Natural (organic)
care of roses »
Sunday 3 June Lecture by Dominique Massad « The story of
the rose in France »
15.00 Garden of the Abbey of Valsaintes
Friday
22 June Café provençal at the Simiane House of provençal
culture
19.00 (Maison Ponson) High Village Entry 5 euros. Book at 07 86
64 67 90
Saturday
23 June Feast of St. John Summer Solstice
Musical entertainment by « Les Bontuillos » Organized
by « Vivre à Simiane »
Sunday 1st July to Tuesday 31 July Exhibition at « Maison
de Brian » High Village
Danielle Desnoue Drawings
15.00 – 19.00 Françoise Kindler Ceramics
each day Martina Kramer Peinture
Private View on Saturday 30 June at 19.00
Sunday 1st July to Monday 30 July Exhibition by Claude Boutterin
at La Rotonde Paintings
In partnership with « Maison de Brian »
10.30 – 13.00 Private View on Saturday 30 June at 18.00
13.30 – 19.00 Exhibition included in the price of entry
to the Castle
each day
Friday 13 July Soupe au Pistou Supper organized by the Comité
des Fêtes
20.30 (Bring your own cutlery) Bookings at the Vival shop 04 92
75 98 20
Saturday 21 July Concert « Duo Cheops » Contemporary
songs in provençal
16.30 Salle des Fêtes. All seats free but reserve at 07
86 64 67 90
Monday 23 July to Sunday 29 July First String Festival Garden
of the Abbey of Valsaintes
Concerts and workshops for voice Full programme on www.valsaintes.org
By reservation only from April 1st
Thursday 26 July to Tuesday 7 August Patchwork Exhibition at the
Salle des Fêtes Lower village
Open every day from 15.00 to 19.00 Free entry
Wednesday 1st August to Friday 31 August Exhibitions Festival
of Early Music « Les Riches Heures Musicales de la Rotonde
»
in the Rotonde (medieval castle)
10.30 – 13-00 Mario Roffler Still Life paintings
13.30 – 19.00 Anne-Marie Berthon & Jeanne-Marie Noël
Photographic archive of the Simiane Festival
each day Private View Sunday 1st August at 19.00
Exhibition included in the price of entry to the château
Thursday 2 August to Friday 31 August Exhibition at La Maison
de Brian High Village
Martine Cazin Drawings
15.00 - 19.00 Alexandre Hollan Paintings
each day Patrice Poutout Sculpture
Private View Thursday 2 August at 18.00
5 to 20 August 30th Festival of Early Music « Les Riches
Heures Musicales de la Rotonde »
Concerts at 21.00 in the Rotonde (Medieval Castle)
Sunday 5 August « La Rêveuse » Ensemble
Wednesday 8 August Duo Aline ZYLBERAJCH and Martin GESTER
Saturday 11 August « Concerto Soave » Ensemble
Wednesday 15 August « Obsidienne » Ensemble
Friday 17 August « Doulce Mémoire » Ensemble
Monday 20 August « Les Calissonnes » Ensemble
Reservations and Information on 04 92 75 90 14
Sunday 12 August Vide-grenier/ Car boot Sale organized by «
Vivre à Simiane »
Place des Ecole (lower village in front of the school building)
Participants register on 04 92 75 94 95
Tuesday 14 August Moules Frites (Traditional Mussels & Chips)
Supper organized by the Comité des Fêtes
20.30 (Bring your own cutlery) Salle des Fêtes. Bookings
at Vival shop 04 92 75 98 20
Monday 3 Sept. to Wed. 19 Sept.Exhibition « Mineral »
by Dadou Roche Engravings
at the Rotonde (Medieval Castle)
13.30 -18.00 Private View Saturday 8 September at 18.00
each day Exhibition included in the price of entry to the château
except Tuesdays
Saturday 15 Sept. Concert of traditional songs in provençal
dialect with « Lei Troubaire de Madelano »
15.30 Salle des Fêtes. Free entry by reservation on 07 86
64 67 90
Sunday 16 Sept. Exhibition of popular traditional provençal
costume
10.00 - 17.00 at the Simiane house of provençal culture
(Maison Ponson) High village
Entry 5 € Information at 07 86 64 67 90
Sunday 16 Sept. « Journées du patrimoine »
(National Open Day of Museums) at the Medieval Castle Admission
Free
Friday 21 Sept. Café provençal at the Simiane house
of provençal culture
19.00 (Maison Ponson, high village) Entry 5 € Bookings at
07 86 64 67 90
Wednesday 3 Oct. to Sunday 11 Nov. Exhibition « Simiane’s
Heritage » (Patrimoine de Simiane)
at the Rotonde (Medieval Castle)
13.30 – 18.00 Private View Saturday 6 October at 18.00
each day
except Tuesdays
Saturday 8 Dec. Traditional Provençal Christmas Eve Supper
with Entertainment
19.00 at the Salle des Fêtes. Organized by the «Simiane
House of provençal culture »
Bookings at 07 86 64 67 90 Price to be announced.
Tuesday 18 Dec. to Sunday 23 Dec Winter Solstice Concert Murielle
Schreder (Classical and Celtic Harp)
Church of the Abbey of Valsaintes
By reservation only from 1st October on 04 92 75 94 19
Information and reservations at the medieval Château (from
the 15th April 2011 onwards)
At (33) 04 92 75 90 14
E-mail : festival.mus.simiane@free.fr
Website : www.festival-simiane.com
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