Festival d’Avignon

In July, the entire old town of Avignon was transformed into a theater stage to welcome tens of thousands of fans. The streets were full of music performances, role-playing, drama promotional paintings on the walls, and long queues in front of the theater in the evening.

Avignon is a city of art, a strong artistic atmosphere of Avignon, is also the oldest and most influential art festival in France, the Avignon Theatre Festival. This international drama festival, born in 1947, is held every July and August. Artists from all over the world stage operas and stage plays in this ancient European city to show their artistic talents. Here you can see a lot of ingenious publicity methods.

The Avignon Theatre Festival is very lively, when the whole city will come out to celebrate this grand festival after the festival, we have the privilege to participate in this event, it is really great, feel the joy of this event.

The Avignon Theatre Festival was founded in 1947 by French theatre director Jean Villar. France, which had just emerged from the shadow of World War II, was trying to rebuild. The purpose of the festival was to promote the recovery and development of French culture and art, so that elegant drama art could go out of the hall and into the folk. It is usually held every July.

The main courtyard of the honor of the papal palace, which can accommodate 2,000 spectators, is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and the birthplace of the Avignon Theatre Festival. The festival later extended to many other historical sites, from the arena to the courtyard, from the chapel to the garden, from the quarry to the church, from inside the city wall to outside the city wall, very lively!