Highlight of the yearWorld Children's Festival

World Children’s Festival

Every year in July, it’s the same ritual. For 35 years, children’s folklore groups from all over the world have been meeting in Saint-Maixent-L’Ecole for 5 days of celebration to discover dances and music from all over the world!

WHEN IS IT?

Edition 2023: from July 11 to 16.

WHERE IS IT ?

Saint-Maixent-L’EIn 2023, the Festival will take place from July 11 to 16. Access to the Festival Village is free, some shows are chargeable.cole

WHERE TO BOOK?

At the Festival Village, online at www.festik.net or the Haut Val de Sèvre Tourist Office.

5 days of celebration!

To keep traditions alive! This is the credo of the association at the origin of the festival “Rencontres Internationales Folkloriques Enfantines”. For more than 30 years, for 5 days in July, the heart of Saint-Maixent l’École beats to the rhythm of songs, dances and music from around the world.

If the festival promotes the mixture of cultures through dances and music from around the world, over the years, other events have come to enhance the program of festivities, always in the same spirit of sharing, tolerance and discovery of the world. ‘other. Hikes, aperitif-concert or even storytelling are offered to festival-goers in search of otherness!

In 2023, the Festival will take place from July 11 to 16. Access to the Festival Village is free, some shows are chargeable.