This week in Annecy
What is worth going out for this week, in date order. Free events are flagged, and we say what time to turn up when seating is limited.
This week in Annecy
24 Sept — 10 Oct
- Insolite today Open decks at Le Brise Glace Annecy · 19:30 · Free Le Brise Glace hands its decks to amateur DJs, forty-five minutes each, 7:30 pm to midnight. Free entry, no booking: come to mix, or just to dance. Tourist office page →
- Temps fort today Annecy Triathlon Annecy A weekend of sport on and around the lake: a 1.5 km swim in some of Europe’s purest water, 43 km on the bike through the Bauges, and 10 km of running between the Impérial Palace and the Pont des Amours. Children’s and para events the same weekend. Tourist office page →
- Marché today Rue Sainte-Claire flea market Annecy · 08:00 On the last Saturday of the month, the flea market takes over rue Sainte-Claire: a hundred and fifty dealers, 8 am to 6 pm, in the heart of the old town. The best finds go in the morning. Tourist office page →
- Festival today LirÔlac, books by the lake Talloires-Montmin · 10:00 · Free Some twenty authors signing in the bay of Talloires, open-air talks under marquees and readings by young voices. Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm. Free. Tourist office page →
- Rencontre today Meet Yasmina Khadra Annecy · 16:00 Yasmina Khadra, translated into more than forty languages, in conversation with Nabil Louaar at the Seynod community hall, Saturday 4 to 6 pm. Book signing afterwards with the Imaginaire bookshop. Tourist office page →
- Danse today Carmen — Abou Lagraa and the Tunis Opera Ballet Annecy · 20:30 Bonlieu opens its season with Bizet’s Carmen, danced by the Tunis Opera Ballet to choreography by Abou Lagraa. Three nights: Tuesday and Wednesday at 8:30 pm, Thursday at 7 pm. Tourist office page →
- Festival today High Five Festival Annecy The mountain sports festival moves into the town centre: 77 premiere films over 18 screenings, a festival village on place François-de-Menthon and a kids’ area in the square des Martyrs-de-la-Déportation. Tourist office page →
- Concert today Vincent Schmidt and Natan Niddam Alby-sur-Chéran · 20:30 Guitar and oud on one side, piano and voice on the other: an acoustic duo playing its own songs, Friday at 8:30 pm at Le Pôle in Alby. A reason to drive out to the Chéran valley. Tourist office page →
- Sport today Dragon Boat Festival Annecy The twentieth edition: dragon boats with sixteen paddlers and a drummer race on the lake from the Marquisats watersports base. Long-distance heats on Saturday from 2 pm, sprints on Sunday from 9 am. Tourist office page →
- Famille today Savoie Games Festival Annecy · 09:00 Over 3,000 m² of games at Cap Périaz: retro gaming, pinball, simulators, virtual reality, tournaments, a cosplay contest and more than twenty-five guests. Saturday and Sunday, 9 am to 6 pm. Advance tickets recommended. Tourist office page →
- Concert today Mariam sings Amadou & Mariam Annecy · 20:30 Mariam, the voice of the Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, is back on the road: Je pense à toi, Sabali, Beaux Dimanches, and songs from the posthumous album. Saturday at 8:30 pm, Bonlieu’s main hall. Tourist office page →
- Terroir today Fête du Bidoyon Sevrier · 09:30 The thirty-fourth country fair of Les Amis du Terroir: local produce, lunch and a bar, the Sevrier brass band and The 5Sides, and an exhibition on the hamlets at the Villa du Prieuré. Sunday from 9:30 am. Tourist office page →
- Temps fort today Retour des Alpages Annecy · 09:00 · Free Annecy’s great autumn festival, since 1973: the herds parade through the old town as they come down from the summer pastures, among old crafts, folk groups and local produce. Animal parade at 2:30 pm. Free. Tourist office page →