Avignon Festival 2026 : a local’s view of the city in July

I grew up in Avignon. Every July, the city stops looking like itself. Warm evenings, theatre in the streets, celebrities in the alleyways. A local's view of what the Festival actually does to a city.
Avignon Festival 2026 — dates, programme and atmosphere

Theatre in Avignon The Avignon Festival 2026 runs from 4 to 25 July. For its 80th edition, it is built around the idea of doubt, a question mark that slams its fist on a table, according to the visual identity created by the Marseille agency Perméable. Avignon in July is something else entirely. The city […]