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All roads lead to Beaune! Here are a few suggestions to help you choose which concerts to attend…
Discover Beaune’s heritage
Take advantage of a Festival concert to discover Beaune’s architectural gems, the Hôtel-Dieu and the Basilica of Notre-Dame, as well as places rarely open to the public: the Chapel of Charity and the Chapel of the Jacobins.
A musical guided tour of the city is offered every weekend during the Festival.
For history enthusiasts
To open the Festival, La Tempête and Simon-Pierre Bestion celebrate a spectacular Imaginary Requiem for Charles V, the emperor who ruled over half the world. Don’t miss the closing event, The Sword and the Lily, a polyphonic immersion in Rogier van der Weyden’s Last Judgement, a masterpiece from the collections of the Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune.
Dowland 400
All over the world, concerts and events are celebrating John Dowland (1523-1626), the great English composer and lutenist. Enter his poetic and melancholic world through three intimate concerts.
New to classical music?
Many of the Festival’s concerts are short: less than an hour and a half! Some works are easy to access and may be the catalyst that draws you into the world of Baroque music: Handel’s Ariodante, Gasparini’s L’Avare, Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine.
Finally, the Festival Conversations provide you with valuable listening tips.
Bring the family!
This year, one of the Festival’s shows is designed for the whole family, at an affordable price: step into the timeless story of Peau d’Âne (Donkey Skin), as it might have been told in the time of Charles Perrault.
For all other Festival concerts, under-18s benefit from a single price of €10 for all categories.
And also…
The Festival is also an opportunity to share special gastronomic and oenological moments: our dinners at the Hôtel-Dieu and, new for 2026, a wine tasting ‘through history’, combining wine and new discoveries. The Festival bar is also open during every interval.
