Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Very dynamic, the town offers many shows throughout the year and sets up initiatives allowing everyone to get closer to culture in all its forms. One-off events, often in the summer, such as "Boy, the Note!" offer diverse and high-quality cultural events to an ever-increasing audience.

You can also take advantage of your stay to visit the Loire Museum dedicated to this watercourse but also to the Fine Arts. Speaking of the Loire, its banks offer you many circuits to explore on foot or by mountain bike for an unforgettable hiking experience.

The Loire also allows you to practice water sports for enthusiasts of the genre or for those who want to discover this practice: canoe or kayak, it's up to you to choose your boat to discover the city differently by sailing on the waves of the Loire, to reach Pouilly-sur-Loire or Saint-Satur. On the mainland, you can also go karting or play a game of bowling. To explore the city and its surroundings, choose a strange means of transport: the cyclorail. It is by traveling the railway lines aboard this machine that you will enjoy the landscape.

The historical and architectural heritage will amaze you. In the must-see places of your walk, you cannot miss the churches of Saint-Agnan and Saint-Jacques, the episcopal palace, the former Augustinian convent which houses the Loire museum, the Forges de la Chaussade site, the enclosure of the Old Castle freshly cleared of the dwellings which hid it and the house of the Chaplains. The Tourist Office also offers you a walking tour of the city, come and pick it up!

The Easter Tournament is the occasion for parties with no less than 80 soccer teams. An appointment not to be missed for lovers of the genre.

On July 14, the Ronde Cosnoise brings together the riders for an exceptional urban course. Three races are on the program with different levels of difficulty.

Also on 14 July, the Grand Prix of the City sees the cyclists on the road in a frantic race.

In February, the Winter in the attic warms the scene. This theater festival is for everyone.

In March, the Spring Concert announces the beautiful season.

In May, the feast of the Loire invites you to discover the sailors of yesteryear.

May is also the month of the Book Fair. Discover authors with sharp pen or approach your idols.

In October, the Automnal des Arts fair presents exhibitions of paintings, sculpture and various representative arts.

In November, the Cinema Festival marks the arrival of the cold season by offering you to warm up in the dark rooms.

In December, it is the Christmas market which takes place while waiting for Santa Claus.

• From 22 may to 2 june 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• This year, the Musée de la Loire is fully involved in the Fête de la nature, with a number of events on offer. - - Landscapes of the Loire and Nohain - From 22 May to 2 June 2024, during normal museum opening hours - Exhibition at the Musée de la Loire - Many artists have sketched the river over the centuries. Ancient or modern, they have left us painted landscapes, a selection of which the Musée de la Loire invites you to discover. Anonymous artists of course, but also Deslignères, Messemin, Rameau, Dardy, Cipra, Rex-Barrat, Montchougny… all are invited to this exceptional presentation to inspire today's artists and launch the first Cosne-sur-Loire Landscape Artists' Week. - - 1st Cosne-sur-Loire Landscape Designers' Week - From 22 to 26 May 2024 - Calling all painters, watercolourists, draughtsmen, engravers… ! If you're an amateur or an established artist, if you're interested in nature and landscapes, if you're keen to work in the open air and from nature… the Musée de la Loire invites you to take part in the first Landscape Artists' Week. - On Wednesday 22 May, starting at 10am at the museum, you can sign up and discover the selection of landscapes on display for the occasion. Inspired by this wide range of water landscapes, you can then take to the banks of the Nohain or the Loire to create your own landscape until Sunday 26 May. It will then be exhibited at the Palais de Loire from Tuesday 28 May to Sunday 2 June. - Practical information : - - All techniques and media accepted (except photography) - - No format restrictions - - You must register at the Musée de la Loire between 10am on Wednesday 22 May and 6pm on Saturday 25 May (your medium will be marked). - - Original work inspired solely by a Cosne landscape (on the banks of the Nohain or the Loire) - - Work produced only during the period and must be framed or fitted with a hanging system. - - Works produced as part of Landscape Design Week - From 28 May to 2 June 2024 - Exhibition, conference room of the Palais de Loire - Presentation of works created by the artists taking part in Landscape Designers Week - All the participants, who have first validated their registration with the museum and produced a work of art in Cosne, are invited to exhibit at the Palais de Loire. A jury made up of elected representatives, shopkeepers, association leaders, heritage and cultural officers, etc. will meet to decide on a 1st prize, while the public will be invited to vote for a People's Prize by placing a ballot in a ballot box.

• From 31 may to 2 june 2024
• Devant la mairie, Place du Docteur Jacques Huyghues des Etages
• The 35th Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Book Fair will be held on the Place de la Mairie from 31 May to 2 June. Many authors and illustrators, eager to meet the public, will be present. More details will be announced shortly.

• On 1 june 2024
• Nature is everywhere in the city, if you know where to look. On this walk through the heart of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, we'll show you the wild plants that lurk around every corner. - Organised as part of the Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Biodiversity Atlas. Meeting point to be announced on registration.

• On 5 june 2024
• Palais de Loire, salle de conférence, Rue du Général de Gaulle
• December 1974 : Rex-Barrat died following an operation. Fifty years after his sudden death, it was time to pay a new tribute to the painter from the Nivernais region, and this is what the Musée Auguste Grasset in Varzy is aiming to do in 2024. - Born in Varzy in 1914, Rex-Barrat was a key figure in the town in more ways than one. Taking over his grandfather's photography studio, he entered into the intimacy of all the people of Varzy, capturing births, communions and marriages with his discerning eye. As a painter, he quickly established himself as one of the most renowned landscape artists in the Nivernais region. He has often said that he owed his vocation to Alfred Garcement, an artist and neighbour of his parents, who gave him a box of paints and taught him the rudiments of drawing. After passing through Paris to study decorative arts and painting, he completed his artistic education by becoming a pupil of Claude Rameau, nicknamed the "painter of the Loire". He followed in the master's footsteps, devoting himself almost exclusively to depicting landscapes of his native Haut-Nivernais region, although a few portraits and still lifes punctuate his work. From 1942 onwards, when he had his first solo exhibition in Nevers at the Galerie Contencin, his vibrant, oblique brushstrokes were instantly recognisable, with powerful colours enhanced by a touch of ultramarine blue.

• On 8 june 2024
• Eglise, Rue Saint-Jacques
• Enjoy a magnificent concert by the Ensemble Vocal Féminine "Ligérianes", in the Church of Saint-Jacques. A musical aesthetic designed for women, performed by women around the musician Imogen Holst. - Conducted by Jean-Charles Dunand, the Ensemble Vocal Ligérianes, the Quatuor à Cordes Nina and Martine Dubut (double bass) will perform several works. Tickets available online at HelloAsso Ligérianes.

• From 10 to 16 june 2024
• 235 Rue des Frères Gambon, Le Garage Théâtre
• The Garage Théâtre in Cosne-sur-Loire is hosting the 4th Printemps des Écritures from 10 to 16 June, focusing on the work of writer and playwright Jon Fosse, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature. - This year's event will feature a writing workshop open to all, led again this year by Gabriel Dufay, director, actor and author of, among other works, "Ecrire c'est écouter" (published by L'Arche), a book of interviews with Jon Fosse that he published in France and which won the "Transfuge Prize" for best stage book in 2024. - On Friday 14 and Saturday 15, at 8.30pm, two evening performances of Jon Fosse's work, open to the public, with Jean-Paul Wenzel, Gabriel Dufay, Lou Wenzel and Alessandra Domenici. - The writing workshop, Monday to Thursday from 7pm to 9.30pm, and Friday and Saturday from 5pm to 7.30pm. - On Sunday 16 at 5pm, a public performance of the week's writing workshop. - Price for 7 days of writing workshop : €50. - Evenings on 14 and 15 June : €10. - An ephemeral bar will be available on Friday, Saturday evening and Sunday to share a convivial moment. - In collaboration with the Le Cyprès bookshop in Nevers, books by Jon Fosse and Gabriel Dufay will be on sale (with signing facilities). - There is still room at the writing workshop. - Don't hesitate to spread the word ! - - To register : http://www.garagetheatre-amis.fr or le.garage.theatre@gmail.com - - Bookings for the 2 evenings : http://www.garagetheatre-amis.fr or by email le.garage.theatre@gmail.com - - By phone : 06 26 75 38 39.

• From 21 to 23 june 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• As in previous years, the Musée de la Loire is taking part in the Journées du Patrimoine de Pays et des Moulins, the theme of which in 2024 is : Water, useful for everyone. - Today, the Loire is above all a prodigious river of vital freshwater that irrigates our land and supplies our water tables, but it also offers an unrivalled reserve of biodiversity along its 1,000 km length. This protected natural environment and its picturesque landscapes attract visitors from all over the world, whether they are cycling along its banks or travelling by boat. The river is proving to be of vital importance to human well-being as we rediscover it, after having turned our backs on it for over a century. But it wasn't always like this. Do you have any idea of the place the river occupied in the lives of our ancestors, or how many activities essential to the development or functioning of our towns were linked to its presence ? - During a guided tour, the Musée de la Loire takes you back in time to a time not so long ago when the Loire was the most navigated river in France. In those days, the vast majority of goods were transported along the river, helping to boost the economies of the towns along its banks. In the museum's collections, paintings, engravings, photographs and ceramics still bear witness to a multitude of trades that have now disappeared or become rare. So sailors, harbourmen, buoy tenders, ferrymen, sand-pullers, professional fishermen, washerwomen, millers and blacksmiths will all be brought back to life for a few moments.

• On 27 june 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• One exhibition, one day each month, thirty minutes, one story ! - Every month this year, the Musée de la Loire will be offering a new event, which will invariably begin like a fairytale with "Once upon a time…". - This month, "Once upon a time… the Empire and the Republic" in front of this helmet from the Cent-Gardes squadron, Napoleon III's bodyguard. - Both the first President of the Republic and the last French monarch, Napoleon III left his mark on the country's economic and political history. His achievements include the development of the railways, the metallurgical industry and the banking system, as well as the great transformation of Paris. - The helmet preserved in the museum is unique and truly exceptional for two reasons. It was originally ordered for an elite unit, the Garde Impériale, the forerunner of the Garde Républicaine known as the Compagnie des Cent-Gardes. But it was never actually used by the troops because it was a prototype that was not favoured by the Emperor. Which one would you have chosen ? - The museum invites you to take a short cultural and historical lunch break, before or after your meal. Come and enjoy a little art to whet your appetite or digest !

• From 3 july to 30 august 2024
• Centre-ville, Terrasses des cafés
• From Wednesday to Friday, the terraces of the cafés and restaurants come alive in the evening to the rhythm of the concerts.

• On 18 july 2024
• Musée de la Loire, Place de la Résistance
• One exhibition, one day each month, thirty minutes, one story ! - Every month this year, the Musée de la Loire will be offering a new activity, which will invariably begin like a tale with "Once upon a time…". - This month, "Once upon a time… hot-air balloons" in front of this earthenware plate decorated with a hot-air balloon dated 1784. - Although modest, this plate commemorates an important event in man's conquest of the skies. It was 1783 in France, and a number of inventors, entrepreneurs and scientists were embarking on the adventure of ballooning. History will only remember the Montgolfier brothers, whose name was eventually used to designate the object, but we must give credit where credit is due, and that's exactly what this plate does ! There is no Montgolfier here, not even a hot-air balloon, but rather a competing balloon, inflated with hydrogen, which on 1 December 1783 was the first to climb to 3,000 m and fly 35 km ! It's enough to make you lose your hat, isn't it ? If so, we'd love to meet you… - The museum invites you to take a short cultural and historical lunch break. Before or after lunch, come and enjoy a little art to whet your appetite or digest !

The wealth of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is also the larger territory in which it is encompassed. A stone's throw from Sancerre and Pouilly-sur-Loire, you can taste good wines on the banks of the Loire: don't forget the Coteaux du Giennois AOC either, which stretches from Gien to Cosne.

In the Donziais, it is surely the large natural spaces and the historical built heritage that will seduce you. Moreover, take advantage of sunny days for a stroll in the medieval-style village of Donzy and Donzy-le-Pré. On the banks of the Nohain, the Chemin de Commandeur and its mills will not leave you indifferent.