Lille Metropole has signed an agreement with Paris 2024 to use the “Cultural Olympics” label for its event organized in natural spaces.

This label highlights a multidisciplinary artistic and cultural programme that explores the links between art and sport and the values they have in common.

For more information go to
enm.lillemetropole.fr

APRIL

Sunday 28 April
The Museum’s Olympics
Try out numerous games typical of the Flemish rural world individually or as part of a team: gross skiing, steam rolling... and discover the atmosphere of the Olympic Games in a 19th-century village.
Venue: Musée de Plein Air - 143 rue Colbert, Villeneuve d’Ascq - from 10 am
Duration: all day
Paying event
Contact: 03 20 63 11 25 museedepleinair@lillemetropole.fr

MAY

Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 May
La Fête des Tchiots
Feel an intense joy and emotion as you watch your children playing on the old-fashioned carousel. Enjoy a puppet show on the theme of the Olympic Games and take part in the numerous workshops in the Museum’s gardens. Two festive days to be shared with your family...
Starts at: 10 am 
Venue: Musée de Plein Air - 143 rue Colbert, Villeneuve d’Ascq - from 10 am
Duration: all day
Paying event
Contact: 03 20 63 11 25 museedepleinair@lillemetropole.fr 

JUNE

Sunday 9 June
Let's get off on the right footing!
Everything about feet! We rarely pay any attention to our feet. And yet they're so important! Come and discover all its attractions with health professionals (osteopath, reflexologist and sophrologist), artists or workshops to simply have great fun. 
Venue: Les Prés du Hem, 150 rue des Résistants, Armentières – from 2 pm
Duration: all day 
Paying event
Contact: 03 20 63 11 27, presduhem@lillemetropole.fr 

Sunday 23 June
Fête du Pont: building bridges!
Excellent performances and humour are the hallmarks of the 3rd Fête du Pont! The programme includes crazy shows, stunts, acrobatics and mad races in a totally zany atmosphere. Is it sport or art? it’s up to you to judge... and to join in!
Venue: Mosaïc, le jardin des cultures, 103 rue Guy Môquet, Houplin-Ancoisne and Parc de la Deûle Nature Relay, chemin du Halage, Santes (parking at rue du Bon Blé in Houplin-Ancoisne) - from 2:00 pm
Duration: the afternoon 
Free
Contact: 03 20 63 11 24 - mosaic@lillemetropole.fr - 03 20 63 11 22 - relaisdeule@lillemetropole.fr

Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June
Fête de la Glisse
Everybody take the plunge to music this weekend for the Fête de la Glisse! On the schedule: lots of sliding activities on land and lake. Initiation to paddling, windsurfing and catamaran sailing! Both young and old alike can choose the activity they prefer. Ready to go? 
Venue: Les Prés du Hem, 150 rue des Résistants, Armentières – from 11 am
Duration: all day 
Paying event
Contact: 03 20 63 11 27, presduhem@lillemetropole.fr 

Sunday 30 June
Fête du Canal
The canal comes to life at the start of the summer holidays, it’s party time! There are activities for everyone on this festive afternoon: games from the Compagnie Sac à Dès, nature workshops, creative workshops, but also novel cocktail-mixing bicycles from the Sports Recycling Centre and bubble makers of all kinds from Histoires de Fête. Also float tubes, paddling and boating trips on the canal. In partnership with SEM Ville Renouvelée (Union en Mouvement) and Maison de l’eau, de la Pêche et de la Nature.
Venue: Quai de Calais, Roubaix - from 2:00 pm
Duration: the afternoon
Free
Contact: 03 20 63 11 23 - relaiscanal@lillemetropole.fr 

JULY

Thursday 11 July
Nature visit by kayak
A nesting Grand Cormoran, a cattle egret returning from its daily fishery expedition... you might just hear the call of a raptor or a fishing martin, now called the blue arrow. You can combine your weekly kayak training on the lake with an exploration of nature at dusk. A guaranteed good time!
Venue: Les Prés du Hem, 150 rue des Résistants, Armentières – at 7:30 pm 
Duration: 2 hours, 1-hour trip on the lake
Free
Contact: 03 20 63 11 27, presduhem@lillemetropole.fr

Sunday 14 July
Dance
At once lively and fast or acrobatic even, at once poetic and sensitive, discover two dance performances that take you from the bottom of a nest to the vibrant heart of Brazil!
Venue: Mosaïc, le jardin des cultures, 103 rue Guy Môquet, Houplin-Ancoisne - from 11 am, opening of the garden at 10 am
Duration: all day
Paying event
Contact: 03 20 63 11 24 - mosaic@lillemetropole.fr

Sunday 21 July
Take the plunge
A strange setting has come to the Jardin Mosaïc. Is it a circus rink, a dance floor or a boxing ring? Surely a bit of all three at once! “Esquive” is the encounter between an acrobat who has never been a fighter and two objects unique to the world of boxing: gloves and the punching bag. A circus induction for toddlers in the morning.
Venue: Mosaïc, le jardin des cultures, 103 rue Guy Môquet, Houplin-Ancoisne - from 11 am, opening of the garden at 10 am
Duration: all day
Paying event
Contact: 03 20 63 11 24 - mosaic@lillemetropole.fr 

AUGUST

Thursday 15 August
Storytelling
Listen to stories from “outsiders”, those who would be left on the side of the road, but who, thanks to their perseverance, daring and team spirit, change the course of their destiny! Then grow an unusual flower, the Volvitur Ventum, to carry your encouragement up to the sky.
Venue: Mosaïc, le jardin des cultures, 103 rue Guy Môquet, Houplin-Ancoisne - from 11 am, opening of the garden at 10 am
Duration: all day
Paying event
Contact: 03 20 63 11 24 - mosaic@lillemetropole.fr 

Sunday 25 August
Dimanche des Prés Sportif
The Olympic Games have just ended, but for the Prés, it’s not over yet. Lace up your boots and come try out jumping stilts (+7 years old) and many other activities, each more unusual than the next, such as the flying shows! Watch this space! On your marks, get set, go! 
Venue: Les Prés du Hem, 150 rue des Résistants, Armentières – from 1.30 pm
Duration: the afternoon
Paying event
Contact: 03 20 63 11 27, presduhem@lillemetropole.fr

Sunday 25 August
Ludimômes: a board game festival for families
For this 2nd festival, we revisit the famous fairy tale of the Tortoise and the Hare. On the schedule: racing games, fun novelties, shows (where seeing is not believing) and lots of other surprises. The race is not always to the swift, so get ready to enjoy it!
Venue: Mosaïc, le jardin des cultures, 103 rue Guy Môquet, Houplin-Ancoisne - from 11 am, opening of the garden at 10:30 am
Duration: all day
Paying event
Contact: 03 20 63 11 24 - mosaic@lillemetropole.fr 

SEPTEMBER

Saturday 21 September
International Short Film Festival: all in shorts!
The Rencontres Audiovisuelles, with the support of CinéLigue, offers you a sporting session for young and old. Don't worry, it’s your cheekbones that will be put to work! On the scheduled: short films full of tenderness and humour on the subject of sport.
Venue: Mosaïc, le jardin des cultures, 103 rue Guy Môquet, Houplin-Ancoisne – from 8:30 pm
Duration: 1h15
Free
Contact: 03 20 63 11 24 - mosaic@lillemetropole.fr 

OCTOBER-NOVEMBER

Sunday 20 October
Closing party: the Torch 
Flaming shows, dazzling rhythms, flamboyant art-sport workshops: the Olympic Torch will shine for a last time for an explosive close to the season! 
Venue: Mosaïc, le jardin des cultures, 103 rue Guy Môquet, Houplin-Ancoisne – 2 pm, opening of the garden at 10 am
Duration: the afternoon
Free
Contact: 03 20 63 11 24 - mosaic@lillemetropole.fr

For more information go to
enm.lillemetropole.fr