Agenda, bodegas, exhibitions… All the practical information to enjoy the Nîmes feria, this Sunday, May 19.
Hour by hour
9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.: bullfighting and traditions area, run by bullfighting clubs. Grove of the Jardins de la Fontaine.
10 a.m.: guided tour “History of the feria”. Departure from tourist office, boulevard des Arènes. €12, €8 including entry to the Bullfighting Cultures Museum.
10 a.m.: mass, in the presence of arts and traditions groups, followed by an aperitif. Saint-Castor Cathedral.
10 a.m.-10 p.m.: penas et bandas. Downtown.
10 a.m.-10 p.m.: craft market, with 40 exhibitors. Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle.
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.: the Andalusian patio, FlamenKa in situ, show for children with Chely La Torito. Followed by a Sevillian dance demonstration. Place Montcalm.
11 a.m.-6 p.m.: gypsy village, dance and penas entertainment. The Square.
11:30 a.m.: novilla stitched from Cape d’or. Six novillos of Piedras Rojas, for Lalo de Maria, Manuel Roman, Samuel Navalon. Arenas. From €15 to €48.50.
12 p.m.: barjots aperitif, music by Totoff. The Victor-Hugo, 36 boulevard Victor-Hugo.
12 p.m.: Hijos de Tuba fanfare. Le Prolé, 20 rue Jean-Reboul.
12 p.m.: Mehdi Flamenco (rumba flamenca). Bodega des Costières, esplanade.
12 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: the Andalusian patio, concert by Nina de Fuego. Place Montcalm.
1 p.m.: abrivado, manade Agnel. Avenue Jean-Jaurès.
1 p.m.: dedication Nimeno, a Nîmes in the arena, by Jean-Charles Roux and Joël Bartolotti. Bodega Pepe de Montijo, rue Bigot.
1 p.m.-6 p.m.: feria tavern, musette ball. Antoine-Castelnau pole, rue des Chassaintes.
2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.: faena flamenca. Museum of Romanity.
2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Andalusian patio, inflatable bull run and Sevillian dance. Place Montcalm.
3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: bullfighting area and traditions, becerrada. Grove of the Fontaine gardens.
3 p.m.: Chris Nuez signs his poster. Le DéKLé, 40 rue de la Madeleine.
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: between two paséos, deciphering bullfighting. Bullfighting Culture Museum.
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: equestrian area with the Nadal company. Main avenue of the Jardins de la Fontaine.
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: signing Life to death, by Gaël Tchakaloff. Librairie Teissier, 11 rue Régale.
4 p.m.: 4 hours at the Atelier, Arlette Chavanieu Moran and Nicole Bousquet read the chronicles of Release by Jacques Durand. L’Atelier, 2 rue du Cirque Romaine.
4 p.m.-7 p.m.: musical entertainment by DJ Bon Vivre. Le Prolé, 20 rue Jean-Reboul.
5-5:30 p.m.: flamenco dance with Mamzelle Flamenka, Chely La Torito. The Square.
5 p.m.-6 p.m.: equestrian area with the Nadal company. Main avenue of the Jardins de la Fontaine.
6 p.m.: bullfight, six bulls from Victoriano del Rio, for Sébastien Castella, Emilio de Justo, Tomas Rufo. Arenas. From €19 to €110.
6 p.m.-10 p.m.: Andalusian pation, free Sevillian dance classes, Juerga and concert by the Compas group. Place Montcalm.
7 p.m.: mano a mano, Capi and Greg Herma. The Victor-Hugo, 36 boulevard Victor-Hugo.
From 8 p.m.: DJ Michel and DJ Twenties (cumbia, electro, hip hop). L’Instant T, 2 rue Racine.
Evening: musical entertainment, DJ Set Leon. Le Prolé, 20 rue Jean-Reboul.
9 p.m.: concert by Rancapino Chico, flamenco star. The Square.
9:30 p.m.: Be N Bee concert. O’Flaherty’s, 21 boulevard Amiral-Courbet.
Evening: Mehdi Flamenco (rumba flamenca) and DJ Bastien Peyre & Dani. Bodega des Costières, esplanade.
Official bodegas
The Barberousse, 9 rue Auguste
V and B, 22 rue des Chassaintes
Brasserie des Antonins, boulevard des Arènes
Le Carré Rose, 12 place d’Assas
Bodega El Pilar, 14 rue de l’Horloge,
La Noche, 7 rue Bigot
Le Lisita, boulevard des Arènes
The Royal Hotel / Bodeguita, place d’Assas
Pablo Romero, 12 rue Emile-Jamais
Levrette Café, 9 rue Fresque
Macarena, 12 rue Delon-Soubeyran
Pépé de Montijo, 13 rue Bigot
Bodega des Costières, esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle
Chouleur, 6 rue Fresque
The Burladero, 3 rue du Château Fadaise
Simone, square de la Couronne
Le Napoléon, 46 avenue Victor-Hugo
Bar Joe, 44 avenue Victor-Hugo
The exhibitions
10 a.m.-8 p.m.: permanent collection and exhibition “Plein Feux”, Aïda Bruyère and Judy Chicago, as part of the Contemporaine de Nîmes. Bullfighting Cultures Museum, rue Alexandre-Ducros. €5, €3.
10 a.m.-6 p.m.: 20 years of the Hemingway Prize. Galerie Courbet, boulevard Amiral-Courbet.
10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2 p.m.-7 p.m.: Charly Chan street art exhibition “Veni, Vidi, Arti”. Malumaca Gallery, 2 quai de la Fontaine.
10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.: Roé exhibition, Bertt design, Guillaume Brunelière, Jacques Gorde, Olivier Bru. Casa Vesta, 4 rue Régale.
11 a.m.-8 p.m.: “In the room… where it all began…”, Plaza del Carmen. The Napoléon, access via Place de la Maison Carrée.
2 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Nicole Bousquet and Hélène Arnal. L’Atelier, 2a rue du Cirque Romain.
8 p.m.-11:30 p.m.: “Matadors of France in action”. Bodega Pablo-Romero, 12 rue Emile-Jamais.
During services: inks by Chris Nuez. Le DéKLé, 40 rue de la Madeleine.
Practical fair
Access to the city center via the park-and-ride facilities (Costières/Parnasse; Paloma; A54 Caissargues; Calvas). Tram’bus Program www.tangobus.fr
Two prevention areas will be set up in the city center, reception and listening areas, measurement of blood alcohol levels, distribution of chemical breathalyzers, glass (protective) caps, condoms… Square Antonin, 20 30 am to 2 am and boulevard des Arènes (at the corner of the Banque de France, near
of the Hôtel Cheval Blanc), 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
PC Security 24 hours a day: 04 66 76 70 80.
Street barrier times. Boulevard Victor-Hugo sector, 10 a.m. to 5 a.m.; Montcalm République sector, 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Gaston-Boissier Aristide-Briand sector, 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.; securing the Burladero bodega, 12 p.m. to 5 a.m.
