The Christmas market and its wanderings end Tuesday December 24, 2024, here are some ideas to occupy your family holidays in Chartres.
Activities at L’Odyssée.
Exceptionally during the holidays, the L'Odyssée ice rink is also open in the mornings. Swimming courses are also offered for younger children aged 4 to 9. Activities at the ice rink and sports facilities are also planned during the afternoons. Christmas packs are also available until December 31 to obtain reductions on entry prices.
An outdoor DJ party.
The City of Chartres is offering a DJ evening on Saturday, December 28. On the Place des Épars, on this occasion, you will celebrate the end of the year and the New Year 2025. The event is free and even if it is outdoors and the air is fresh, “don't forget to equip yourself with a party accessory! », Indicates the town hall website. The event takes place from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will be hosted by DJ Adrien Lemarc, “France’s first eco-responsible DJ”. The eclectic musical style of this DJ; who is also a speaker on environmental themes, will satisfy all audiences.
A show at the media library
Friday, December 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., then from 3 p.m. to 3:50 p.m., storyteller Ethel Balogh-Daroczy will sit in the auditorium of the L'Apostrophe media library to share “winter stories full of magic around animals and gingerbread men.” The second show of the afternoon will also be devoted to the magic of Christmas around the legends of the Northern countries. The tales will be accompanied by musical sounds: surely an ideal moment to share a family moment between young and old.
Children welcomed at the Museum of Fine Arts
Saturday, December 28, during a magical show Christmas Wishes with fairies who in the show are busy “washing away the sorrows of children and making magic potions for the fantastic beings of the forest”. The show takes place from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
A show at the Colosseum.
The Mysterious Cities of Gold will be a show, at the Coliseum, on a larger scale for children aged 4 and over and lasting one hour and thirty minutes. Adults, for their part, will be able to return to their childhood and once again discover the heroes of the legendary series of Mysterious Cities of Gold come to life.
The Christmas market and pop-up shops.
It's the last moment to take advantage of the Christmas market. It is still present this Monday, December 23 until 7 p.m. and Tuesday, December 24 until 5 p.m. The pop-up shops in the rue du Bois-Merrrain shopping gallery are open until Saturday, December 28, every day from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Unusual exhibitions and New Year’s Eve
Picassiette at night.
Until January 5, the Picassiette museum offers, by reservation on the C'Chartres Tourisme website, so-called nocturnal visits during 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Fulbert, a bishop at the media library.
History buffs can go to the L'Apostrophe media library, to mark the 1,000 years of the cathedral crypt. The exhibition is on view until December 31, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and Saturdays. This one, “Fulbert of Chartres – an enlightened bishop at the crossroads of powers”, traces the fragile balance of powers at the heart of the Middle Ages, particularly in Chartres.
And for the New Year, a concert at the cathedral
The festivities of the 31st will be celebrated, at the cathedral, with a concert by Paul Kuentz and his orchestra, Tuesday December 31 from 3:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Then from 9 p.m., the Château des Boulard, in Mignières, offers a dinner with several shows and fireworks (by reservation at 02.37.30.18.75).
