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Gabriel Kennedy
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Jan 1, 2025 at 6:42 a.m.
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What are the major projects or major events that we will definitely talk about in 2025 in Toulouse? Here are 10 things that will undoubtedly be in the news in the coming months!
#1. Asterix on Netflix in 2025: a series made in Toulouse
“Toudoum”! In 2025, Asterix will have its series on Netflixwith Alain Chabat at the helm. Something to make your mouth water! But what does Toutatis have to do with Toulouse? This is the Toulouse animation studio, TAT Productionswho was chosen to produce this completely new series, adapted from the cult comic strip, “Le combat des chefs”.
It is therefore in Toulouse, in the TAT premises, rue Riquet, that the series is currently produced in the greatest secrecy. The broadcast on Netflix is scheduled “for the first half of 2025”… and inevitably, it will be an incredible spotlight for the Toulouse animation studio, which has been growing for several years!
#2. A new performance hall will be created
In Balma, a brand new performance hall will open its doors at the beginning of 2025: it will be called Interference and can accommodate up to 2,500 spectators!
This place, which will have a rooftop, has been designed to offer “a new experience” around musical events, shows, professional events or even studio filming. We can’t wait to see what it turns out!
#3. The A69 motorway: stop or still?
It is one of the most controversial road projects in France. While his decision on the continuation of the A69 construction sitewhich must connect Toulouse to Castreshad been expected for months, the administrative court of Toulouse chose, on December 9, 2024, to relaunch the investigation of this file without, however, suspending the work carried out by the manufacturer Atosca. During a demonstration on Sunday in Toulouse, the opponents announced that they were going to make a summary request to request the suspension of the work, while awaiting a decision on the merits which will only take place in several months. In the meantime, work on this highway continues…
According to the manufacturer, the A69 must be put into service at the end of the year 2025. A timetable contested by opponents of the construction site, who consider this deadline impossible to meet and are counting on several months of delay.
#4. Indochina at the Zenith
Indochine stronger than Oasis? Maybe not but… while the group led by Nicola Sirkis has announced a new tour, Indochina in any case breaks sales records in France.
The Arena Tour, which seals the return of Indochina to the Zéniths and other large venues in France, was therefore a victim of its success, including in Toulouse where the two dates – scheduled for March 14 and 15, 2025 – were arch -full in just a few hours! But happy news for Indochina fans: the group has added new dates in France… including two additional concerts at the Zénith in Toulouse.
Indochine, which has just released a new album, Babel Babel, will also perform on March 11 and 12, 2025 in the largest venue in France and in total, some 45,000 people will be able to attend their four concerts (all sold out) planned in the Pink City. Huge !
#5. The 30 years of Rio Loco!
At least in June, Toulouse becomes totally “local” for a few days! Mythical festival centered on world music, Rio Loco will celebrate its 30th anniversary from June 11 to 15, 2025, on the Prairie des Filters. This anniversary edition, which promises to be exceptional, will be entitled “ Supernova“, and will turn towards the stars!
“Those who have marked the history of the festival since its creation, or those who make up its imaginary musical constellation,” announce the organizers. Obviously, the program has not yet been revealed but one thing is certain, we are going to have a great time on the banks of the Garonne next June!
#6. The Tour de France in Toulouse
The Pink City has been spoiled: the Tour de France 2025 will pass to Toulouse. And not just a little… The cyclists will arrive on the evening of July 14 for a day of rest on the 15th, then continue with the 11e Toulouse-Toulouse stage, a 154 km loop, July 16. Cyclists will go through the climb of Bad luck David. We can already see you there!
It had been six years since the Tour had stopped in the Pink City. In 2025, the people of Toulouse will therefore be served, since the runners will spend two days in the city and nearly ten in Occitanie, including the return of a legendary stage with a final ascent towards Luchon-Superbagnères.
#7. A direct train to Barcelona!
The return of a direct train to Barcelonait is planned for 2025. And that is excellent news. A reopening announced by the Spanish government, which will take place in the second quarter of 2025.
The route will initially only operate between the months of April and September, with one outbound and one return train each day. The journey is expected to take three and a half hours, with stops at Gérone, Fig trees, Perpignan et Carcassonne. Shall we?
#8. The Occitanie Tower
After several years of legal battle between the promoter and his opponents, the Occitanie Tour will it start to come out of the ground?
Logically, the building permit having been definitively validated by the courts, it is in 2025 that work will begin on the Occitanie Tower, which must be erected in the Matabiau district, not far from the station, by the Compagnie de Phalsbourg. .
This skyscraper project with a height of 150 meterswhich should house offices, businesses, around a hundred homes, a panoramic restaurant, or even a hotel has never been unanimously accepted in Toulouse. Some see it as a strong architectural gesture for the Pink City while others denounce a disproportionate project.
Will the manufacturer review its project, imagined before the Covid years, or not? When will the work actually begin? 2025 will therefore be a pivotal year for the Tour Occitanie.
#9. Work on metro line C
This is the construction site the most important of the decade in Toulouse. Launched at the end of 2022, the construction of Metro Line C will continue in 2025, with the continuation of civil engineering works. Five tunnel boring machines must carry out the underground galleries which will then make it possible to build the 21 stations of the line, which will connect Colomiers to Labège.
A tunnel boring machine operating 24 hours a day travels an average of 12 meters per day. It will take approximately 2 years for the 5 tunnel boring machines to dig the 22 km of tunnels for Line C. It will therefore not be until 2026 that developments around the stations will begin. The civil engineering works (which make it possible to build the framework and overall infrastructure of the new line) must continue until 2027. The commissioning of the line is planned for the end of 2028 , according to the announced schedule.
#10. The Rose Festival
It is one of the most important musical events of the year in Toulouse. THE Rose Festival will return for a fourth edition from Friday August 29 to Sunday August 31, 2025! The festival imagined by Bigflo and Oli will set up shop at MEETT, the Toulouse Métropole exhibition center located in Aussonne (Haute-Garonne).
After welcoming 110,000 spectators over four days and Booba, Justice and Francis Cabrel, in 2024, the Rose Festival has just revealed the first headliners for the next edition: Ronisia, Laylow, Marc Rebillet, Théodora, Vald, Bigflo and Oli, Luidji, Rilès and Jolagreen23 will be there!
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