80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Montpellier 2024: date, times, program, prices

In 2024, Montpellier celebrates the 80the anniversary of its Liberation on August 23, 1944.

The main highlight will take place on the weekend of August 31 and 1^is September with a historical reconstruction, a popular ball at Peyrou and a parade on the Comédie.

In the program :

• Guy de Montlaur Exhibitionfrom June 7 to 30, 2024 – Château de Castries, Wednesday to Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Montpellier Archives: Highlights
  • #1Day1Resistant : every Wednesday from April to October 2024, a portrait of a resistance fighter is posted on the X account of the Montpellier Archives
  • Virtual exhibition “Montpellier, summer 1944” from July on the archives website
  • Exhibition Saturday September 21, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. as part of the European Heritage Days in the reading room of the Archives, Emile-Zola Media Library (3e floor)
• Guided tour by reservation with the Tourist Office “MONTPELLIER, FROM OCCUPATION TO LIBERATION IN 1944”
  • Thursday August 22 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. / Saturday August 31 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. / Sunday 1^is September from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. / Saturday September 14 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. / Sunday October 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. / Thursday October 17 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Events and commemorations, August 31 and 1^is September 2024
  • Reenactments, liberation convoy with vintage tanks with circulation in Montpellier (program in progress)
  • Animations of reenactors in costume
  • Badge merchant animations
  • Swing ball in the evening at Peyrou
• The evening’s schedule:
  • 7:30 p.m. – introduction to swing dances (1 hour)
  • 20h30 : DJ set (30 min)
  • 21h – BIG BAND 1^time part (45 min)
  • 9:45 p.m. – INTERMORT
  • 22h – Show SWING (15 min)
  • 22h15 – BIG BAND 2^th part (45 min)
  • 11 p.m. – Reminder (2 pieces)
  • 23h15 – DJ set (45 min)
• Sunday 1^is September: commemorations (10 a.m.-3 p.m.)
  • Parade and raising of the colours
  • Parade on foot with the re-enactors
  • Ceremony on the Place de la Comédie.

But also:

• Tribute to Father Charles Prévost, June 2024
• Open-air cinema, Wednesday August 28, 2024

Full program on the city of Montpellier website

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