For this Easter holiday weekend of Thursday 25, Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April, festive, culinary but also sporting events await you in Marseille.
A Ligue 1 match at the Vélodrome, a drone show and a free Gipsy Kings concert to celebrate the Olympics, an unmissable boxing event or even a new evening by Cagole Nomade… Provence offers you ideas for outings and leisure activities for this weekend of April 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2024.
Walks, sporting activities and well-being this weekend, April 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2024 in Marseille
OM-Lens match at the Vélodrome
For the 31st day of Ligue 1 Uber Eats, the Olympians face Racing Club de Lens at 9 p.m.
Date and times: Sunday April 28 at 9 p.m.
Place : Orange Vélodrome 3 Boulevard Michelet 13008 Marseille 8th
Rate : from 32 to 129€
Site : billetterie.om.fr
Boxing Day Marseille
Saturday April 27, the fourth edition of Boxing Day, an unmissable boxing event in Marseille, will take place at the Vallier hall. An international fight in 8×3 minutes French championship in 10×3 minutes two pro fights in 6×3 minutes and 4×3 minutes with spectacular boxer entries. There will also be the amateur elites.
Date and times: Saturday April 27 at 6 p.m.
Place : Salle Vallier 90 Boulevard Boisson 13004 Marseille 4th
Rate : from 22 to 110€
Site : ticketmaster
Three minutes inside the head of an athlete
What is going on in an athlete’s mind when he exercises his discipline? Three months before the start of the Olympic Games, come to the ephemeral open-air mini-stadium on Place Bargemon, occupied for four days by the actors of L’Agence de Voyages Imaginaires, a pillar of the Marseille scene, to I was 13 when I decided to win a medala creation certified by Paris 2024 as part of the Cultural Olympiads.
Date and times : Thursday 25, Friday 26 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place : Place Bargemon, Marseille
Rate : FREE ENTRANCE
Site : www.voyagesimaginaires.fr
Exhibitions, cultural activities and cinema outings this weekend, April 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2024 in Marseille
Lek & Sowat touch wood with four hands
Lek & Sowat, inseparable since adolescence. The pair in search of urban exploration works with the older ones. The forty-year-olds pose their architectural abstractions, unstructured typographies and ephemeral installations in the four corners of the world. And they are multiplying large-scale projects as much as they are sharpening their reputation: in Marseille, Les Murs de la L2, Le Couvent; in Lyon, the facade of the Opera; in Paris, the Molitor swimming pool. And Tracés Directs, creation of a Nuit Blanche at the Palais de Tokyo, is the first work of graffiti to enter the permanent collection of the Center Pompidou.
For his first collaboration with Lek & Sowat, gallery owner Diego Escobar gave carte blanche to the star duo, whose work is the subject of a retrospective at the prestigious Montpellier art center of Pierresvives, on the condition that he proposes “something never done before“. The two artists set their sights on wood to create the series Knock on wood (“touch wood”, as in French).
Date and times: Until 6 p.m. on Friday, between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, by appointment on Sunday
Place : 74 boulevard Perrier Marseille (8th)
Site : gallery-escobar.com
Leisure activities and outings with children this weekend
Olympic celebrations begin with a drone show and a Gipsy Kings concert
To celebrate the departure of the Olympic flame which will set sail on April 27 from Greece towards Marseille, the Department and the Metropolis will kick off the Games festivities with two days of celebration, free and open to all. The Esplanade de la Major in Marseille will be adorned with Olympic colors from 5:30 p.m.
Then, at 9:15 p.m., depending on the weather, a major show of 800 light drones will begin. The machines will be deployed from the sea wall on the theme of “Olympic fire energy and nautical competitions“. An aerial ballet signed by the Arlesians of Group F, known throughout the world for their pyrotechnic shows.
Wounded by a gunshot, singer Kendji Girac will no longer sing for the opening of the Olympic festivities. He is replaced by the Gipsy Kings. The concert should take place around 8:30 p.m. before the drone show.
Date : Friday April 26 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Place : Esplanade de la Major, Marseille 2nd
Rate : free
Sports village on the J4 esplanade
The 2024 Olympics are fast approaching and the city is preparing. For the occasion, the Center Pompidou and the Departmental Gallery at 21bis Cours Mirabeau are organizing a “festive, sporting and cultural” afternoon. On the program: Sports village, e-sports area, cultural activities, a wooden games area or even… a gourmet area with food trucks!
Date : Saturday April 27 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Place : the J4 esplanade, Marseille 2nd
Rate : free
Shows and theaters this weekend
The reconstruction of the film “Naïs” by Marcel Pagnol
In the hills of Allauch, the Pichauris estate becomes the giant scene for the reconstruction of the film “Naïs” by Marcel Pagnol by the company Dans la Cour des grands.
The company Dans la Cour des grands brings to life the works of the writer-filmmaker in the landscapes that inspired him. After adapting The Well-Digger’s Daughter, Manon des Sources and The Baker’s Wife, she now presents Naïs. The public is invited to follow a ten-kilometer route through the hills, punctuated by memorable scenes from Pagnol’s film. Each stop is chosen to highlight the natural settings that served as a backdrop to these stories. “The landscape will become a full-fledged actor in this show. It will give substance to the story,” assures Emmanuel Fell, artistic director of the company. We will thus follow the struggles of the sweet Naïs, that of a woman who fights for love, but also against the influence of her father. A story of emancipation which has a timeless vocation.
Date and times: Every Saturday and Sunday until June 8, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place : Departmental domain of Pichauris, Allauch. Ten kilometers of walking on marked trails and trails.
Prices : 20.50 euros for children (8 to 18 years old). Adult: 42.50 euros.
Site : www.danslacourdesgrands.fr
“The Pink Soldier” is already 15 years old
The Pink Soldier is the story of a little boy, Joseph, who, tired of the adult world, takes refuge in a toy store. This fable is the one composed by Louis Chedid and written by Pierre-Dominique Buraud, fifteen years ago. Available in disc, concert and stage adaptation, the musical tale brought together the voices of Jeanne Cherhal, -M-, Albin de la Simone, Vanessa Paradis… If the project of an animated film did not come to fruition, two sequels were imagined by Francis Cabrel in 2013 and Alain Souchon and his sons in 2017.
Since the fall of 2023, The Pink Soldier has returned to the stages to celebrate its 15th anniversary, in a new version signed Julien Alluguette for the direction and Yohann Têté for the choreography.
Date and times : Sunday April 28 at 5 p.m.
Place : Cepac Silo Marseille (2nd)
Rate : from 40 to 58.50€
Site : cepacsilo-marseille.fr
Concerts and evenings this weekend, April 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2024 in Marseille
Hakim Hamadouche at the Théâtre de l’Œuvre
Genius of the mandoluth (string instrument originally from Algeria), singer, author and composer, Hakim Hamadouche carries the heritage of Algerian chaâbi, the freedom of jazz and the intensity of punk rock. He was also a precious and faithful traveling companion of Rachid Taha, who died in 2018.
Friday, he returns to a friendly place, the Théâtre de l’Œuvre, to pay tribute to Philippe Forcioli, man with soles of wind, poet, singer, who died in February 2023. He gathered around him many artists to celebrate this hermit of song, born in Oran, but who adopted Provence. The next day, Saturday, Hakim Hamadouche has a new carte blanche in the small theater on rue Mission-de-France. This time, he will deliver his music without borders, somewhere between chaâbi, free jazz and rock, with his musicians.
Date and times : Friday and Saturday April 27 at 9 p.m.
Place : Théâtre de l’Œuvre at 1, rue Mission-de-France (1st).
Rate : Resale 15/12¤, on site 17/14¤.
Site : theatre-oeuvre.com
The Off du Bon Air
While waiting to make La Friche the rallying point for electro lovers from May 17 to 19, the Le Bon Air festival continues to brighten up the city with its Off, unusual and dancing events. This Saturday, from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m., head to Club Coop (11, rue Curio, 1er) with the lives and DJ sets of Bob Slay in b2b with Kiks, Claire Obscur in b2b with Dieunedort… Then it’s Le Couvent ( 3rd) which welcomes, on the 30th, the Bon Air team with Bushbby, Sweet Juju, Le Frit and Orsso.
Date and times: This Saturday, from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Place : head to Club Coop (11, rue Curio, 1st)
Site : www.instagram.com/clubcoopmarseille/
Women get involved
The festival dedicated to women in the contemporary music sector takes place for two final evenings at Makeda. Tomorrow at 8 p.m., he presents Maëlle, winner of The Voice in 2019 who defends the album Fil rouge, and Alice et moi to the electro-pop universe. Winner of the Buzz Booster 2021 and Prix Printemps de Bourges 2022, rapper Eesah Yasuke will be at Makeda on Saturday, alongside Maïcee.
Date and times: Friday April 26 and Saturday April 27 at 8 p.m.
Place : Makeda 103 rue Ferrari Marseille (5th)
Site : lemakeda.com
Cagole Nomad Party
The famous LGBTQIA + friendly evenings, which invite you to dance and party in a safe and judgment-free atmosphere, continue to “cagolize” the city by taking over several venues. They return this Saturday to the Molotov with, on the decks, female DJs including Barbytch, in addition to free performances. This open stage is reserved for members of the public and not for professionals.
Date and times: Saturday evening April 27
Place : on open stage, 3 place Paul Cézanne Marseille (6th)
Rate : 13.50€
