What to do in Rennes this weekend? Here is our selection of outing ideas

What to do this weekend in Rennes? We help you find activities to do for this Saturday May 4 and Sunday May 5, 2024. Between festivals, events, open days, etc. You have no shortage of outing ideas.

The Howling West

First Rennes festival to honor the cultures of the imagination (science fiction, fantasy, fantastic), The Howling West returns this weekend for a third edition at la Paillette (MJC and theater) and in the Saint-Cyr park with, for the first time, a theme: “From the margins”.

On the program: round tables, shows, outdoor activities, fun activitiesas well as a bookstore offering signing sessions, and a village made up of stands of publishing houses, authors and artisans.

Free. From 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Catering and refreshment bar.

Opera costumes and sets for sale

It’s a sale which should make people happy, simply curious or theater lovers. La Belle Déchette and the Rennes Opera have joined forces for a “exceptional” sale in the construction workshops of the Opera.

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The SPA opens its doors

This weekend, the SPA is organizing its open days, Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Here are the activities offered at the Rennes shelter:

• From 10 a.m., discover agility sessions led by volunteers with the shelter dogs or your dog.
• From 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., the shelter’s animal agents offer you a question/answer session on the life of the shelter and the animal cause.
• Animal words will intervene to understand how to play well with your dog (from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday).
• Biopraxia – school of animal osteopathy will speak on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. for a osteopathy demonstration.

• Saturday, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., discover a range of professions linked to the animal environment thanks to the intervention of Animalz 35, Aurélie Morisseau, mechanistic animal osteopath, and Dr Milou.
• On the same Sunday slot, Emmanuelle, feline behavior will host a presentation on the cat behavior and bite prevention.
• From 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., join 4 Pattes En Fantail for an event aimed at raise awareness among young children of good practices to adopt in front of a dog
• To end the day on Saturday, from 4 p.m., Karao-take will host a disguised karaoke.
• come discover the other surprises that the agents and volunteers have prepared for these two days under the sign of childhood.

Dining market

New Food Market in Rennes, Sunday May 5. It will start from 11 a.m., at La Criée-Marché Central. And for this fourth meeting of the year 2024, the event will pit Rennes against Vannes.

A Sunday at Tabor

On this first Sunday in May, the Un Dimanche au Thabor event returns. Over 6 Sundays, between May and June, from 3 p.m., one of the most beautiful parks in France thus becomes the playground and artistic expression of amateurs of the Rennes metropolis.

This Sunday, May 5, Ewan (electro-pop), Denj (oriental jazz fusion) and Slalom (math-rock) will occur there. They are the three winning groups of the contemporary music springboard “It’s up to you!” » 2024, organized by the cultural service of Rennes 2 University. The groups benefited from personalized support in this context, with residencies at Diapason, Jardin Moderne and 4bis.

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