France

Marseille

June 6 to 18, 2024
Free admission

The programme in Marseille

The village and its free exhibitions are open every day from 10am, with free access and no need to book.
For the museum boat and virtual reality pavilion, if online reservations are full, come directly to the site to access them without reservation (subject to availability)!

The lively program is designed in collaboration with Martha Kirszenbaumcurator of the Marseilles stage, as well as numerous local players.

Past events

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09
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Ocean Weekend
All audiences

Ocean Weekend

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
8/6/24
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9/6/24
14:00
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20:00

The "Ocean Weekends" are integrated into the Festival's program, inviting researchers, scientists, and artists to participate in roundtable discussions on the theme of the ocean and the climate emergency, with a local approach that is renewed at each stage. In Marseille, the Ocean Weekend takes place on the occasion of World Ocean Day.

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Marseille
2024-06-08
2024-06-09
08
Jun
08
Jun
Ocean Weekend
Talk
All audiences

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is given free rein

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
8/6/24
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8/6/24
15:00
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16:00

Roundtable discussion on the theme: "Journey to the heart of the Pelagos Sanctuary," moderated by Susan Gallon, Scientific Director of MedPAN. Speakers: Hélène Labach, Director of Miraceti; Noëlie Pansiot, Coordinator of the 1 OCEAN project; and Sylvain Petit, Director of SMILO.

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Marseille
2024-06-08
2024-06-08
08
Jun
08
Jun
Talk
All audiences

Roundtable discussion at the Southway Pavilion (invited by Martha Kirszenbaum)

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
8/6/24
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8/6/24
16:30
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18:00

THE programme Conceived by Southway Studio for the Agora, this event takes the form of a roundtable discussion with Jean-Louis Pacull, Eric di Meco, Valeilles Dufaure de Montmirail, Thibaud Leplat, and Fabien Fragione, exploring the social history of Olympique de Marseille (OM) and football in Marseille. A sound piece created by Samson, blending stadium noises and chants recorded by supporters at the Vélodrome stadium, is also being played in the Agora.

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Marseille
2024-06-08
2024-06-08
08
Jun
08
Jun
Ocean Weekend
Performance
All audiences

Performance by Cecilia Bengolea

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
8/6/24
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8/6/24
19:00
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19:15

Cecilia Bengolea, 'The Shadow of the Synchronized Serpent'. 14 min, Courtesy of the artist.

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Marseille
2024-06-08
2024-06-08
08
Jun
08
Jun
Ocean Weekend
Cinema
All audiences

Open-air cinema: Emilija Škarnulytė

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
8/6/24
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8/6/24
19:30
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20:00

Screening of the film 'Sunken Cities' by Emilija Škarnulytė, 2021, 9 min, Courtesy of the artist.

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Marseille
2024-06-08
2024-06-08
08
Jun
08
Jun
Concert
All audiences

Concert from La Crau (invited by Alain Weber)

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
8/6/24
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8/6/24
20:30
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21:30

De la Crau, a Marseilles group with unclassifiable and wandering influences, reveals through their rock universe an Occitan poetry with a thousand faces.

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Marseille
2024-06-08
2024-06-08

Art Explora Festival

The Art Explora Festival is an itinerant festival that travels the world's seas and oceans with its museum ship, offering innovative artistic and cultural experiences free of charge. From spring 2024 to autumn 2026, the festival will travel to 15 Mediterranean countries for its first tour. In Marseilles, the festival has been approved as part of the Cultural Olympiad programme , an IOC initiative to highlight events with shared values between sport and culture.

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Practical information

Opening hours

Le bateau-musée (Reservations required): Thursday June 6: 19:00 to 23:30; Monday to Friday: 14:00 to 19:30, weekends and Friday June 7: 10:00 to 19:30. Central and Photo Pavilions (free access subject to availability): Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm to 8:20 pm; weekends and Friday, June 7: 10:00 am to 8:20 pm. VR pavilion: same opening hours as central and photo pavilions, but booking is essential.

Address

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France

Accessibility

The Festival site is equipped to accommodate people with reduced mobility. Wheelchairs for the sick or disabled are allowed inside the Pavilions and on board the boat. The boat is equipped with a 1m wide ramp, accessible to people with reduced mobility, but may require the accompaniment of a third party due to its gradient of over 6%. Access to the aft deck and immersive exhibition is possible. Please inform us in advance of any special accessibility requirements, so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

Safety

Visiting time

Visit itinerary

Next step:
The festival returns in 2026!
PROGRAMME available soon

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