Festival Escales d'Ailleurs 2025 at Château de Plaisir, free concerts and entertainment

This Saturday, June 14, 2025, we're off to the Festival Escales d'Ailleurs at the Parc du Château de Plaisir in the Yvelines. From 2.30pm to midnight, the park lights up and welcomes you to the 21st edition of this festival. It's a cultural event not to be missed, combining music, circus, street arts, games, dance and world cuisine. What's more, admission is free!

Entertainment :

• Discovery of circus arts - 2:30 pm to 7 pm - Esplanade des Angelots
• Animal farm - 2:30 to 8:30 pm - Anneau des fêtes - ages 2 to 10
• Les mini toqués (cooking workshops for children) - 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. - ages 3 to 8
• Passeurs de patrimoine (giant games) - 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Ages 3 and up
• Locomotion / Grand charivari - 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. - 2 to 13 years
• Multi-jump tower - 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. - From age 6
• Rocher mobile (climbing) - 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. - From 6 years
• L'Arbre nomade - 3 to 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 7 p.m. - 2 to 12 years
• Introduction to Occitan dances - 16h15 to 17h15 - From 8 years - Cour des communs

Concerts :

• Démos (young musicians from plaisirois) - 15h to 15h15 - Cour des communs
• Johnny Montreuil (suburban rockabilly) - 6:30pm to 7:45pm - Cour des communs
• Olivia Ruiz (French chanson) - 8pm to 9:15pm - Château main stage
• La Talvera (Occitan ball) - 8.45pm to 10.45pm - Cour des communs
• Zoufris Maracas (festive, cross-cultural chanson) - 10pm to 11:30pm - Château main stage

Shows :

• Molly Biquette's Pocket Stories - 5:45pm - From 3 years old
• Les Histoires de poche de M. Pepperscott - 3:30pm and 8pm - From age 6
• Guignol - 3:30pm and 5:30pm - From 3 years - Esplanade des Angelots

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Walking tours :

• Radio Monki - 2:30pm, 4:45pm and 6:45pm
• Batifolages (La Fontaine revisited) - 4pm and 6:30pm - Final at 7pm - Esplanade des Angelots
• Quartier Libre! (fugue of old urban dancers) - 4.30pm and 7pm

Dance - Plaisir en scène :

From 2.45pm to 6.15pm, the château's main stage plays host to an anthology of choreographic creations by local leisure centers, dance associations and the Plaisir Conservatoire. From contemporary to jazz, classical to urban dance, we discover the energy and diversity of local talent brought together for this festive afternoon.

Participants include AHAA, Aura Dance Academy, ARGPP, CCRPP, Cowboy Hat Dancers, Être à soi, JustForDance, Unicypher, Conservatoire de Plaisir, Point Accueil Univers and Accueils de Loisirs Jeantet and Saint-Exupéry.

In terms of transport, there are free shuttles to the Château from the Plaisir-Grignon train station. More information on the full program is available on the Plaisir website. Now that's a plan worth taking a detour for!