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PRINTEMPSDE BOURGES
The festival of discoveries, late April 2027 in central Bourges: a week, around fifteen venues, evening headliners and about thirty young artists spotted by the iNOUïS programme.
Printemps de Bourges 2027
The Printemps de Bourges festival.
In a nutshell.
The 2027 Printemps de Bourges takes place in late April in central Bourges, in the Cher department. Since 1977, it's been the big gathering for musical discovery: a week of concerts spread across around fifteen venues, evening headliners under the W big top or on the Séraucourt stage, and above all the iNOUïS programme that showcases about thirty young artists.
Le Printemps is as much a launchpad as a festival: every year around thirty bands are selected from more than 3,000 entries to play in front of industry professionals and the public under the iNOUïS label. Many French artists were discovered here before going on to fill arenas. Alongside this, the paid programme lines up genuinely big names, from chanson to rap to electronic.
Everything happens in the city, on foot: Bourges is a compact medieval town, with its UNESCO-listed Gothic cathedral and its marshes. The festival takes over the exhibition park, venues, squares and bars, and a good share of the events — street stages, showcases, exhibitions — are free.
Printemps de Bourges · what's confirmed
What we know about Printemps de Bourges 2027.
- Dates
- April 20 — 25, 2027, announced by the organiser.
- Confirmed
- Tickets
- From €25, indicative price to reconfirm on the ticket shop.
- To reconfirm
- Line-up
- Not yet announced by the organiser.
- Upcoming
"Confirmed": read on the festival's official website. "To reconfirm": announced, but not yet rechecked by us. "Estimate" or "upcoming": not yet announced by the organiser. See the official website
Printemps de Bourges in practice
Profile of the festival.
Capacity, atmosphere, crowd, hours and on-site budget: the full profile of Printemps de Bourges 2027 before you get your tickets.
Attendance
~50,000 visitors
Over a week. Historic record of 133,000 in 1987. W big top capacity: around 10,000 seats.
Discovery
~30 iNOUïS artists
Chosen from more than 3,000 entries. Le Printemps has launched a huge share of the French scene over the past fifty years.
In the city
Around fifteen venues
Big top, venues, squares, bars, Palais Jacques-Cœur: the festival is experienced on foot, in a compact medieval town.
History
Founded in 1977
One of France's oldest festivals, now run by the C2G group. The 50th edition took place in 2026.
What to wear
Coat and umbrella
Late April in the Berry region: still cool, often damp. Bring something to move between venues in the rain.
Budget
Free to ~€40 a show
Many events are free to access. Big-top concerts and headliners are paid, at modest prices.
Printemps de Bourges 2027 practical info
Practical info.
Dates, hours, transport and lodging: what you need to know before you go.
Dates and schedule
Six days of concerts, from Tuesday 20 to Sunday 25 April 2027 (51st edition, dates confirmed on the official site).
Tickets
Two tracks: free events (street stages, iNOUïS showcases, exhibitions) and paid concerts (W big top, Séraucourt stage, venues) sold individually or as a pass. Official ticketing only.
Payment
Cashless at the festival venues. The town centre keeps its usual shops and bars around the festival.
Getting around
Everything in Bourges is walkable. The train station is fifteen minutes from the exhibition park; extra shuttles run in the evening.
Accessibility
A reception service for people with reduced mobility, to flag with the organisers in advance.
TransportBourges is in the centre of France, under two hours from Paris by train.
- By train
- Intercités Paris-Austerlitz — Bourges in 1h45 to 2h. The station is a fifteen-minute walk from the exhibition park.
- By car
- At the crossing of the A71 (Paris — Clermont) and the Centre-Europe Atlantique road. Parking in the town centre is tight during the festival.
- From Lyon or the west
- Allow 2h30 to 3h by road from Lyon, 1h30 from Tours.
- Shuttles
- Evening shuttles between the station, the centre and park-and-ride car parks during festival week.
AccommodationBourges is a small town: accommodation fills up fast for Printemps week.
- In the town centre
- Hotels and B&Bs in the medieval district, within walking distance of all the stages. To book several months ahead.
- Around
- Hotel zones on the outskirts (Saint-Doulchard, A71 exit) cheaper, ten minutes by car.
- Budget
- A decent hotel from around €80 a night in the town centre off-peak; markedly scarcer and pricier during the festival.
- Tip
- Late April often falls on a long weekend: widen the search to Vierzon or Nevers if Bourges is full.
DestinationBourges and the Berry region are easy to visit around the festival.
- What to do
- Saint-Étienne cathedral (UNESCO), the Jacques-Cœur palace, the listed marshes in the middle of town, and the Estève museum.
- Around
- The Sancerre and Menetou-Salon vineyards half an hour away; the first Loire châteaux an hour away.
- Usual weather
- 8 to 16°C in late April, very variable — mild days possible, but frequent showers.
Information last updated on October 3, 2026
Printemps de Bourges aftermovie
The vibe of the
festival.
The aftermovie from iNOUïS 2025 — the discovery programme at the heart of Printemps.
Printemps de Bourges 2027 line-up
The full line-up.
Day by day.
The Printemps de Bourges 2027 line-up hasn't been revealed yet. We'll update this page as soon as it's announced.
Line-up coming soon
The first names usually drop in autumn, several months before the festival. Come back then: the full day-by-day line-up will show up here.
Comfort, well positioned
Get organised for
Printemps de Bourges.
At 6am, a ten-minute journey can feel very long. Pick the right home base now, and the route that leaves you enough energy for the rest.
Lodging
Places to stay around Bourges.
Activities
Fill your days too.
Bars, restaurants, spots worth a visit between two shows: enough to fill the gaps in the schedule without improvising on the spot at the last minute.
A taste of it
Printemps de Bourges
like you were there.
A band spotted by iNOUïS on a small stage, where Printemps really happens.
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03 — Printemps de BourgesPhoto credits: G.Garitan · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.
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