Festivals near Limoges

Capital of French porcelain set on the banks of the Vienne, Limoges has a character all its own — a working-class, rebellious city long nicknamed the red town, where culture has always been a matter of the here and now, and of doing things together. You feel that gathering spirit every June at the CCM John Lennon, when Reggae Dub Nation brings Jamaican legends and European sound systems to town and turns Limoges, for one weekend, into a French stronghold of reggae and dub. Just outside the city, in Veyrac, Festival Veyracomusies carries the spring season with a curious, border-crossing bill, from great voices from around the world to French chanson.

The scene spills well beyond the Limousin into the neighbouring departments: in Confolens, over in Charente, the renowned Festival de Confolens has set the music and folklore of five continents dancing for decades, while fans of rougher guitars hit the road as far as Belgium for the blues-rock of ROOTS & ROSES. FestT works out your FestiScore — how closely a line-up matches your favourite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date, so you can spot at a glance the ones that truly fit your taste.