Every five years, the people of Beaubourg like to reconstruct their famous legend and wish it more grandiose from edition to edition. On Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5, 2025, the entire city will relive to the rhythm of the 16th century: a frank fair, fights between artists, flag-throwers, Bagad, minstrels and fire-eaters,...

The highlight of the show will obviously be, on Sunday, the reconstitution of the legend itself.

Details regarding opening and closing times :

Saturday 04 October

- 14h00: opening of the Franche-Foire

- 15h30: Welcome of Charles V and his court at the Saulchoy gate (Esplanade Park)

- 16:00: Basque oath of Charles de Croÿ, presentation of keys to the city on the Grand'Place

- 16h15: erection of the Golden Eagle on the Grand'Place

- 16h30: Departure of the procession towards the Beguinage square

- 18h30: Mass of the brotherhoods in the church of Saint-Servais

- 19h30: Walk with lanterns in the streets of the city from the Beguinage Square

During the festivities, musical animations of the time, dances, presence of the company of the Furet...

Sunday 05 October

- 8h30: setting up the bivouac, arrival of the troubadours at Chaussée F. Deliège

- 9h00: opening of the Franche-Foire

- 9h15: arrival of the Auvergnats

- 10:15: altercation between Emperor Charles V and the 3 Auvergnats

- 10h30: arrest of the Auvergnats at the Porte du Saulchoy (Esplanade park)

- 10h50 – 11:20: street fights on the Grand'Place

- 11h00: departure of the first procession

- 12:00: judgment on the Grand'Place

- 12:15-12:45: flag launchers on the Grand'Place

- 12:10: departure of the second procession

- 13:00: hanging on the Grand'Place

- 13h30: gathering of the groups at the Beguinage Square

During the day, Village des Ripailles, Franche-Foire, flag throwers, fights of échasseurs, musical groups,...

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