The Spring Cavalcade 2024 - Destination Limoges

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Le 05 May 2024

Limoges

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The great Spring Cavalcade returns at the beginning of May in the streets of Limoges. There are ten colorful parade floats, festive activities and musical shows! So, what are you waiting for to put on your most beautiful suits ?

A festive and musical Cavalcade

Replacing the March carnival, the parade of the cavalcade takes place in the city center on a course of several kilometers. Each year it brings together nearly 75,000 people who came to cheer the event. This features around ten tanks accompanied byanimations and musical groups. The public is warmly invited to dress up and participate in the parade.

Personalized local artists of all styles will animate the parade: folkloric and historical groups, bands, traditional or carnival parade bands, artistic performances... In 2022, the brass band of the Gueules Sèches, guest of honor each year, celebrated its 100th anniversary by parading with its own float.

Details of the 2024 program and route

The program of the event

12h00 – Discovery of ten floats decorated by municipal workshops.
13h to 15h – Live entertainment on Flash FM from Champ-de-Juillet.
from 15h – Start of the stroll at Champ-de-Juillet to Square Jacques Chirac.

The journey of the stroll

Departure to the Champ de Juillet
Avenue de la Libération
Avenue Garibaldi
Carrefour Tourny
Boulevard Georges Perin
Boulevard Louis Blanc
End of the stroll at Square Jacques-Chirac.

They will make you sing and dance all day long!

the groups present on the three podiums

Aloha (in front of City Hall)

Since 1995, the ALOHA orchestra has performed more than 1200 concerts across France, with a team united for more than 25 years, attracting crowds with its varied repertoire.

Polychrome (Place Manigne)

Polychrome musical association, created in 1996, brings together six music enthusiasts who regularly perform at various events. They host parties, private evenings and participate every year in the Limoges cavalcade.

Calypsonate (Corner of boulevard de Fleurus / boulevard Georges Périn)

Association created in 1951 with a music school and orchestra led by a qualified conductor. Their varied repertoire ranges from film music to jazz. The school has 43 students and holds auditions.

the groups that will parade

The Dry Mouth Fanfare

The Fanfare des Gueules Sèches, founded in 1922 in Limoges, celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 2022. Renowned for its joie de vivre and its varied repertoire, it performs throughout France and internationally, participating in major cultural events and sportsmen.

The Municipal Harmony of Limoges

The Harmonie Municipale de Limoges, based at the Maison de la Musique, brings together around forty musicians in its harmonic orchestra and offers a school for beginners. Its strengths lie in volunteer involvement, cohesion around the musical director and the conviviality shared during musical moments.

Limouzi Samba Gang

A regional batucada made up of around thirty musicians enlivens local events with a varied repertoire of Brazilian percussion, offering the public a festive and dynamic experience.

The Lusitanians

Founded in 1992, this group promotes Portuguese culture through folklore, music and traditional costumes, with regional performances. It also offers Portuguese courses for children and adults.

Lou Rossigno do Limouzi

A group of volunteers host traditional Massif Central shows, with music, dances and humorous skits, performing at local festivals and events, adapting their performances for special events such as the Limoges Cavalcade on the theme of the Olympic Games.

Tchimbe

Since 1976, Tchimbé, an associative group from Limoges, has promoted West Indian folklore through dance evenings and thematic meals. During the cavalcade, he parades in the festive atmosphere of the West Indian carnival, with colorful costumes and lively music, reflecting the joy, freedom and sharing of this tradition.

The Bel'k of the Antilles

Founded in 2017, promotes Creole culture through dance, music and songs, with more than 30 active members. Present at various events in France, it aspires to extend its influence in Europe by offering annual festive shows.

The Miss Limoges Committee

The Miss Limoges 2024 gala took place on February 3, 2024 at Espace Crouzy in Boisseuil. Luane Demacon, 19, was crowned among eight candidates, working in catering and aspiring to film school, with Ornella Raciti, 21, and Alyssa Ouedarbi, 23, as runners-up.