June 1 - July 30, 2021. Every summer, about 60 shows for an audience of over a 130,000. Since 1946, a festival of theater, dance, opera, music, and cinema, at the ancient Gallo-Romain Théâtre de Fourvière. Program and tickets in March.
June 12, 2021 - annual Saturday march at 2-5pm from Lycée du Parc to quai des Célestins, plus days of culture and Pride celebrations: film screenings, & festival. See website for confirmation of dates & venue information as announced - along with previous years' photos.
June 23 - July 1, 2021, 9-day LGBT film festival, New Queer Cinema, one of France's most important festivals, at The Comœdia permanent screening room, special sessions at the Institut Lumière in 3 libraries, the Goethe Institute, Cine Mourguet and Washtub Public! Plus the official DV1 evening. Also with ongoing year-round screenings each month. See website for films.
September 30 - October 3, 2021. LGBT Film Festival at Le Cinéma Le Club in Grenoble. See the website for film program and other films screened throughout the year.
October, 2021 (TBC), annual 9-day film festival, bringing films, artists, special guests and audiences to movie theaters in Lyon, with awards ceromonies and tributes to filmakers' works and careers. See the website for previous years and upcoming events.
November, 2021 (TBC), six days at Cinémas Le Méliès, Cinéma Espace Renoir, Cinéma Le Colisée, Ciné Chaplin, Cinéma La Capitelle, Cinémathèque de Tarentaize. 16th annual week-long festival screenings: feature-length + short LGBT films from around the world; original languages w/ Fr/ Eng subtitles. See program at:
December 7-10 2021. Lyon becomes the Capital of Lights. Believing the city was saved from a 1643 plague by the Virgin Mary, the city erected her statue in 1852, and the city lit up with candles in windows. 4-day events include colored illumination of Basilica of Fourvière, fireworks, + place des Terreaux light show.
March 12-19, 2022, week at Tignes Ski Resort, France, near the Italian border. Skiing, snowboarding, aprés-ski hot tubs, gay film festival, DJs/ dance parties and after hours, cabaret, piano bar, games evenings, cocktail parties, pool party in "Le Lagon" and more. Three-star ski-in ski-out hotel Diva, close to events and lifts. See website for confirmation + details.