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A Christmas of yesteryear at the Open-Air Museum – Artisans' Market

  • Grand évènement
  • For the first time, the Outdoor Museum, in partnership with its artisans, is organizing a Christmas market from November 20 to 22, 2026. Free and open to everyone, it will bring together all the museum’s artisans: ceramicist, cabinetmaker, woodturner, beekeeper, saddler, blacksmith, cutler, plant processor, potter, miller, brewer, weaver, as well as guest exhibitors. Enjoy the exceptional opening of the estaminet and participate in several activities around warm chestnuts: choir songs, letter to Saint Nicholas, beeswax candles workshop, traditional and natural Christmas decoration manufacturing workshop... The decoration, inspired by the rural traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries, will create an authentic and warm atmosphere, plunging visitors into the days of yesteryear, when the tree had not yet made its appearance in the popular customs of the northern countryside.
    Free admissions:
    Friday from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Sunday: from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    The weekend entertainment program.
    FRIDAY – FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM
    2 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Write your letter to Saint Nicholas.
    15h à 18h: Family break: realization of a small wooden snowman.
    17h: Passage of Saint-Nicolas accompanied by his donkey.
    6 p.m.: Blind musical test with the street organ.
    7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.: Concert by the Folie Phonie choir, bringing together about twenty singers.
    SATURDAY – FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM
    10 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Write your letter to Saint Nicholas.
    11h to 12h: Family break: realization of a small wooden snowman.
    11:30: Blind musical test with the street organ.
    2 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Write your letter to Saint Nicholas.
    15h à 18h: Family break: realization of a small wooden snowman.
    16h: Blind musical test with the street organ.
    17h: Passage of Saint-Nicolas accompanied by his donkey.
    6 p.m.: New appointment for a musical blind test with the hand organ.
    SUNDAY – FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM
    10 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Write your letter to Saint Nicholas.
    11h to 12h: Family break: realization of a small wooden snowman.
    11:30: Blind musical test with the street organ.
    14h to 16h: Workshop of natural candle making.
    14h to 17h: Pony rides offered by the Poney Club of Villeneuve-d'Ascq.
    2 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Write your letter to Saint Nicholas.
    15h à 18h: Family break: realization of a small wooden snowman.
    3:30 pm to 5:30 pm: Concert of the group "En attendant Frède". The trio composed of Méril, Solveig and Gretel will offer a musical journey to the rhythm of traditional dance music, with diatonic accordion, bagpipes and folk guitar.
    17h: Passage of Saint-Nicolas accompanied by his donkey.
A Christmas of yesteryear at the Open-Air Museum – Artisans' Market

Information

Dates and hours
20 - 22 November
  • November 2026
    Friday 20
    14:00 - 21:00
    Saturday 21
    10:00 - 21:00
    Sunday 22
    10:00 - 18:00
Tariffs
Free
Place
143 rue Colbert
59650 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Location accessibility
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