Heart Transplant Run @ Parc de Parilly in Bron
Lace up your sneakers for a sporty and charitable morning at Parc de Parilly! For its 5th edition, the Heart Transplant Run offers a 5 or 10 km race as well as a 5 km walk, with no timing or rankings. A health village with activities, photo booth and smoothie bike will complete the morning to raise awareness about organ donation and heart transplants.
Address: Parc de Parilly – Bron
Date and time: Sunday, September 20, from 8am to 1pm
Price: 10 km - €18, 5 km - €16, Walk 5 km - €14
Freestival 2026 @ H7 & HEAT
Back-to-school season is celebrated in style with Freestival 2026! For two days, Crous Lyon takes over H7 and HEAT with over 50 free events: DJ sets, concerts, creative workshops, participatory cooking, boxing, yoga, hip-hop, Pilates, vintage shopping, and even wellness treatments. A back-to-school packed with activities, exclusively for students.
Address: 70 quai Perrache – Lyon 2nd
Date and time: Friday, September 18, from 1pm to 8pm, and Saturday, September 19, from 10am to 6pm
Price: Free · Event reserved for students
Open Day @ Terrade School
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Dreaming of a career in hairdressing, aesthetics, makeup, or wellness? Terrade School is opening its doors to showcase its training programs, admission requirements, and work-study opportunities. On the agenda: a campus tour, discovery of technical facilities, and workshops exploring beauty careers. A brand new Early Childhood Care diploma will also be featured.
Address: 73 rue Louis Blanc – Lyon 6th
Date and time: Saturday, September 19, at 10am and 1:30pm
Price: Free admission
Village Passione Italiana @ Place de la République
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No need to cross the Alps to taste the Dolce Vita: just head to Place de la République. Organized by the Italian Chamber of Commerce for France in Lyon, Village Passione Italiana returns for its 16th edition, celebrating Italian gastronomy and craftsmanship. For a few days, the famous Lyon square transforms into a slice of Italy, with producers showcasing specialties from different regions. From Lombardy to Sicily, passing through Puglia, Sardinia, and Piedmont, this journey unfolds one delicious bite at a time.
Address: Place de la République - Lyon 2nd
Date and hours: Daily from 9am to 7:30pm until September 22
Price: Free entry
Open Air Biennale @ macLYON
For its 18th edition, Lyon's Contemporary Art Biennial takes over the macLYON forecourt with a weekend blending art, music and celebration. From 3pm, Open Air events will set the International City vibrating with groovy, techno and Latin soundscapes. Saturday evening, the museum opens its doors exceptionally for late-night hours before an after party at macBAR until 1am.
Address: International City – Lyon 6th
Date and time: Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September, from 3pm · late opening Saturday from 7:30pm
Price: Free entry
Back-to-school sale feat coop @ Lyon 7th
Attention seamstresses and fabric lovers: feat coop is organizing its 8th back-to-school textile sale! Over 1,000 references of French textiles will be offered to the public at great prices: jacquards, velvet, jersey, denim, lace, woolens, printed fabrics and more. Fabrics are sold by the meter starting from 1 meter, from €5.
Address: 30 cours Gambetta – Lyon 7th
Date and time: Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19
Price: From €5
Rue de Sèze Goes Wild – Lyon 6th
Rue de Sèze gets into festive mode for an afternoon and evening celebrating togetherness. Shop owners, restaurateurs and residents gather around street food, a DJ set, pétanque games and good company. A wonderful opportunity to discover the addresses that bring this street in the 6th district to life every day.
Location: Rue de Sèze – Lyon 6th
Date and time: Saturday, September 19, 3pm to midnight
Price: Free entry
Brocante of Old Lyon @ Place Saint-Jean
Bargain hunters have a date at Place Saint-Jean for the UNAB's traditional flea market. Retro furniture, antique tableware, vintage posters and other collectibles should attract fans of great finds and curiosities. The perfect opportunity to rummage through the stalls before continuing your stroll through the cobblestone streets of Old Town Lyon.
Address: Place Saint-Jean – Lyon 5th
Date and time: Saturday September 19 and Sunday September 20, 6am to 6pm
Price: Free
Great Gratte-Ciel Clearance Sale @ Villeurbanne
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Gratte-Ciel transforms into a massive treasure hunt for great deals with around sixty exhibitors and merchants set up on Avenue Henri-Barbusse and Rue Michel-Servet. Between shopping sprees, head to the food court on the Town Hall plaza to recharge your batteries, while free entertainment and a brass band will keep the party going all day long.
Address : Avenue Henri-Barbusse and Rue Michel-Servet – Villeurbanne
Date and time : Friday 18 and Saturday 19 September, 10am to 7pm
Price : Free
Open Air Charity Disco Dayz @ Cerisaie Park
Music, food and solidarity come together at Parc de la Cerisaie for the return of the Open Air Charitable Disco Dayz. After raising €7,000 last year for the Léon Bérard Centre, part of the profits will once again be donated to cancer research. Live jazz, disco-funk, house, gaming zone, vintage clothing and dancing will set the rhythm for the afternoon.
Address: Parc de la Cerisaie – Lyon 4th
Date and time: Saturday, September 19, 2pm to 10pm
Price: Pay what you wish
Open Air Le Sucre x Reperkusound @ Stade Georges Lyvet
Le Sucre and the Reperkusound festival are joining forces for the first time for a XXL open air event at Stade Georges Lyvet. On the agenda: eight hours of music featuring waacking, Detroit techno live, ghettotech and hardtrance. Perfect for heating up the grass until 11pm with a line-up designed for fans of electronic sounds.
Address: Stade Georges Lyvet – Villeurbanne
Date and time: Saturday, September 19, from 3pm to 11pm
Price: Free before 4pm, then €8 to €12
Yann Arthus-Bertrand Photo Studio @ Chalet du Parc
To celebrate the opening of the Chalet du Parc, Yann Arthus-Bertrand and the GoodPlanet Foundation are setting up a pop-up photo studio in the heart of Parc de la Tête d'Or. Come strike a pose alone, with family or friends to take part in a grand human mosaic celebrating the faces of France today.
Address : Chalet du Parc de la Tête d'Or – Lyon 6th arrondissement
Date and time : Weekend of September 19 and 20, in 10-minute slots
Price : Free, reservation required with the venue's annual pass
Fort in Vintage @ Fort Saint-Laurent Hotel
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The Zam Sisters are taking over the terraces of Fort Saint-Laurent Hotel for a brand new vintage flea market with a view. Among the retro treasures, you'll discover clothing at Les Placards de Colette before treating yourself to delicious sandwiches and cheesecakes from Gus & Gas. A perfect Sunday for stylish bargain hunting.
Address: Fort Saint-Laurent Hotel – Lyon 4th
Date and time: Sunday, September 20, 11am to 5pm
Admission: Free entry
The Ink Factory @ Halle Tony Garnier
Calling all ink and tattoo lovers: The Ink Factory is back at the Halle Tony Garnier for its 7th edition. More than 350 tattoo artists from around the world will be gathered to showcase their work, while contests and live concerts will keep the weekend buzzing. Whether you're already tattooed from head to toe or simply curious, there will be plenty to feast your eyes on.
Address: Halle Tony Garnier – Lyon 7th
Date and time: Friday 18th and Saturday 19th September, 11am to 11pm; Sunday 20th September, 11am to 8pm
Price: From €18