Inspired by the legends of the Montbéliard region and imaginaries of transformation, this festival invites young and old to explore a world where animals, folklore, and contemporary creation meet. On the program: creative workshops, face painting, fantastic stories, games, a snack, and a few surprises!

FULL PROGRAM

✱ From 2 pm to 4 pm: Creative workshop
What if you transformed into a chimera or a little monster? A workshop for all ages, run by the team at 19, Crac, to imagine and build body extensions and bring strange creatures to life!

✱ From 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm:
Face painting stand
Get made up by a professional makeup artist from Studio Events 90 and, for one afternoon, transform into a fantastic creature!

Tales and creatures at play
Throughout the afternoon, the children of the Maison Pour Tous in Bavans will bring to life the characters and stories imagined during a week of art workshops with Gabrielle Alexandre, ludovic hadjeras, and Eva Pelzer. Through short performances and surprise interventions, they will invite the audience to discover a world inhabited by fantastic creatures, inspired by the tales and legends of the Montbéliard region.

✱ At 4 pm: Snack time
A delicious break to share together.

✱ At 4:30 pm: Chimeras, Legends, and Halloween Quiz
A quiz to test your knowledge and explore the fantastic creatures, popular beliefs, and legends that feed our imaginations.

✱ All afternoon, ongoing:
Readings of fantastic stories and tales for children.
Free visit of the exhibition La Femme aux bras poissons (The Woman with Fish Arms).

—The Autumn Festival will also be an opportunity to discover the result of a week of workshops led with the children of the Maison Pour Tous in Bavans, as part of the Vacances Culturelles 2026 program.

Over the course of this residency, the participants will have imagined characters, invented stories, and made costumes and sets, in order to bring to life a collective creation blending theater, performance, and visual arts, inspired by the tales and legends of the Montbéliard region.

////// This project, carried out in partnership with the Maison Pour Tous and the Bavans library, brings together three artists with complementary worlds:

Gabrielle Alexandre, based in Mulhouse, creates installations, costumes, and characters drawn from childhood memories, rural landscapes, and folk tales.

ludovic hadjeras, originally from the Doubs, explores the relationships between humans and animals in his work, with a particular interest in the figure of the werewolf and local beliefs.

Eva Pelzer, based near Dijon, develops a practice founded on reuse, artisanal know-how, and transmission, transforming everyday objects and materials into poetic forms.