Map and FMTM venues
FMTM : Le Village
FMTM Le Village (Place de l’Église St-Rémi 08000 Charleville-Mézières) welcomes you every day of the Festival from 10am to 2am. It houses the ticket office, bar, food truck, company reception and association offices.
Ticket office: from 11 to 24 September the ticket office is open every day from 9am to 7pm non-stop.
Lebon Bar: open from 10am to 2am, with a daily programme of concerts and DJ sets, Lebon Bar is a convivial space open to everyone for a drink and a party!
Lebon Son: a daily programme of concerts and DJ sets to get you dancing every night from 8pm to 2am!
Food truck: Végalette and Efes are on hand to delight your taste buds every day from 10am to 11pm.
Conversations under the lime trees: friendly get-togethers between artists and audiences, the day after a show at 10am and 11am. The perfect opportunity to chat with the puppeteers and directors (see the programme of meetings for all audiences).
75 Forest avenue : a professional area (open to all)
Debates, meetings, social events and a relaxation area (see the programme of professional meetings). The bar at 75 Forest is open every day from 10am to 5pm.
FMTM shop
The 2023 products are sold at the shop situated Place Ducale. Open from 10 am to 8pm (nocturnes on Saturdays 16 & 23 and Friday 22). Also on sale at the Tourist Office from 10am to 7pm and at La Macérienne..
Information desk
Do you have a question or need information? The Information desk is open every day from 10am to 8pm on the Place Ducale.
Library Festival
Open every day from 11am to 7pm (opening at 10am on Saturdays and Sundays, closing at 1pm on Sunday 24th)
An essential place to get books and other documents about puppetry, theater and live arts: a variety of pop-up books and object-books are intended for younger audiences, a selection of discounted publications by the National Institute of Puppetry, many bookshops will be represented.Everyday, book signings, presentations and public readings will take place.
Every day at 5.30pm, readings, book signings, book presentations…
La Macérienne
Since their first cooperation in 2021, the FMTM and FLaP (the organizing association of the music Festival “Cabaret vert”) have been working together on an ever-increasing number of projects. Once again this year, the Macérienne site becomes a play area for artists invited by the FMTM. Bar and restaurant on site. Open on Wednesday, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 9pm.
Le Forum
The cities of Chuncheon in South Korea and Charleville-Mézières share many similarities. The Chuncheon Puppet Festival is South Korea’s largest puppet theater festival. And a school for puppeteers will soon open its doors there, leading to a rich exchange with the ESNAM in Charleville-Mézières. In addition to contemporary shows, you’ll be able to discover many other puppets, traditional outdoor games and miniature theaters in the Forum gardens.
Côte de Bois-en-Val Regional Nature Reserve (PNR)
In the continuation of a fruitful cooperation started many years ago between the FMTM and the regional natural park of the Ardennes, three shows are proposed outdoors during the festival, around the themes of nature and sustainable development, at the regional nature reserve of the côte de Bois-en-Val in Charleville-Mézières.
