Festival Arelate — Roman Days of Arles
Known locally as Festival Arelate — Journées romaines d'Arles
The last edition has finished and the organiser has not yet published dates for the next one. Going by previous years, expect it around mid August 2027 — but that is our projection, not an announcement, and nothing is settled until the organiser publishes the dates. Check with the organiser before you travel: arlestourisme.com.
About
Arles spends six days as Arelate, the 'little Rome of the Gauls'. Founded in 2007, the festival fills the Roman arena, the ancient theatre, the Verrerie gardens and the streets of the old town with legionaries, gladiators and craftspeople, alongside a Gallic encampment and an imperial-period Roman camp staffed by reenactment troupes. The 20th edition takes 'private life and public life' as its theme, and runs in partnership with the Peplum film festival, which screens in the ancient theatre each evening.
Programme
The programme for the next edition hasn’t been published yet. It goes up here as soon as the organiser releases it.
Getting there
Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone. Events are spread across the arena, the ancient theatre, the Musee departemental Arles antique and the town centre, with some programming at Saint-Remy-de-Provence (Glanum). Most animations are free; some visits and shows are ticketed separately (a guided triclinium visit ran at EUR5 in a previous edition). Camps typically open 10h-18h.
Links
Tourism board
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