Don't miss the 14th edition of the European Early Music Days in Occitania from March 18 to 22, 2026!
From March 18 to 22, 2026, the European Early Music Days (JEMA) celebrate spring in Occitania. Concerts, musical tours, workshops and encounters offer all publics the chance to discover early music "outside the walls", in museums, media libraries, craftsmen?s workshops, conservatories and heritage sites in Montpellier, Lignan-sur-Orb and Perpignan.
Traditionally scheduled around March 21 - a symbolic date marking both the start of spring and the anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach?s birth - each year JEMA invites the public to rediscover heritage music in a spirit of sharing, curiosity and openness.
Family workshops, musical tours, lectures and concerts all share the same ambition: to make early music accessible to as many people as possible
On the program in Montpellier:
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2:00 pm and 3:00 pm ?children's workshop ?sackbut discovery with Julien Miro ?Médiathèque Emile Zola (Montpellier)
4:00 pm and 6:30 pm Visit Martine Argellies' harpsichord workshop Atelier Argelliers (Montpellier)
5:00 pm Lecture on Joseph Bodin Boismortier, Stephan Perreau ?Médiathèque Emile Zola (Montpellier)
Thursday, March 19, 2026
4:00 pm and 6:30 pm ?visit to Martine Argellies' harpsichord workshop ?Atelier Argelliers (Montpellier)
Friday, March 20, 2026
11:15 am ?2:00 pm ?4:00 pm Musical tour of the Musée Fabre collections (Montpellier) ?Les Ombres ?Musée Fabre (Montpellier)
Sunday, March 22, 2025
3:00 pm Concert by teachers and students of the Early Music Department Cité des Arts (Montpellier)
5:30 pm Concert by Ensemble Allégories, Re Vesperae, Chapelle de l'Enclos Saint-François, (Montpellier)
Detailed program on the official event website
From March 18 to 22, 2026, the European Early Music Days (JEMA) celebrate spring in Occitania. Concerts, musical tours, workshops and encounters offer all publics the chance to discover early music "outside the walls", in museums, media libraries, craftsmen?s workshops, conservatories and heritage sites in Montpellier, Lignan-sur-Orb and Perpignan.
Traditionally scheduled around March 21 - a symbolic date marking both the start of spring and the anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach?s birth - each year JEMA invites the public to rediscover heritage music in a spirit of sharing, curiosity and openness.
Family workshops, musical tours, lectures and concerts all share the same ambition: to make early music accessible to as many people as possible
On the program in Montpellier:
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2:00 pm and 3:00 pm ?children's workshop ?sackbut discovery with Julien Miro ?Médiathèque Emile Zola (Montpellier)
4:00 pm and 6:30 pm Visit Martine Argellies' harpsichord workshop Atelier Argelliers (Montpellier)
5:00 pm Lecture on Joseph Bodin Boismortier, Stephan Perreau ?Médiathèque Emile Zola (Montpellier)
Thursday, March 19, 2026
4:00 pm and 6:30 pm ?visit to Martine Argellies' harpsichord workshop ?Atelier Argelliers (Montpellier)
Friday, March 20, 2026
11:15 am ?2:00 pm ?4:00 pm Musical tour of the Musée Fabre collections (Montpellier) ?Les Ombres ?Musée Fabre (Montpellier)
Sunday, March 22, 2025
3:00 pm Concert by teachers and students of the Early Music Department Cité des Arts (Montpellier)
5:30 pm Concert by Ensemble Allégories, Re Vesperae, Chapelle de l'Enclos Saint-François, (Montpellier)
Detailed program on the official event website
