Comics Festival | Blois Chambord – Loire Valley Tourist Office

The Blois Comic Strip Festival is one of the most eagerly awaited cultural events in France. Over the course of 3 days, it will bring together more than 200 authors.

Entirely free of charge, the festival takes over the town, right down to the staircases. This year, a performance by Madeleine Riffaud, a figure from the Resistance, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

The book fair

The nerve centre of the festival is the Halle aux Grains, right in the town centre. The site hosts a huge 2000m² book fair, with 82 exhibitor stands. Sales and signing sessions will be on the programme over the 3 days.

All styles and all ages will be represented.

Free admission.

Timetable of the book fair

Friday 9 am – 7 pm
Saturday 10 am – 7 pm
Sunday 10 am – 6 pm

Around the show, you’ll be able to visit 13 exhibitions at venues across the city. Some authors and illustrators will be offering guided tours of their exhibitions.

If you’d like to hear the artists talk about their art, there will be 8 round tables, debates and conferences. Themes range from Taiwanese comics to the French Resistance.

Les Lobis cinemas will be showing 5 films: Frankenstein, La Mouche, Arco, Les plus belles histoires de Quentin Blake, Jordan – Itinéraire d’un pionnier, etc.

Programme Chronological

Tuesday 18th November

Antichambre – Visual and musical poem

7pm – Halle aux Grains
Theatre, entertainment and live music.

Wednesday 19th November

The West Monsters Show – Drawing concert

6.30pm – Espace Rosa-Parks
Participatory project with residents of the Quinière district.

Antichambre – 2nd performance

8pm – Halle aux Grains

Thursday 20 November

Scriptwriting course (day 1)

10am-5pm: registration required at the Maison de la BD
Accessible to amateurs and those wishing to become professionals

Fairy tales: universal literature?

2.30pm: Auditorium Samuel-Paty

Opening of L’Étang de feu

6.30pm: Hôtel de Ville

School events: Library encounters with Armelle Modéré

Friday 21 November

A day dedicated to schools and the opening of exhibitions and the book fair.

Exhibitions open (see exhibition section)

GRAND BOUM 2024 EXPO: Dominique Bertail

Child of the comic strip

Maison de la bd, 3 rue des Jacobins
21 November to 28 March 2026
Centre de la Résistance, de la Déportation et de la Mémoire, 6 place Victor-Hugo
5 November to 17 December

Curated by Patrick Gaumer & bd BOUM
Graphic performance from 6pm and preview at 6.30pm on Friday 21 November
Guided tour on Sunday 23 November at 11am in the presence of the author

Screenwriting workshop (day 2)

9am – 5pm

Professional day – Resilience

10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm – Loir-et-Cher Logement

Double Dose Monstre(s) evening, Cinéma Les Lobis

Frankenstein – 7pm
La Mouche – 8.45pm

Educational day: workshops and school screenings

Saturday 22nd November

Teachers’ dictation

10am: Town Hall

Rodolphe, 50 years of scripts

10.30am: Bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire

Unidentified Rolling Object

11am: Parvis Halle aux Grains

Taiwanese comics round table

11am: Auditorium Samuel-Paty

Comic book breakfasts

Felix Delep: 10am-11.15am
Aurélia Aurita: 11.30am-12.45pm: Maison de la BD

Studio Zef live

2pm-5pm

Ciné-Marmots

2pm: Arco, Cinéma Les Lobis

ACBD & publishers meeting

3pm: Novotel

Café historique: Telling the story of the Resistance

3pm: CRDM

Monstrous reading

3pm: Maison de la BD

Rock and roll can never die

4pm: Fondation du Doute

Screening of Quentin Blake

4.15pm: Cinéma Les Lobis

Screening of Jordan Mechner, the journey of a video game pioneer

4.15pm: Free

Presentation L’appel du fleuve

4.30pm: Bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire

Beauty and the Beast

Drawing musical reading

4pm: Hémicycle Halle aux Grains

Collection Signé: Meeting

5pm: Bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire and Samuel Paty auditorium

Marc Minelli concert

6pm: Café Fluxus

bd BOUM 2025 prize-giving ceremony

7pm: Cinéma Les Lobis

Sunday 23rd November

Meeting 120 years of secularism

10:30am: Centre de la Résistance, de la Déportation et de la Mémoire, 6 place Victor-Hugo

Comic book breakfasts

Vincent Mallié: 10am-11.15am
Lucas Harari: 11.30am-12.45pm

Screening of Quentin Blake

11am: Cinéma Les Lobis

Visit to the Taiwan exhibition

3pm – Bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire

Meeting with Armelle Modéré

3pm – Maison de la BD

Reading: Gulliver’s journey

3pm – Bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire

Concert by Trio LEA

5pm – Conservatoire Auditorium

EXHIBITIONS & DEBATES

13 exhibitions

Armelle et Mirko: Halle aux Grains (21-23 Nov.)
Vincent Mallié : Halle aux Grains (21-23 Nov.)
Réparer Mayotte, Le béton et le bambou: Halle aux Grains (21-23 Nov.)
Aime comme métal : Parvis Halle aux Grains (21-23 Nov.)
Le dernier bus : Parvis Halle aux Grains (21-23 Nov.)
Le navire écarlate: Bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire (18 Oct.-6 Dec.)
L’appel du fleuve, La Loire en BD: Bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire (29 Oct-10 Jan 2026)
Cosy Cosy: Maison de la BD (21 Nov-28 March 2026)
The Pond of Fire: Hôtel de Ville (31 Oct.-28 Nov.)
The Incredible Story of Prehistory: Jardins de l’évêché (8 Oct.-24 Nov.)
Landscapes of Meknes: Rue des Fossés du Château (31 Oct.-Jan. 2026)
Taiwan, Charming! Bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire (4 Nov-10 Jan 2026)
Children of comics: Maison de la BD (21 Nov.-28 March 2026)

8 debates and round tables

Fairy tales, a universal literature? 20 Nov, 2.30pm, Auditorium Samuel-Paty
Round table: Press cartoons, why do them? 21 Nov, ETIC Campus CCI
Round table: Taiwanese comics 22 Nov, 11am, Auditorium Samuel-Paty
Café historique: Telling the story of the Resistance in pictures 22 Nov, 3pm, CRDM
ACBD & publishers meeting 22 Nov, 3pm, Novotel
Rock and roll can never die 22 Nov, 4pm, Fondation du Doute
Collection Signé – Rencontre ACBD 22 Nov, 5pm, Bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire
Rencontre 120 ans de laïcité (120 years of secularism) 23 Nov, 10.30am, CRDM