The Festival Château Perché is a multi-day visual arts and music event held at Arboretum de Balaine, a medieval arboretum located in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The structure's tall walls, moats, and beautiful gardens serve as a perfect location to feature a selection of the best European techno and deep house on seven stages.
Well, Château Perché is not just about music. It offers exhibitions, shows, lots of delicious food and parties. Costume themes like “Ridiculousness gives wings” or “Monsters in tutus and monstrous tutus” add to the overall insane atmosphere and decorations.
Schedule & Program
The festival begins at 2 pm on June 27th and spans until 5:45 on June 30th, giving you three days of never-ending fun right at the event's grounds. All seven stages give you a chance to explore a variety of music genres. The first stage, Bel étang, which operates day and night, explores the ambient music, poetry and acoustic. If you're a fan of dubstep, stop by the La Verrière and groove to phonk and Eurodance mixes. Arrière Jardin is all about house and trance music, while the Le Ponton des Poètes immerses the audience into a sensual world of cabaret and ecstatic dance.
Experience the true rave vibes at the night stage La Clairière aux Hirondelles, with deep, hypnotic, and ravy techno. Le Magnolia d'Aglaë, a 24-hour stage, welcomes you to enjoy melodic downtempo and some acoustic music. And finally, the Simple-Apparat-Groove stage surprises with karaoke and Open Platoche. Additionally, there's also a workshop camp, Exploration and Funky Village, which invites its visitors for some creative fun.
Lineup
Château Perché Festival always features a mix of famous musicians, well-loved by the public, and up-and-coming artists who are just setting their foot into the music industry. This year's lineup includes A.Silentio, a master of mental techno and vinyl mixes, ambient artist Samy El Moudni, MagiKristy with psychedelic techno and trance and many others.
Dresscode & Costumes
Each year, the festival has a certain theme that the attendees need to follow when preparing an outfit. The theme of 2024 is "Perpendicular Universe: Journey to the Centre of the Weird." Separate days of the event also have their sub-themes. Many anticipate and love this festival for its costumes. Thousands of people let their creative energy out in some of the most fascinating and beautiful outfits out there.
Tickets
The cost varies from €136 to €215 and provides access to all three days of the festival. The festival offers a free campsite where everyone can bring their own tent and camp with other festival-goers. For those who don't want to bring a tent, organizers set up some tipis that you can rent for a fee of €333 and €420. This bell tent can house up to four people. Parking costs €34, but if you're not driving, consider taking a shuttle from Paris, Toulouse, Lyon, Moulins, or many other cities. The shuttles cost anywhere from €11 to €72, depending on the location.
Past Performers of Chateau Perche
Château Perché lineups are sure to make techno and rave fans happy. In the past, it featured Hector, Dj Shadow, Dj Pierre, YAYA, Shaded, MC Diesel, Schlepp Geist, Wallace, Antoine, Heimlich Knüller, Justin Robertson, Dachgeschoss, Gagarin Project, and Lakker. Other prominent performers of the past years include Schmitzkatzki, Andreas Rauscher, Roi Perez, Freddy K, Miss Jools, Nicorus, Mortem, Garstique, Milan Kobar, Tod Louie, Guillermo Jamas, and Ashley Beedle.
You might also be surprised to learn that Marc Kinchen, Slam, Joel Mull, Camion Bazar, Debruit, David Mears, Kalipo, Behzad & Amarou, and Rolandson also performed at the festival. The venue welcomed many other performers, ranging from Bonnie Ford, Gottlieb Scheppert, Tropikal Camel, Emerging Patterns, Mille The Hit, to Adventurejulez.
History of the Festival
Château Perché was founded in 2015. It draws about 6,000 festival-goers every summer. The festival features more than 200 live acts inside and around the castle. This event is an enchanting playground for adults that won't be easy to forget. Progressivism, weirdness, madness, communion, glitter—it's all here!
