In Cassuéjouls, in the Aveyron region, the Bon esprit de clocher micro-festival highlights gastronomy and music on May 23 and 24.
There are festivals that fill stadiums, and there is the Bon esprit de clocher micro-festival. In a village perched on the Aubrac plateau, the event aims to bring together for a weekend what music and gastronomy can offer at their best.
It is Alexandre Cammas, founder of the Fooding guide and grandson of the region, who imagined this micro-festival after selling his guide to Michelin in 2020. A way for him to return to his roots and to shine a light on Cassuéjouls, the village of his grandmother, located in the Aveyron. Five editions later, May 23-24, 2026 again promises to be the season’s rendezvous. On the program, candlelit concerts with Marlon Magnée, co-founder of La Femme who released in March his first solo album Dark Star, and Sam Quealy, the Australian artist based in Paris whose pop-electro ignites everything in its path. Also included are Andrea Laszlo De Simone, the Turin-born artist present for his audiovisual installation Una Lunghissima Ombra, and Malik Djoudi for a concert accompanied by a classical orchestra.
To hydrate you, the founders of Candelaria, the Mary Celeste, and À la Renaissance (in Paris) will be behind the shaker. In the kitchen, Quentin Bourdy will heat the communal wood-fired oven for a Laguiole AOP flammekueche to be savored in the alley. And on the dessert side, Noémie Honiat, Top Chef season 5 finalist and 2011 French Junior Dessert Champion. Not to mention the numerous other homemade recipes and specialties to discover at locals’ homes throughout the weekend!
Bon esprit de clocher, in Cassuéjouls, May 23 and 24, 2026.
