The Festival of Arts in Schools is now establishing itself as a major artistic event; both national and European..
The festival, dedicated to promoting artistic and cultural practices in schools, returns in June 2027 to Poitiers and Futuroscope after a groundbreaking first edition in 2025, unanimously praised for its artistic excellence, educational impact, and scope. Building on this success, it embarks on a renewed ambition centered around a unifying theme: "Re-enchanting the future, making the heart of the city vibrate!", inviting students, teachers, and the public to share a collective, engaging, and forward-looking artistic experience.
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For four days, the city of Poitiers, its iconic cultural venues and the Futuroscope site are transformed into a vast space for creation, encounters and sharing. Concerts, competition, workshops, shows and discussion time place youth at the heart of the city, showcasing and highlighting the vitality of contemporary school artistic practices.
FeDAÉ positions itself as both a artistic showcase and as a pedagogical laboratory. In 2025, it brought together 5,644 young artists from schools across Europe, supported by cultural and educational professionals. Together, they offered the public challenging yet accessible artistic experiences, full of emotion, meaning, and reflection on the the place of art in society and, above all, within the school.
“Re-enchanting the future” is the festival’s guiding principle. Through art and culture, FeDAÉ offers students a space to come together and perform in front of one another; a framework for expression and engagement which fosters self-confidence, a spirit of cooperation, and a sense of responsibility. Artistic and cultural education is fully affirmed as a lever for transformation. individual and collectivecontributing to social cohesion and the building of a more open, united and humane society.
Designed for a diverse audience – students, teachers, families, the general public, and policymakers – the Arts in Schools Festival aims to be a space for convergence and dialogue. By uniting educational, cultural and territorial energiesIt affirms its vocation: to give meaning to school artistic practices and to contribute, through creation and sharing, to the success of all students.
WHY THE ARTS IN SCHOOLS FESTIVAL?
The Arts in Schools Festival was born in 2022 from a shared observation: while school-based artistic practices are rich and formative, they remain insufficiently visible. In a context marked by major climate, economic, and social challenges, it became necessary to create a unifying space for expression in order to give meaning, coherence, and visibility to the creative dynamism of our youth.
The festival's main objective is to re-enchant the future by placing art at the service of youth empowerment. Artistic projects offer students spaces for expression and engagement, helping to develop self-confidence, critical thinking, and a sense of responsibility, while fostering listening, cooperation, and respect. Art thus becomes an essential lever for improving social cohesion and understanding the transformations of the contemporary world. The FeDAÉ also aims to promote projects from schools and strengthen partnerships between the Ministry of Education, local authorities, and cultural stakeholders. Finally, it aims to structure students' artistic pathways. More than just an event, this festival establishes itself as a tool for empowerment, social cohesion, and building a more inclusive and responsible future.
