Diversions
7–16 July
Diversions is Le Périscope’s summer getaway, taking place from 7 to 16 July in the Perrache neighbourhood. A collective stroll through leafy oases and familiar haunts.
For this third edition, there will be seven free concerts, each offering a welcome respite filled with free-spirited and generous music. A colourful programme, open to the world, featuring inventive musical styles that are firmly in tune with the times. An invitation to come together, settle in and discover.
An event organised by Le Périscope, as part of the 2026 Cultural Holidays initiative led by the Ministry of Culture, hosted by five partner venues that bring the neighbourhood to life: the Gilibert Community Garden, the Zibou Lab, HEAT, the Jardin Envie Partagée on Quai Rambaud and the Escale Solidaire on Rue du 2.
Au programme de cette édition :
Tuesday, July 7 ▶︎ 6:00 p.m. – Free
Violetazul – Latin American songs
• Jardin partagé Gilibert – 13 rue Gilibert
Wednesday 8 July ▶︎ 7.00 pm – Free
Tempus Fluens – Vocal ensemble
• Le Zibou Lab – 71 rue Smith
Thursday 9 July ▶︎ 7.00 pm – Free
Edredon sensible – Copper-coloured trance
• HEAT – 70 quai Perrache
Friday 10 July ▶︎ 7.00 pm – Free
Kenz Quintet – Contemporary jazz
ilanga – Contemporary jazz
[Kenza Taleb and Edgar Lepetit were supported throughout the season by Le Périscope as part of its tanDEM programme, an artist-in-residence scheme aimed at young instrumentalists. From access to rehearsal studios to stage time, their respective projects have developed over the months, culminating in this double concert.]
• Le Périscope – 13 rue Delandine
Wednesday 15 July ▶︎ 7.00 pm – Free
FAZAZ – An Amazigh song from the Middle Atlas
• Jardin Envie Partagée quai Rambaud – à côté du square Delfosse
Thursday 16 July ▶︎ 6.00 pm – Free
• Escale Solidaire du 2 – 25 rue Delandine
Violetazul
VIOLETAZUL features the voice and guitar of Elisa Arciniegas, a Colombian musician, improviser, and producer. Blending tango, Caribbean music, and poetry, she explores the traditional and contemporary repertoires of Latin America, weaving together subtle melodies, complex harmonies, and penetrating rhythms that resonate in the heart, mind, and body. Her latest album, “Canciones tenues… chansons subtiles,” […]
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Founded in 2018 in Lyon by Gilles Poizat, STIMMLIPPE is a vocal sextet that blends operatic singing, free improvisation, underground music, and the performing arts—from Bach to Tom Waits, from sheet music to radical sound experiments. It’s a multi-layered world in which it’s a pleasure to lose oneself, whether on stage, in the forest, or […]
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Edredon Sensible
Edredon Sensible is four guys waving their arms and huffing and puffing. They stare at each other with their eyes glued to their ears, dancing everywhere—but mostly on the floor. They’re also covered in sweat—and, if possible, they get it on others too. Their passion? “Burn Babylon,” but always through the mouth. Their goal? Catharsis. […]
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The Kenz Quintet explores a Moroccan-French jazz style where melancholic ballads intertwine with chaabi and free jazz. A native of Morocco who grew up there, singer Kenza Taleb expresses her most intimate sorrows and her most exuberant dreams in Darija—a Moroccan dialect—and in French, while blending North African rhythms with the harmonies, melodies, and improvisations […]
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ilanga
Trumpeter Edgar Lepetit will launch his project, ilanga, in early 2026—a brand-new quartet centered on his compositions, with Le Périscope joining them shortly thereafter. Rooted in the current French nu-jazz scene, the group’s music draws on jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music to create a modern sound with a touch of old-school flair.
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FAZAZ embodies the warmth of Morocco, the powerful sound of the lotar, haunting melodies, tragic poems, and trance-inducing rhythms. The trio, formed when Guillaume Storchi (percussion, vocals), Léo Fabre-Cartier (lotar, vocals), and Luna Dounia Moumen (vocals) came together, offers an immersive journey into the heart of Amazigh song from the Middle Atlas—a little-known yet utterly […]
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WATCHDOG
WATCHDOG may not exactly fit your idea of a jazz band, an instrumental rock group, or a contemporary music duo. And that’s a good thing. WATCHDOG takes a keen interest in the music that inspires them, but without any concern for fitting into a specific genre. Their approach is that of musical omnivores who have […]
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