Le Printemps de Bourges : User's guide

User's guide

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Purchase/Booking

(Ticket fees not included)

FNAC / Ticket + network

Starting March 3, 1997 :

Ticket offices: in the FNAC stores
Phone : 01 49 87 57 57
Minitel : 3615 FNAC

Festival Network

Starting March 3, 1997 :

Ticket offices : Tourist Office in Bourges, from 11:30am to 7:30pm
Telephone booking: 02 48 24 30 50 from 11:30am to 8pm (5 days' booking delay and a FF 28 charge for registered mailing)
Minitel : 3615 BOURGES

As early as February 17, 1997 :

From the Correspondents

Monday, April 14 and Sunday, April 20: from 11:30am to 7:30pm and from Tuesday, April 15 to Saturday, April 19: from 11:30 to 12:30am :

Ticket office of the festival

Accomodations

Accomodations in school dorms
CEMEA - 76, bd de la Villette - 75019 Paris
Phone : 01 40 40 43 77 - Fax : : 01 40 40 43 19
Bed and Breakfast
FOL - 5, rue Samson - 18000 Bourges
Phone : 02 48 24 34 93 - Fax : : 02 48 65 17 32
Hotels
Tourist Office - 21, rue V. Hugo - 18000 Bourges
Phone : 02 48 24 75 33 - Fax : 02 48 65 11 87
Rural homes - Guest houses
CDT - 5, rue Séraucourt - 18 000 Bourges
Phone : 02 48 67 01 38 - Fax : 02 48 67 01 44
Camp site
Boulevard de l'Industrie - 18000 Bourges
Phone : 02 48 20 16 85 (from 7am to 10pm)

Reception

The Reception Desk is on the ground floor of La Maison de la Culture, open from 11am to 11pm.
There you will find any information you may need on the festival: program, accomodation, transportation, recreation areas for children and other useful information about the city of Bourges.
There is a luggage office there open until 3am.
And you may sign up for La Scène Ouverte between 11am and 12pm.

The Reception for professionals, artists, journalists, partners and Correspondents as well as for the Reseau Printemps and Tam Tam France, is open at the Village Pro from 11am to 9pm.

Espace Loisirs Enfants (Recreation Area for Children): from April 15 to 19, there will be in the Ecole Beaumont (school), a qualified staff to take care of children between 4 and 12 during the concerts, from 2pm to midnight.
Further information available at the Reception desk.

Bikers' Reception : at the Stade de l'Ile d'Or (Stadium), from Friday 18 to Sunday 20.
Camping sites, luggage office and free parking, plus special rates for some of the concerts during the weekend.
For booking and specifics/terms, call 02 48 24 30 50.

CEMEA

Le Printemps de Bourges chose the CEMEA to implement its policy of reception and cultural activities towards children and young people.
They offer a few options to make the stay of young festival goers easier : accomodations in schools' dorms, the Château d'eau self-service restaurant and basic accommodations in the J. Guimier stadium.
The CEMEA also coordinate the Espace Loisirs Enfants, meetings between children and musicians after the shows and music workshops during the "Le Taurillon" jam sessions.
They also welcome visitors for the 4^th edition of Rock' n' Broc and inaugurate a dance workshop with "La Piste".
Information / reservations : 01 40 40 43 77 or Reception Desk.

Transportation

Trains

SNCF Paris rive gauche proposes return tickets Paris/Bourges, second-class, at only FF 148 (a 50 % discount) from April 14 to April 21.
Available at the SNCF desks (Paris, 13^th arrondissement) : Austerlitz train station, Olympiades stores (105, rue de Tolbiac) and Italie 2 shopping center.
You should present a concert ticket or a voucher (send stamped envelop with address at this address : Billetterie du Printemps - 22, rue H. Sellier, 18000 Bourges).
For further information call 02 48 24 30 50.

The Conseil régional du Centre and SNCF got associated to run special TER trains (local) with very attractive return fares for the whole Centre area to Bourges.
Extra trains in the daytime.
The last train will leave Bourges at 2:30am and the tickets will be 50% off !
Travel in couples : a single ticket is available for either one or two persons !
Information: 08 36 35 35 35 or 3615 TER (minitel).

Bus

From the train station, take line # 1 to Val d'Auron, or line # 2 to Hôpital, or line # 12 to Avaricum/Condé.
Get off at the "Condé" stop, located Place du 8 Mai, near the Maison de la Culture (Arts Center).
Information concerning transportation will be available at the SNCF train station a few days ahead of the festival.
For further information, call 02 48 50 82 83, the C.G.F.T.E./C.T.B (Transportation Company of Bourges), partner of the Printemps de Bourges.