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April > September 2010

Braderie ( Lille Flea Market)
4 & 5 September 2010
The Braderie de Lille is Europe’s largest flea market!

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Summer in Saint Sauveur
From July 2nd to October 31th 2010
Dancing Machine: 20 installations or entertaining performances, interactive artistic work, prototypes of the nightclubs of the future, dancing machines or musical igloos...
Détours d'objets (Diversion of objects): An exhibition / installation designed by Claude Courtecuisse, who gives us his light-hearted take on everyday objects, arranged in unexpected piles.
Hotel Europa "Fairy Tales": Art Point M designed 4 new rooms for the Hotel Europa around the theme of fairy tales and legends, with supernatural and other wordly ambiances, combining princesses and garden gnomes, as an homage to the work of Lewis Carroll.

Practical info:
Gare Saint Sauveur
Boulevard Jean-Baptiste Lebas - Lille
Tel: +33 (0)328 52 3000
www.lille3000.com
Open Wednesday to Sunday from 12.00 pm to 7.00 pm.
Entrance free

Lille Funfair
From August 28th to September 26th 2010
With more than 180 attractions, the Lille Funfair is one of the biggest in France. Highly recommended to those who love thrills, crowds, candy floss and toffee apples!
Open Monday to Thursday from 2.00 pm to noon, Friday and Saturday from 2.00 pm to 2.00 am, the weekend during the Lille Flea Market (september 4th and 5th) non-stop until 5.00 am.
During school period, open from 4.00 pm (Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 2.00 pm).

Saatchi Gallery: The Silk Road
From October 20th 2010 to Januay 16th 2011
A selection of works from the Saatchi Gallery's contemporary art collection will be shown in France for the first time, as part of lille3000 in the exhibition "The Silk Road".
The exhibition  at Tri Postal will present a survey of the work of over 30 contemporary Afghan, Chinese, Egyptian, Indian, Iranian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Pakistani and Palestinian artists. The exhibition will lead the public on an artistic journey from Asia to the Middle-East.
Works featured in "The Silk Road" will include Kader Attia's intallation Ghost, paintings by Atul Dodiya, sculptures by Diana Al-Hadid, photographs by Shadi Ghadirian and Sun Yuan and Peng Yu's Old Persons' Home.

Practical info:
Tri Postal
Avenue Willy Brandt - Lille
Tel. : +33 (0)3 28 52 3000
www.lille3000.com
Open Wednesday to Sunday.