PORTO-VECCHIO – Legends of video games at Corsica Games Week
On Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 April, at the Pruneddu sports complex, the Corsica Games Week returns for its 4th edition blending gaming, cosplay, and exclusive meetings with local creators. A dive into a festival filled with nostalgia and legendary guests: the iconic Marcus from Game One, the cult voice of Pierre-Alain de Garrigues (PADG), the passionate Edward from Retro Discovery, as well as the high profiles Frédéric Raynal, author of Alone in the Dark, and Douglas Alves, a historian in video game culture. Between demonstrations and sharing, it’s a must-attend event for gaming culture enthusiasts in Corsica. The festival is organized by the association Sud Corse Retrogaming and the City.
Information: corsicagamesweek.fr
ECCICA-SUARELLA – the 15th plant exchange offers exchanges, workshops, and free animations
The association L’Ortu di U Prunelli is organizing its fifteenth plant exchange on Sunday 19 April in Eccica-Suarella, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. An opportunity to stroll, discover, exchange around a common passion among the many private exhibitors but also to buy or trade plants, cuttings, seeds, flowers, and more.
Several animations are scheduled: workshops on making soap from ivy, information on composting and distribution of composters, advice on plant disease treatments as well as pruning and grafting of fruit trees, a conference on preserving old fruit trees and a children’s face painting workshop. Free entry, parking, and on-site catering.
AJACCIO – Contemporary Corsican poets honored at the Palais Fesch
On Friday 17 April from 7:00 pm, the Grand Gallery of the Palais Fesch will host the Spring of Poets. During this evening, Norbert Paganelli, founder and director of A Casa di a Puisia, will receive Linda Maria Baros, the national director of the event. She will be accompanied by Gaëlle Fonlupt, winner of the Max Jacob Discovery Prize 2024, and Alexandre Gouttard, winner of the Grand Prix Nouvelle Donne. This 2026 edition will honor contemporary Corsican poets: Doria Pazzoni-Gavini, Carine Adolfini, Alain di Meglio, and François Viangalli. An interlude will allow to discover the musical adaptation of Corsican poems with the performance of the soprano Muriel Batbie Castell, a specialist in ancient music. Free entry.
CORSE-DU-SUD – Polyphonies featured in churches
The arrival of good weather signals the return of numerous Corsican groups and polyphonies tours. Until the fall, they will intersect in the churches or cathedrals of the region. In Ajaccio, the church of Saint-Roch will host In Cantu on 17 and 22 April, at 6:00 pm, Passione on 19 at 5:30 pm, and the Men’s Choir of Sartène on 23 at 7:30 pm. In Sartenais, the Church of Sartène will receive Terra Mea on 17 April at 6:30 pm. The group will be on 21 April at 7:30 pm in the church of Propriano. Jean-Paul Poletti and the Men’s Choir of Sartène will be in concert at the Church of Sainte-Marie on 22 at 6:00 pm. Non-exhaustive list. Complete programs available at tourist offices.
PORTO-VECCHIO – Pierre Gambini in concert
On Friday 17 April at 8:30 pm at the Salle Rouge, musician Pierre Gambini presents “A Legenda”, a dystopian musical tale sung in Corsican, combining live music, narration, and digital arts. Conceived as a total scenic work, the show is at the crossroads of a concert, a sound narrative, and at times, a musical comedy, while borrowing the codes of visual installation. The story immerses the viewer in an imaginary city under an authoritarian regime, where emotions have disappeared, and entertainment has become a constraint.
