Transport
› GETTING AROUND AURILLAC DURING THE FESTIVAL
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PARKING
/// FREE CAR PARKS
› Events area (280 spaces)
Parking available from 8am on 18 August to 12pm on 24 August.
Free return shuttle service to “rue du Viaduc” from Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 August from 10am to 2am (every 30 minutes).
› Place du 8 mai & Parking du Prisme (263 spaces)
Free return shuttle service between the Bus Station and the Accueil Festival stop (Parvis de Conseil départemental) from 20 August, from 7.30am to 2am (frequency 20 minutes).
/// PAY CAR PARKS
› PEI (Pôle d’Échange Intermodal)
Fixed rate of €5 per day
> Station car park (158 spaces) and shuttle park-and-ride (201 spaces)
Free return shuttle service between the bus station and the Accueil Festival stop (Parvis de Conseil départemental) from 20 August, from 7.30am to 2am (frequency 20 minutes).
BUS ROUTES
/// « PASS FESTIVAL » – 6 days’ bus travel, €6!
Unlimited travel for 6 days on all the Trans’cab network’s urban and suburban bus routes serving the CABA’s 25 communes (according to the network’s timetables and conditions).
« Festival Pass » on sale from 18 August:
› on the buses
› at the Pays d’Aurillac Tourist Office (7 rue des Carmes) (7 rue des Carmes)
› at the Stabus head office (15 rue Denis Papin)
› via the MyBus smartphone application
Free for children under 5.
/// BUS ROUTES
Please note: during the Festival, the routes and stops of certain lines will be adapted to take account of the city’s pedestrian traffic plan. During the Festival, timetables may be disrupted or unpredictable.
For more information, contact Stabus on +33 (0)4 71 48 53 00 – www.stabus.fr
All city buses are accessible between 2 and 12 Av. des Pupilles de la Nation, with the exception of line L1 LP.Cortat which is located at 73 rue Paul Doumer. They run from 7am to 7.30pm.
All suburban buses are accessible from the “La Dorinière” bus stop, Av. des Pupilles de la Nation.
After 7.30pm, certain stops on line 2 Marmiers, line 3 Cité d’Aron and line 4 Biopôle will be extended until 12.30am and line G (Saint-Simon campsite) until 1 am.
Find all the venues served at the Festival reception desks, on the information maps in town, in the programme of visiting companies and on the Festival app.
› COMING TO AURILLAC
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BY CAR
Getting to Aurillac by car:
Access from the A75 motorway: Saint-Flour or Massiac exits
Access from the main roads 122 and 120
› 5h30 from Paris (570 km) via A71 and A75
› 2 hours from Clermont-Ferrand (160 km) on the A75
CARPOOLING
This year, we have partnered with Festicar, a French carpooling and ride-sharing platform dedicated to culture!Festicar makes it easy to find travel companions to share your journey to our events. Not only does this help reduce your travel costs, but it also contributes to lowering the environmental impact by reducing the number of cars on the road and promotes access to culture for everyone!
Before and during the Festival: Offer or find a ride to the Festival via our dedicated platform: festivalaurillac.festicar.io
During the Festival: Two carpooling hubs will be available to facilitate ride-sharing:
› At the Festival’s General Reception (in front of the Cantal Departmental Council)
› At the Ponétie Welcome Area (near the restrooms)
And of course, always on our dedicated online platform!
Feel free to post your ride offers or requests there.
BY TRAIN
Daily connections with Paris, Clermont-Ferrand and Brive.
Aurillac station: Tèl. 36 35
Consult timetables and fares for trains to and from Aurillac
• www.ter.sncf.com/auvergne-rhone-alpes (for regional TER trains)
• www.sncf-connect.com (for intercity trains)
Consult the timetables for the different routes:
Aurillac > Brive-la-Gaillarde > Paris
Clermont-Ferrand > Aurillac > Toulouse
Discover the illico PROMO fare for the duration of the festival: “During the school holidays, travel with TER in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 40% off for 2 people or more and free for under-12s, with the illico PROMO fare. On sale on the SNCF TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes website”.
Information and purchase: Click here