Cléry’s Sound & Light Show
If you are visiting our region during the summer season, don’t miss the Cléry Son & Lumière show in Dry, which brings together nearly 300 volunteers, including 200 performers.
After exploring the Middle Ages, the French Revolution, and the Occupation, a brand-new show will be presented in 2026: “The Belle Époque: When Our Modern World Was Invented.”
For this 7th edition, the ambition remains just as strong: to tell stories, to pass on heritage, and to remember through a popular show accessible to all — from children to the most knowledgeable audiences.
The Cléry Son & Lumière brings key moments of French history back to life, taking you on an epic journey of battles and adventures. It has become one of the largest live shows in the Centre-Val de Loire region.
5 good reasons to see the show:
- Nearly 300 volunteers are mobilized to offer you an exceptional show.
- Decors and costumes take us back in time!
- A beautiful highlight of the history of France and our territory.
- One of the great living shows in the Centre-Val de Loire region.
- For the atmosphere and other services offered on the same theme.
A historic show
The Belle Époque: When Our Modern World Was Invented.
The Cléry Son & Lumière continues its journey through French history, unveiling a brand-new show in 2026 dedicated to the Belle Époque.
After the fall of Napoleon III in 1870, it was here in the Loiret that the fate of the Republic was decided. The Army of the Loire resisted around Orléans. But following defeat, Alsace and Lorraine had to be ceded, and the Paris Commune suppressed.
Then came a time of innovation and industry, marked by the arrival of electricity, the automobile, the telephone, and soon, cinema.
Step with us into the Belle Époque — an era of world fairs and republican progress, with education for all, freedom of the press, and the law on secularism. A time when our modern world was being shaped…
Practical information
Tickets available on site, on the association’s website and in our information offices from spring onwards.
Next dates in 2026:
- Friday 17 and Saturday 18 July at 9.30pm ;
- Thursday 23, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July at 9.30pm;
- Thursday 30, Friday 31 July and Sunday 1st August at 9.30pm.