The 2025 Malemort Carnival

Where, when and how to follow the parade?

A centuries-old tradition, the carnival procession begins on 14 February in Brive town centre.

The programme for Wednesday 5 March :

• MALEMORT

- 12.45pm: Departure from the Salle des Châtaigniers

- 1.15pm: Mise en place Allée des chataigniers

- 13:30: OFFICIAL START

- Transfer area. Allée des Chataigniers, Av de la Libération (Pont de Beau Rivage).

- Parade zone: Av Jean Jaurès (Pont de Beau Rivage).

- 13:45: Town Hall, presentation of the sash to the Mayor of the Free Commune of Malemort.

- 2.00 pm: Departure for Brive. Av Jean Jaurès. Av Marie et Pierre Curie.

- Transfer area: Av Marie et Pierre Curie (Simone Veil roundabout).

• BRIVE

- Around 2.30pm: Av Bernadette et Jacques Chirac, Bd Michelet, Bd Cardinal Dupuis, Av Maréchal Foch, Bd du Salan

- Parade zone: Bd Anatole France, Rue Toulzac, Place Charles de Gaulle, Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, Bd Maréchal Lyautey, Bd de Puyblanc, Rue Gambetta, Place Charles de Gaulle.

- 3.40pm: Reception at Brive Town Hall. Floats are parked around the Collégiale Saint Martin.

- Departure around 4.10pm.

- Transfer zone: Rue Massenat, Bd du Salan, Av Maréchal Foch, Rue Benjamin Delessert, Bd Cardinal Dubois, Bd Michelet, (Fraternité roundabout), Av Bernadette et Jacques Chirac.

• MALEMORT. Av Marie et Pierre Curie.

- 17h00 : Malemort.

- Parade zone: Rond-point Simone Veil, Av Marie et Pierre Curie, Av Jean Jaurès (Pont Beau Rivage).

- Transfer zone: (Pont Beau Rivage), Av de la Libération, Allée des Châtaigniers.

- Ends around 6pm.

The programme for Sunday 9 March :

• MALEMORT

  - 14:00: Departure from Salle des Châtaigniers.

  -Transfer area

  Allée des Châtaigniers, Av de la Libération, Pont de Beaurivage

  - Parade area

  Av Jean Jaurès (dojo)

  - 2.15pm: Parade set-up Av Jean Jaurès (dojo).

  - 14h30 : Town Hall 1st passage :

  Av Jean Jaurès, Av Marie et Pierre Curie, Rond-point Simone Veil, Rue Pasteur (roundabout with rue de corrèze)

  - Transfer zone

  Pont Pasteur, Pasteur roundabout, Av du Progrès, Av Léo Lagrange, Pont Beau Rivage

  - Parade zone

  Av Jean Jaurès (dojo)

  - 3.45pm: Parade area Av Jean Jaurès (dojo).

  - 16h00 : 2nd passage :

  Av Marie et Pierre Curie, Rond-point Simone Veil, Rue Pasteur, Rue de Corrèze, Rue de l'Esplanade, Av Marie et Pierre Curie.

  - 17:00: Town Hall 3rd passage:

  Av Jean Jaurès, Beaurivage

  - Around 5pm: Mr CARNAVAL will burn in Rue des Saulières (towards the Gendarmerie and Square Alain Fourches).

  -Transfer zone

  Pont Beau Rivage, Av de la Libération, Allée des Châtaigniers.

  -Around 6.00 pm: Return to the Salle des Châtaigniers.