Editing Ardennes (department) (section)

=== Festivals ===
[[File:Festival médieval de Sedan 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Medieval Festival in 2011]]
[[File:Festival médieval de Sedan 4.jpg|thumb|upright|Medieval Festival in 2011]]

For more than 40 years (the first time in 1961 at the initiative of Jacques Félix) there has been in Charleville-Mézières the ''World Festival of Puppet Theatre'' (now every three years). At the last festival in 2009 more than 200,000 people were present. In the same city there is also a school: the International Institute of Puppetry. The ''Rock Festival and Territory Le Cabaret Vert'' had more than 50,000 festival-goers at the seventh festival in 2011 and this takes place every year in Charleville-Mézières making it the 7th largest festival in France by attendance. The festival ''The Poetic Otherworld'' organizes events in October in some Ardennes communes.

At Sedan the medieval festival is held every year around the [[Château de Sedan|Castle of Sedan]], the largest castle in Europe. This is an event that brings together more than 30,000 spectators.

At [[Rethel]] there are the famous festivals of [[Saint Anne]] which have been held for over 200 years.

At [[Bogny-sur-Meuse]] there is the ''Aymon Folk Festival'' which brings together nearly 10,000 people.

The Ardennes also has other well-known festivals such as the ''Festimeuse'' which attracts 10,000 people, the festival of ''Cassine'' with 7,000 people at the 3rd festival in 2010.

The metal festival of Vouziers attracts about 2000 people. The Rock festival in El Mont at Aiglemont hosted more than 2,000 people in 2010.  Lastly there is at [[Douzy]] every July and every second year the Douzy'k Festival which brings between 5,000 and 7,000 people each time.

The [[Forest of Argonne|Argonne]] does not have only two musical events. For 14 years, the village of Louvergny has staged a lyrical festival called ''Encounters of Louvergny'' in early August as the heart of the Argonne campaign, with singers from different countries. More recently ''Notes of Argonne'' propose to cross the Argonne mountains with concerts of classical music with regional and national performers. The May 2008 festival included [[Patrice Fontanarosa]] and his wife [[Marielle Nordmann]]. Both events had an immediate success in the region and the public has not stopped coming since.