Live Music in Tours

Jazz sits at the core of Tours' live music identity, with Jazz à Tours operating as one of France's most important training centers for contemporary music, sending over a hundred musicians into professional careers each year. That institutional foundation has produced artists who now tour with acts like Ibrahim Maalouf and Gregory Porter, giving the city genuine weight in the national jazz circuit. Beyond jazz, Tours has produced a striking range of artists across genres, from soul singer Ben l'Oncle Soul to the electronic work of French Kiwi Juice and the street-inflected pop of Zaz. Active venues span a broad spectrum: Le Vinci hosts Candlelight Concerts ranging from classical tributes to Coldplay and Imagine Dragons, while Salle Thélème and the Grange de Meslay program chamber music and piano recitals. Independent label DOGHOUSE & BONE Records, based in the city, further anchors Tours in rhythm and blues, soul, and Americana.