In 2025: Dare to be Joséphine!
A year of commemoration around Josephine Baker!
2025 is a special year for Joséphine Baker!
Let’s commemorate together the 50th anniversary of her death, but also the 100th anniversary of her arrival in Paris!
Throughout 2025, we will celebrate this great artist with various events: shows, dinner and movie evenings, exhibitions, festivals, and more.
We will gradually add the event schedule to this page, so keep an eye on it from time to time (as well as on our social media)!
So… Dare to be Joséphine!”
Playmobil Exhibition: The Return!
Discover or rediscover the entire story of Josephine Baker through this exhibition, which will be on display all summer long!
Movie and dinner evenings in August
A new screening room has been installed in the winery! Enjoy a movie followed by dinner at the brasserie (7:00 p.m.)!
Screenings at 9:45 p.m.:
- August 6, 2025: The Tropical Mermaid (Silent Film – 1927)
- August 13, 2025: Zouzou (1934)
- August 20, 2025: Princess Tam-Tam (1935)
- August 27, 2025: A False Alarm (1945)
Film synopses HERE.
Starter/Main/Dessert Menu:
- Borrèze Trout Tartare with Lemon Cream
- Sliced Duck Breast with Truffle Sauce – Mashed Potatoes and Porcini Mushrooms
- Périgord Strawberry Pavlova
- Selection of Two Glasses of Wine
If you would like to repeat this experience and attend multiple screenings, a different menu will be offered upon arrival at the brasserie. Please let us know when making your reservation by calling +33 5 53 59 31 21.
Price:
- Movie + Dinner: €45/person.
Reservations required only through our online ticketing service.
Street Art Stencil Workshop in tribute to Joséphine Baker
Workshop at 4:00 PM: Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays
From Saturday, April 12 to Sunday, May 4, 2025 (Carole b. will be present on Saturday, April 12).
From Sunday, October 19 to Sunday, November 2, 2025.
Workshop at 4:00 PM: Saturdays and Sundays
From July 7 to August 31, 2025.
Ages 6 to 99. Limited to 12 people. Duration 45 minutes. Reservations strongly recommended at +33 5 53 59 31 21 or via the Facebook account @lechateaudesmilandes.
No additional charge.
PLEASE NOTE! IF YOU ARRIVE LATE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN THE WORKSHOP.”>Workshop at 4:00 PM: Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays
Play "Jean-Claude and Joséphine" on October 4, 2025
Synopsis:
1969. Jean-Claude Brialy (Franck Le Hen), a rising star of the New Wave, reaches out to Joséphine Baker (Clair Jaz), the fallen queen of the music hall, for her return to the spotlight.
Together, they will navigate life’s challenges and overcome the merciless obstacles of showbiz in a Paris somewhere between disco and Woodstock.
What if we offered you the chance to immerse yourself in the daily lives of these two extraordinary people?
This unique comedy, full of delicious jargon, spiced with song, laughter, and tears, is a chase toward happiness, a hymn to self-improvement, and an ode to friendship.
On the program for this evening of October 4, 2025:
PROGRAM UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Price:
- IN PROGRESS
Reservations required only via our online ticketing service. Tickets for this event are not currently open.
Pierrette Dupoyet performance on April 12, 2025
Synopsis:
Joséphine Baker (1906-1975): A woman with an exceptional destiny, a visionary of a fraternal world. This gifted performer, descended from a family of slaves, not only danced frenziedly in “La Revue Nègre” (The Black Revue) and sang the unforgettable “J’ai deux amours…” (I Have Two Loves…), she also opened her heart wide by committing herself and deciding to adopt twelve children of different races, religions, and countries. This was what she called her “rainbow tribe.” A splendid but excessive dream!
No longer at the height of her fame, this living legend has numerous creditors harassing her. We meet this generous-hearted rebel (active in the Resistance, committed to fighting slavery and all forms of racism) at a time when, plagued by another reversal of fortune, she must face the bailiffs who have come to evict her alone.
Pierrette shares her favorites with the public with passion and conviction! Through this “tribute show,” her thirst for Fraternity is intertwined with the destiny of Joséphine Baker, a woman who loved without counting the cost…
On the program for this evening of April 12, 2025:
- Show at 6:00 p.m. (duration: 1 hour).
- Dinner at the brasserie starting at 7:15 p.m. in the form of a cocktail reception (drinks included).
- Arrival on site from 5:00 p.m., free access to the gardens and chapel.
Price:
- Show + cocktail reception (drinks included): €40/person.
Reservations required only via our online ticketing service.
Quatuor Austrasia Concert on April 20, 2025
Under the artistic direction of Laurent Tardif, the Austrasia Quartet will immerse you in the heart of classical music through delicate melodies enhanced by the exceptional acoustics of the Milandes Chapel!
On the program for the evening of April 20, 2025:
- Brasserie open to all from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., by reservation (you can only come for dinner or dinner + concert) – Regular menu.
- Concert in the Milandes Chapel at 9:00 p.m., by reservation (you can only come for the concert or dinner beforehand at the brasserie).
- Admission: Free.
PLEASE NOTE! SEATS FOR THE CONCERT ARE LIMITED. RESERVATION IS REQUIRED BY PHONE. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ARRIVE ON THE DAY OF THE CONCERT WITHOUT PRE-BOOKING. Reservations required by telephone at 05.53.59.31.21 for the brasserie (only), the concert (only) or both, please specify.
Josephine Baker Festival
“The year 2025 marks a double anniversary: 100 years ago, Joséphine Baker arrived in France to create “La revue nègre” (The Black Review), which would make her known to the world, and on April 12, 1975, 50 years ago, she left us.
The struggles of this exemplary woman have never been more relevant, and the values of the Republic, the universality of rights and responsibilities, are at the heart of the work that must be done to enable current and future generations to live in a better and more enlightened world.
These are all reasons why, at this third edition, we will celebrate the women of struggle such as Simone Veil, Geneviève Antonioz de Gaulle, Gisèle Halimi, and so many others, who, like Joséphine Baker, blaze a trail that unites us.” Claude Pierre-Bloch – National Vice-President of the LICRA (French Association for the Promotion of Women in the Arts), Founder of the Joséphine Baker Festival
It is a great honor for the Château des Milandes to host this third edition of the Joséphine Baker Festival, which pays tribute to these women of courage, committed to the humanist values championed by Joséphine Baker herself, and thus perpetuates their commitments through the voices and writings of the authors present!
Admission to the Joséphine Baker Festival is free, as is access to the gardens (see the conditions below for access to the château).
PLEASE NOTE!
- The castle and chapel interiors are still subject to admission. You will have to pay an entrance fee to visit the castle, the chapel, and attend the special interview with the falconers (see our prices).
- There will be no free-flight raptor presentations on June 28th and 29th. However, special interviews with our falconers will be offered at 11:15 am, 3:00 pm, and 4:30 pm (duration: 30 minutes). You will have the opportunity to chat with them, take photos, and ask any questions you may have. The falconers will be delighted to share this moment with our visitors, birds in glove! Thank you for your understanding.
- The brasserie will be closed on June 28th and 29th, 2025. The snack bar will, however, be open (hot and cold sandwiches, treats, drinks, etc.), and a gourmet market will be set up near the picnic area for this event.
- Our animal friends are still not allowed on the estate, even if you only come for the Joséphine Baker Festival.
