Events by city · France · Orléans
5 upcoming events in Orléans you can go to alone, 1 of them free, from Thursday 19 Nov to Sunday 10 Jan 2027. Picked from city open data and official agendas. Check the official page before you go: times and prices can change.
Upcoming · by date
4 events in the next 14 days.
An artist guides adults through one artwork at the Orléans Museum of Fine Arts, then leads a short creative session inspired by it. No drawing skills are needed, and making something side by side with others is a relaxed way to meet people; booking is through the museum ticket office.
On Saturday 21 November 2026 at 10:00 the Musée des Beaux Arts at Place Sainte-Croix in Orléans holds Dessiner l'Égypte, a drawing workshop in the museum for adults. According to the listing, the artist Dominique Garros guides participants through the works of the current exhibition so that they can, in turn, draw some lines and traces during a drawing workshop. The listing places it in the series Dessiner au musée, which it labels as workshops for adults. Booking is made through the Orléans Métropole ticket office online. The listing notes that reservation dates open in stages: for November and December, bookings open on 1 October 2026. The listing does not give a price. The workshop runs from 10:00 to 12:30. A drawing workshop like this is easy to join alone, since everyone works on their own sheet. «L’artiste Dominique Garros vous accompagne dans la découverte des oeuvres de l'exposition pour, à votre tour, en tirer quelques lignes et tracés» Starts 10:00, ends about 12:30. Source: OpenAgenda — Agenda des musées d’Orléans (open data). The listing describes an adult drawing workshop led by Dominique Garros, 10:00 to 12:30, with booking through the city ticket office.
A discussion-style talk on vulnerability, from heatwaves to caring for a relative, asking whether social ties help us cope. The format is an animated debate for adults and teens, so the audience is invited to take part.
On Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 20:30 the Théâtre d'Orléans presents Piano Man, by Marcus Lindeen and Marianne Ségol. The listing tells of a summer 2005 when a young man in evening dress is found wet and wandering near a beach in England, looking dazed and apparently having lost his memory. Four months of silence and mystery follow. Taken to hospital, he is said to have drawn a piano and played it with a virtuosity that stunned the staff, who contacted orchestras across Europe hoping to identify him. His photo spread through the media and he was nicknamed Piano Man, but when he began to speak, the story he told was far more human and complex than the myths around him. The full price is 24 euros, with reduced rates from free for students to 18 euros. A seated play based on a real story is easy to attend alone. «Été 2005. Un jeune homme, en costume de gala, est retrouvé trempé, errant près d’une plage, en Angleterre, l’air hagard.» Starts 20:30, ends about 22:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Agenda de sorties dans la métropole orléanaise (open data). The listing gives 21:00 as the end, which looks too early for the show, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the full price as 24 euros, with reduced rates from free for students to 18 euros. The listing shows 3 sessions; the first, on 25 November, is used here.
On Sunday 10 January 2027 at 15:00 the Théâtre d'Orléans presents Petite Musique Intérieure Brute, a contemporary piece with around twenty dancers and musicians, linked in the listing to the choreographer Clément Joubert and the Orchestre inattendu. The text says they combine their talents to create a unique work about moods and humans, empathy, lives and victories. It is described as a suspended moment that awakens consciences and puts prejudice to sleep, stimulating the senses and soothing the soul. The listing sets out the questions behind the piece: how to live obstacles as an opportunity to surpass oneself, to create, to reinvent, to reach one's goals in life, and how to bring out the best in oneself. The listed times are 15:00 to 20:00, which probably spans more than the performance. Tickets start at 19 euros. A Sunday afternoon dance show is an easy outing alone, with time for a coffee after. «Un instant suspendu qui réveille les consciences et endort les préjugés.» Starts 15:00, ends about 20:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Scène nationale / Théâtre d'Orléans (open data). The listing gives 20:00 as the end. The listing runs from 15:00 to 20:00, so the performance itself is likely shorter than that span.
How it works
The next event in Orléans is "Adult art workshop: drawing Egypt at the museum" on Thursday 19 Nov at 18:00. 4 events are listed in the next two weeks, and 5 up to Sunday 10 Jan 2027.
1 of the 5 upcoming events listed here are marked free. The rest are low-cost or ticketed; the price is on each official page, so check it before you go.
Right now: culture (3), learning (2). Common venues are Musée des Beaux Arts, Théâtre d'Orléans, Muséum d'Orléans pour la Biodiversité et l'Environnement (MOBE).
Yes, that is the point of this list. We pick talks, concerts, walks, language cafés and workshops where many people arrive on their own and there is a natural moment to start talking. Nobody checks whether you came with a friend.
Many of these events are also in the Meet & Mint app, where every event has its own chat and you can join alone. If one is not there yet, tap "+" in the app to add it and gather a group to go together.
Get this list as JSON or RSS (CC BY 4.0, details).
More cities: Paris · Nantes · Toulouse · Bordeaux · Rennes · Lille · Rouen · Marseille · Lyon · Roubaix · Limoges · Draguignan · Tourcoing · Nevers
Meet & Mint
Meet & Mint shows events and people near you on one map. Join an event alone, chat with the group, meet at the event. Free on iPhone and Android.