The dream became a reality. We organized a metal concert at the médiathèque! What an adventure it was!
The idea came to my colleague A. and I last year, when the rock studio/club Barde Atomique closed, and a name came - Bibliohell, inspired by a metal festival Hellfest, and word biblio, as a library.
Let me explain everything!
Concert
Bibliohell happened 16th May 2026, when we offered an evening dedicated to rock and metal music, combining a concert with the exhibition about the history of rock music.
Concert happened in the Salle de spectacle of the médiathèque, and it started with Kloahk, industrial rock group, who created an awesome ambiance with their mystic music and their appearance - they had white facepaint. After them played Tumblwudd, a stoner alternative group, who filled the room with energy. Each group played for 45 minutes to one hour, so the concert finished at 21:30.
There were more people than we expected at the event. At the beginning there was around 40 persons, and it was progressively getting more and more, until 70 or 80 persons. I stopped counting at 71. So thats a great success. There were some friends and family of the groups, and there were library users. There were even people I never saw. This result is all the more positive given that the event took place during the Ascension weekend, a period when many residents were away due to the long weekend.
The public was intergenerational - children, adolescents, adults and seniors. Even my four yeard old daughter came :)