March 2024 agenda: events you should not miss this month in Mauritius!

What's happening in Mauritius in March 2024? Discover our selection of events, from food festivals, markets, concerts, art expos, open-air cinema screenings & conference-debates. Check out our March events calendar, you're about to have an amazing month!!

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March 8^th to 16^th • Constance Festival Culinaire 17th Edition @Constance Hotels and Restaurants

Constance Festival Culinaire is back with the three starred Michelin Chef, Regis Marcon. This 17^th edition will once again delight your senses with exclusive masterclasses, demonstration and of course exquisite dinners by Constance Chefs & guest Michelin starred Chefs as well as Bocuse d'Or winners. If you love good food, good wine and warm atmosphere, the Constance Festival Culinaire is the event of the year!

Info & Booking: www.constancehotels.com

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Tuesday, March 12^th • Open day @House of Digital Art, Port Louis

Celebrate the 56th anniversary of the independence of Mauritius for an Open Day (Free Entry) on Tuesday, March 12. Explore the diversity of Mauritius cultural heritage and delve into the myths and origins of the Indian Ocean through House of Digital Art's inaugural exhibition 'If there were a territory between noon and midnight.' A memorable adventure full of discoveries and wonder awaits families and children.

10am - 5:30pm • Free entry
Info & Booking: houseofdigitalart.io

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Wednesday, March 13^th • Screening 'Lands, Portrait of the city of Houston' @Institut Francais, Rose Hill

In their film-performance Lands, director and video artist Jocelyn Cottencin and choreographer Emmanuelle Huynh take us on a choreographic stroll, meeting the people and stories of Houston. The camera sensitively captures the gestures and movements that make up this city, bearing witness to its industrial past and its mutations. Between concrete and bayous, railroad tracks and highways, the artists question our antagonistic relationship with nature. Their footsteps guide us towards a poetic reflection on the place of the human in our modern societies.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director about his work at the crossroads of performance art, graphic design and cinema.

6:30pm • Free entry
Info & Booking: institutfrancais.mu

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Thursday, March 14^th • Diner-conference "A table avec... Rama Sithanen" (FR) @Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel, Port Louis

Have you ever wondered how the quality of life of Mauritians has changed since independence? If this question tickles your curiosity, come along to the March 14 edition of A Table Avec. Dr. Rama Sithanen, with her 45 years of professional experience in the public and private sectors, as well as in international consultancy activities as a minister and economist, will provide valuable insights.

6:30pm • Rs1,500 including conference and refined dinner
Info & Booking: 2024070 or bc.concierge@labourdonnais.com

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Friday, March 15^th • Conference-debate on 'The development of the Creole language' w/Joelle Ecormier (FR-CR) @Institut Francais, Rose Hill

Everywhere it went, the "Zièt dann Fénoir" exhibition raised questions about the use of Reunionese Creole and the way it is written. Several questions were raised. Should Creole be written down to ensure its survival and transmission to future generations? How can its spelling be standardized? Joëlle Écormier, author of the Creole texts in the "Zièt dann Fénoir" exhibition, will attempt to shed some light on these complex issues.

6pm • Free entry
Info & Booking: www.institutfrancais.mu

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Saturday, March 16^th • "Toddlers' time" (FR) @Institut Francais, Rose Hill

'L'heure des Petits' is a monthly event for parents and toddlers (up to 3 years) in partnership with the Ébène midwifery center. It's a two-part workshop: a reading session for toddlers, followed by a parenting workshop on the theme "Babies sleep".

10am • Rs350
Info & Booking: institutfrancais.mu

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Saturday, March 16^th • Open-air cinema screening "Harry Potter & the deathly Hallows (Part 2)" (ENG-FR subtitles) @Ebene Recreational Park, Ebene

Cine Sous les Etoiles will be screening the second part of the Harry Potter saga's finale for a family-friendly open-air cinema night.

7pm - 9:30pm • Rs190 to Rs390
Info & Booking: cinesouslesetoiles.cinema.mu

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March 20^th and March 21^th • Theatre play 'La Folle et Inconvenante Histoire des Femmes' (FR) @Caudan Arts Centre, Port Louis

"La Folle et Inconvenante Histoire des Femmes" returns to the stage of the Caudan Arts Centre. A funny, explosive and offbeat immersion in the history of the great mutes of past centuries: women! Join Rachel de Spéville for a one-woman show, directed by Ashish Beesoondial, adapted from a text by Laura Léoni.

20th March at 7:30pm, 21th March at 11am • Rs500 to Rs700
Info & Booking: caudanartscentre.com

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Friday, March 22^nd • Exhibition opening 'Au fil de l'eau' (Along the water) @Institut Francais, Rose Hill

The omnipresence of water - for moisturizing, cooking, cleaning and sanitizing - often goes unnoticed.... until it's no longer available. Through the photographic work of Paul Choy and writing borrowed from the artificial intelligences of Glenn Espinosa, this exhibition is a docufuturist artistic proposal in a constantly evolving world that will have to find answers in the face of a climatic emergency where humans become protectors of this natural resource.In the presence of photographer Paul Choy and curator Glenn Espinosa, the public is invited to share a moment around the works on display. It will be possible to discuss with the artists the essential theme of water in their creations, while tasting flavored and scented waters at the "water bar" imagined by Glenn Espinosa.

6pm • Free entry
Info: institutfrancais.mu

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Saturday, March 23^rd • Classical Music Concert 'Romance musicale' @Caudan Arts Centre, Port Louis

Véronique Zuel (soprano), Caroline Villain (mezzo-soprano), Anne Chauveau-Dhayan (cello) and Kenneth Babajie (piano) will perform great opera arias and romantic music, both vocal and instrumental, for the first time on stage as a quartet. A dialogue between voice and instruments, a true musical Romance, in the service of works by famous composers such as Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Delibes and Massenet. This concert opens the 'Semaine Musicale', a festival of lyrical and instrumental classical music organized by the Société Musicale de l'Ile Maurice.

7:30pm • Rs800 to Rs1000
Info & Booking: caudanartscentre.com

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Saturday, March 23^rd • Open-air cinema screening ‘Bohemian Rhapsody' (ENG-FR subtitles) @Gros Cailloux Leisure Park, Gros Cailloux

Cine Sous les Etoiles welcomes you at Gros Cailloux Leisure Park for a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer, Freddie Mercury.

7pm - 10pm • Rs125 to Rs450
Info & Booking: cinesouslesetoiles.cinema.mu

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Tuesday, March 26^th • On-stage reading 'Reading, an international anthology' (ENG, FR) @Caudan Arts Centre, Port Louis

A staged reading of passages from 18 texts taken from "Lire, une anthologie internationale", by talented actors including Vinesha Bissoondeeal, Jérôme & Géraldine Boulle, Jean-Claude Catheya and Sharvesh Kemraz. The performance will take place in the presence of J.M.G Le Clézio, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature.

10:30am • Free entry
Info & Booking: caudanartscentre.com

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Friday, March 29^th • Conference-debate on 'Crumbling dividing lines between democracies and autocracies' (FR) @Institut Francais, Rose Hill

Today, the distinguishing features of democratic and autocratic systems are becoming less established, more blurred. How do we define democracy today? Can societies mobilize to strengthen their democratic institutions and restore more transparent, accountable political practices? Are there other models to be invented?
Open to all, whatever your level of knowledge on the subject. We invite you to share your ideas, questions and curiosity to enrich the debate. At the end of the discussions, you'll have the chance to vote for the proposals put forward.

6pm • Free entry
Info: institutfrancais.mu

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Saturday, March 30^th • Women Entrepreneur Market @La Halle, Quartier des Serres

By National Women Entrepreneur Council : clothes & accessories for the whole family, easter products, artisanal products, food and beverages.

10am - 4pm • Free Entry
Info: www.facebook.com/events/387883557217503/

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Saturday, March 30^th • Folktale storytelling 'Tizan Gato Kanet' (ENG) @Caudan Arts Centre, Port Louis

Discover the famous local folktale of Tizan Gato Kanet (Tizan and his candy tree) through a blend of storytelling, performance and music. This is the magnificent tale of Tizan who plants a tree of Gato Kanet (candy marbles). In comes a witch whose sole aim is to, like all witches do, capture Tizan and eat him. Will she successful or will Tizan prove to be the smart one and get his revenge?

2pm • Kids : Rs200, Adults : Rs350
Info & Booking: caudanartscentre.com

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Saturday, March 30^th • Open-air cinema screening ‘The Lion King’ Movie (FR-ENG subtitles) @Domaine de Labourdonnais, Mapou

A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an outcast or face his demons and become what he needs to be?

7pm - 8:30pm • Rs125 to Rs1000
Info & Booking: cinesouslesetoiles.cinema.mu