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Librarians at the Médiathèque Jacques Demy share their favourite adaptations, covers and rewrites that arguably beat the original text. It is an informal after-work session where everyone can chip in with their own examples, which makes it an easy conversation starter if you arrive alone.
Jazz students from the Nantes conservatoire take over the stage of the Pannonica, the city's well-known jazz club. Entry is free with no booking, so you can simply walk in and chat with other music fans between pieces.
Fans and newcomers alike swap favourite comics, discoveries and hidden gems in an informal discussion group at the Manufacture library. You don't need to have read anything specific; just bring a title you like or come to listen, which makes it easy to slip into the conversation alone.
In a 'living library', the books are people: here, people who have lived with mental-health conditions share their journeys towards recovery, and readers move from one 'book' to the next to listen and ask questions. It is organised with the association Psy'Activ. The one-to-one format is perfect if you come alone.
The Cercle Breton de Nantes holds its annual fest-noz, a traditional Breton dance night, with live sets from the Hamon Martin Quintet, Tildé, Barrañ and other groups. Fest-noz dances are chains and circles where everyone links arms, so you can step in alone and follow your neighbours. Entry is 10 € (free under 12).
Florence Viguier-Dutheil, director of the Musée Ingres Bourdelle, talks about Ingres's close attention to fabrics and materials, prompted by the return of his portrait of Madame de Senonnes to Nantes after a loan to Montauban. The one-hour talk is free, without booking, while seats last. An evening museum talk is a comfortable way to go out alone.
This 'Place publique' debate looks at where plastics are found, from packaging and clothes to our bodies, what is known about microplastics and health, and the limits of recycling. Entry is free. A public debate gives you plenty to discuss with the people around you.
Ensemble Lads, a singer with recorder, theorbo, guitars and harpsichord, travels through English song from medieval times to today. The hour-long concert takes place at the city conservatoire. Single tickets are listed at 12, 9 or 3 euros.
Historian Emmanuelle Berthiaud traces how artists have pictured mothers and children from the Middle Ages onward, and how those images changed over the centuries. The talk is free at the city's art museum. An evening lecture is a low-pressure way to spend time among people with shared interests.
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