The ACADOC association has held the Cordes-sur-Ciel festival since 1971, and it runs chamber music concerts in Cordes-sur-Ciel and across the department for a week in July.
The CORDAE La Talvera association is working on preserving and promoting Occitan cultural heritage. Its activities extend into several fields: research, publishing, distribution, creation and training.
This association aims to promote the renowned Cordes-sur-Ciel by organising cultural activities (conferences, visits), leisure excursions (local tourist routes) and publications on historical research in the city.
A social events association (Penne-Roussayrolles-Vaour-St Michel de Vax) which includes 3 second-hand clothes stores, the Causse Café in Vaour, where you can eat and put forward various initiatives, yoga classes and events (parties, apple juice press...).