<p>The different purposes of the Festival are to present artists and creations, to introduce a wide range of audiences with accordions, to encourage encounters between famous artists and new ones, to help the meeting of artists and audiences, to introduce the various ways of playing reed instruments as well as to contribute to the development of accordion practices.</p>
<p>Since May 2003, the &laquo; Nuits de Nacre &raquo; Festival has been organized by &ldquo;La Cit&eacute; de l&rsquo;Accord&eacute;on&rdquo;  (Association de Gestion et d&rsquo;Animation du P&ocirc;le de l&rsquo;Accord&eacute;on de Tulle, de la Corr&egrave;ze et du Limousin), an organization that replaced the APPNAT (Association Pour la Pr&eacute;figuration du P&ocirc;le National de l&rsquo;Accord&eacute;on &agrave; Tulle). Ever since, each year, this very unique event attracts more and more visitors : around 60 000 people were there in 2008. The firm &laquo; Accord&eacute;ons de France - Maugein &raquo; in Tulle is the last French manufacturer of accordions and the popular culture that belongs to it transformed the accordion in the symbol of the town.</p>