A Burgundy festival in Dijon that is not all about wine, or mustard??
A special island - even has a summer Opera Festival
For 2013 the city of Marseille and the Provence region is the nominate European Capital of Culture. All throughout the year 2013, hundreds of cultural and artistic events will be…
The Riviera city of Nice (06 Alpes-Maritimes, (Provence) hosts its Jazz Festival 20 - 23 July 2024. Over 500 musicians are scheduled to perform at the Nice Jazz Festival, which…
For the 2 weeks in summer each year (from 14 July to 4 August 2024) the quiet Gascony village of Marciac (32 Gers, Occitanie) holds its annual Marciac Jazz Festival.…
Avignon (84 Vaucluse, Provence/PACA) holds its Christmas Market (Marché de Noël) in the Place d'Horloge (29 November - 29 December 2024) - see www.avignon-tourisme.com Then, on a December Saturday the…
Combining wine and jazz in the attractive old town of St Emilion (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) sounds superb, when the St Emilion Jazz Festival hits town 28 - 30 June…
The Free Aux Heures d'Été (Summer Hours) Nantes Festival takes place in Nantes (44 Loire Atlantique. Pays de la Loire) 9 July - 9 August 2024 . This free festival…
The village of Fronton holds its wine and food festival in August Fronton Saveurs et Senteurs (Flavours and Scents)- 23 - 25 August 2019, with more than 30 wineries…
2-3 June 2012 the village of Itxassou (64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Aquitaine) in the Basque country near Cambo-les-Bains celebrates its Cherry Festival (Fête de la Cerise). Cherry market throughout the village with…
Jazz in Corsica
The small town of Chablis (89 Yonne, BFC) gives its name to one of the most important and much appreciated dry white wines of Burgundy. 5 - 9 July 2024 the…
Spring music festival in Bourges
Besides being known for Limoges Porcelain, Limoges (87 Haut Vienne, Nouvelle Aquitaine) holds the Limoges Jazz Festival (les Eclats d'Email) 16 - 26 November 2023. - see www.eclatsdemail.com - an…
Strasbourg (67 Bas-Rhin, Alsace) is a major European city – on France’s eastern border with Germany and the Rhine, home of the European Court of Human Rights and one of…
Marseille (13 Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence) holds its annual Foire Aux Santons 16 November 2024 - 5 January 2025 on the Quai du Port in the heart of the city. The Santon…
Enjou the splendour of the Chateau de Versailles near Paris with an evening concert of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in the grounds - and fireworks!
We tend to connect Brass Bands with gritty northern towns in the UK, but by way of contrast the town of Limoux (11 Aude, Occitanie), south of Carcassonne. is hosting…
The winemakers of Banyuls (66 Pyrenees-Orientales, Occitanie) celebrate the local wines with a wine fair (Banyuls wine festival) on 7 October 2023 An unmissable wine-themed rendezvous involving encounters with winemakers,…
Vichy (03 Allier, ARA) celebrates its Napoleon III Festival (Vichy Fête Napoleon III )- 14 - 16 June 2024 Le Lac d'Allier, Vichy Vichy has been tied to the Bonaparte…