Our occasional series of articles using local knowledge to help you get the best out of a visit to different parts of France - the Segala le segala logo The…
The town of Luchon (31 Haut-Garonne, Occitanie) (also known as Bagnères de Luchon) in the middle of the Pyrenees celebrates its annual Luchon Flower Festival (Fete des Fleurs) 25 -…
A Brittany Jazz Festival - There is a whole week of great jazz playing through the streeets and parks of the city of Vannes (56 Morbihan, Brittany) on Brittany's south…
Every summer the northern French city of Arras (62 Pas-de-Calais, Hauts de France) holds a major pop music festival - Le MainSquare Festival 30 June - 2 July 2023. The…
Paris celebrates with a summer festival (Quartier d'Été) of music and dance 11 - 31 July 2022 For three weeks the streets of Paris are transformed into a huge open-air…
Bordeaux (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) has improved its image and facilities in recent years and now celebrates its river (Garonne) with a River Festival (27 - 30 June 2024) every…
The Fête de la Musique is held annually across France (21 June 2024) and is effectively a free music festival , open to both amateur and professional musicians and offers…
If you are a fan of Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Elton John (or in previous years Bruce Springsteen, Lily Allen or Lenny Kravitz,) then a visit to the town of…
On July 7, 2012 there is music in the cellars of Sancerre in the Centre region - high up the Loire Valley and the source of some of the best…
Avignon (84 Vaucluse, Provence PACA) is a Festival city with numerous festivals across the year adding to the many other reasons for visiting this Provencal City: The Garden Festival (Sous…
The Basque city of Bayonne holds its annual Festival from 27 - 31 July 2022 During late July/early August Bayonne (64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle Aquitaine ) is ablaze in red & white with everyone dressed…
The town of Orange (84 Vaucluse, Provence ) in the heart of the Rhone Valley hosts one of the oldest festivals of music and opera in France (les Choregies d'Orange)…
Brittany Jazz - Every year the town of Coutances (50 Manche, Normandie) on the western side of the Cherbourg peninsula holds a Jazz festival enticingly entitled Jazz sous les Pommiers…
The Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival runs from 14-21 July 2011. A glorious summer combination of the delights of the Cote d'Azur and a top rate Jazz Festival are on offer at…
Part of our series featuring places for a short stay in the in France we visit the Gers, South West France (32 Gers, Occitanie) Le Weekend in...Eauze Where to stay?…
Against the setting of the Riviera and the Mediterranean, Cannes (06 Alpes-Maritimes, Provence) holds a series of spectacular pyrotechnic extravaganzas Cannes Fireworks Festival (Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique) on evenings between 14…
Brittany always seems a bit different to the rest of France, with its strong links to Celtic Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland - something to do with being on the…
The town of Cognac (16 Charente, Nouvelle Aquitaine ) becomes an even more attractive place to visit in July with the Cognac Blues Passions Festival 2 - 6 July 2024.…
The South West of France has strong connections with its Spanish neighbours on the other side of the Pyrenees. These links were strengthened during the Spanish Civil War when many…
The elegant city of Montauban (82 Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie) gets its streets filled with music from 20 - 23 June 2024 with its Festival Montauban en Scènes (see www.montauban-en-scenes.fr) and there…