1 July - 31 August 2016 Le Touquet (62 Pas de Calais, Hauts de France) hosts a Sand Sculptures exhibition at Le Touquet (les Sculptures de Sable) But this is…
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…
For many the black and white photos of Robert Doisneau encapsulate a vision of France as we romantically wish to remember it in the 1950s. In Avignon this summer (18…
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…
Aix-en-Provence (13 Bouches-du-Rhone, PACA) is staging an exhibition of 20th Century masters this summer with the Picasso - Cézanne Exhibition which is open from 25 May – 27 September 2009.…
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?…
Bric-a-brac Market Foire à la brocante 22 October - 8 December 2024 held in the Place des Quinconces Bordeaux Quinconces Antiques Fair (Foire à la Brocante et Antiquités des Quinconces de…
Why did so many famous artists focus on the French Riviera for their work? The tourist office for the Cote d'Azur has produced a brochure which features an itinerary taking…
Alençon Le weekend in .....Alençon, Orne, Normandie Where to stay, where to eat, what to do, how to get there....... Where to Stay?? Château de Sarceaux B&B A B&B in…
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…