Listing of events in France

There is an Annual wine fair held in the small Mediterranean appellation of Bandol (83 Var, Provence). The town gives its name to the distinctive local red wine, which is…

The departement of the LOT celebrates its local food with its Lot of Saveurs festival Lot Food Festival in Cahors (46 Lot, Occitanie) 27 - 30 June 2024 Products include…

In the heart of central Brittany that the town of Gourin (56 Morbihan, Brittany) presents the FETE DE LA CREPE, the last weekend of July - 27 - 28 July…

The town of Mourjou (15 Cantal, ARA) hosts an annual Chestnut Festival Foire de la Châtaigne et du Châtaignier 19 -20 October 2024 The Festival includes a large market selling…

Traditionally meat was banished from the diet during Lent. As was sugar, ingredients containing fat, eggs and dairy products. Hence Shrove Tuesday ( Mardi Gras = Fat Tuesday) was the…

Normandie is rightly known for the quality of its dairy produce (cheese, cream and butter) and apples (cider and Calvados) and -holds an annual Cheese Festival at Touffreville-sur-Eu (76 Seine-Maritime,…

North of Hyeres and Toulon, the village of Solliès-Pont (83 Var, PACA) is the self-proclaimed "Capital of the Fig" and accordingly celebrates with its Fig Festival on 26 - 27…

The Nuits de Fourvière (Nights of Fourvière) is a festival of theatre, circus, music, dance, and film in Lyon (69 Rhône, ARA) 30 May - 25 July 2024 The festival…

Another surprising French Food Festival - a Chick Pea Festival (La Fête du Pois Chiche )at Montaren & Saint Médiers (30 Gard, Occitanie) 24 - 26 May 2024. In reality…

At Chateau Pommorio near Tréveneuc (22 Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany) there is a Spring Garden Festival Fête des Jardins 13 - 14 April 2024 which has an international and British angle. Rising…

Photo by julie aagaard on Pexels.com Villers-sur-Mer (14 Calvados, Normandie ) holds an annual Scallop and Gastronomy Festival Fete de la Coquille Saint Jacques et de la Gastronomie 28 -…

The town of Charleville-Mézières (08 Ardennes, Grand Est) hosts its annual Puppet Festival (Festival des Marionnettes) 18 - 22 September 2024. Since 1961 Charleville-Mézières festival has grown over 21 editions…

Based around jazz and world music, in Perpignan (66 Pyrenées_Orientales, Occitanie) and many sites in Catalonia the Jazzèbre Festival offers a great musical journey every year, consisting of concerts and…

Strasbourg (67 Bas Rhin, Grand Est) hosts a contemporary music festival in September - Festival Musica 20 September - 6 October 2024 see https://festivalmusica.fr/ This international festival presents works that…