Listing of events in France

On Bastille Day, (Fète Nationale - 14 July 2023) there is a major fireworks display around the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Trocadero, The French national holiday on July…

The pretty bastide town of Monpazier (24, Dordogne, Aquitaine) holds its medieval festival in the town 16-17 July 2011. Within the walled-town it will all feel very authentic, as you…

The village of Saint Clar (32 Gers, Occitanie) holds an annual Saint Clar Garlic Festival 4 August 2022. Estivail (Summer garlic festival) with traditional market, tasting, music, workshop, games, and…

logo The town of Carcassonne (11,Aude, Occitanie) presents the Carcassonne Festival (Festival de Carcassonne) 5 - 31 July 2022 - a music and arts festival in the streets of the…

Bordeaux (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) holds its Carnaval de Bordeaux/Carnaval des Deux Rives each year 3 March 2024 with the climax being a grand procession. I naugurated in 1996, the…

Paris holds its Carnaval on 11 February 2024 with a Sunday procession through the heart of the city traditionally from Place Gambetta to the rue de Rivoli and the Place de…

The version of Carnaval in Pau (64 Pyrenees -Atlantiques, Nouvelle Aquitaine) has a very Basque flavour. Known as Carnaval Biarnes it takes place 8 - 11 February 2024. Ranked amongst…

MIMOSA PARADE The town of Bormes-les-Mimosas (06 Cote d'Azur. Provence) hosts an annual provence Mimosa Parade (Corso Fleuri) each February (15 - 16 February 2025) This brightens the soul after…

The iconic Citroen 2CV is the star of a rally around the perfume town of Grasse (06, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence) organised by the local enthusiasts club but attracting participants from across…

Montpellier (34 Herault, Occitanie) celebrates Christmas with a winter festival (Hivernales) including a Christmas Market from 23 November - 24 December 2024.  With a large market of 160 stands, a…

Domaine de Rayol holds its Mediterranean Plants Festival Gondwana , (la Fête des Plantes Méditerranéennes) on 5 - 6 October 2024 to celebrate the pleasures of Mediterranean gardens - even…

For many visitors to France from the UK, the City of Orléans (45 Loiret, Centre-Val-de-Loire) is often just a bottleneck on the journey to the Loire and South West -…

Every year a skating rink is constructed in front of the famous Hotel de Ville in the heart of Paris - in 2010 it is open from 21 December 2012…

The town of la Roche-Posay (86 Vienne, Nouvelle Aquitaine) east of Chatellerault offers a different slant on the seasonal festivities when it holds a Medieval Christmas Market (Marché de Noël…