Listing of events in France
The seaside town of Carantec (29 Finisterre, Brittany) is throwing an Oyster Festival to celebrate its most renowned shellfish in Spring 2025 27 April - 3 May 2025. Offering oyster…
Be in Provins (77 Seine-et-Marne, Ile de France) on 14 - 15 June 2025 for the biggest medieval festival in France!For 2 days, troubadours, acrobats and crowd entertainers will make…
The Fête du Pain (Bread Festival) returns to Paris 1- 11 May 2025 on the square in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral. The program includes pop-up bakeries, numerous artisan bakers, competitions…
Garden Days at Chantilly (Journées des Plantes) 16 - 18 May 2025 At the Chateau de Chantilly (60 Oise, Hauts de France) there is an unmissable event dedicated to plants,…
Loire Music Festival 2022 saw the return of the Sully and Loiret Music Festival (Festival de Sully et du Loiret) and in 2025 will be held 4 - 14 June…
"A door to Provence in the middle of Paris:" From February 18, 2022 to January 1, 2023, the Atelier des Lumières in Paris takes us on an unusual journey through…
Avignon (84 Vaucluse, PACA) holds its Truffle Festival (La Grande fête de la truffe) on 26 January 2025. a true gastronomic festival celebrating the black pearl of Provence: with entertainment,…
The ski resort village of Saint Lary (85 Hautes-Pyrenees, Occitanie) celebrates France's oldest breed of pig (Le Porc noir de Bigorre) with its Pig Festival (Fete du Cochon) 18 January 2025…
wine Chateau de Mayraguwa
In July 2019 the Tour de France cycle race sprinted up the famous Avenue de Champagne in Epernay (51 Marne, Grand Est) to finish Stage 3 of the race b…
The Alsace wine village of Bergheim (69 Haut-Rhin, Grand Est) holds an annual wine fair 20-21 July 2024 to celebrate a very Alsatian wine - the perfumed, spicy Gewurztraminer. It…
Langon (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) lies 45 km/28 miles south of Bordeaux on the route to Agen (47 Lot-et-Garonne Nouvelle Aquitaine) ,and holds a well-balanced festival of wine,cheese and bread…
The Burgundy Chateau of Saint Fargeau (89 Yonne, BFC) is a proper medieval castle in the classic French style. AND it also offers Bed & Breakfast in the Chateau and a…
Castres The town of Castres (81 Tarn, Occitanie) celebrates with a Carnaval with a difference - a Escapade Venetian! - As the Venetian theme suggests much of the action, including…
A multi-faceted Arts Festival of Theatre, Music and Dance Les Francophonies en Limousin 25 September - 5 October 2024 mainly in Limoges (87 Haut Vienne, Nouvelle Aquitaine) - see www.destination-limoges.com…
Quimper, (29 Finistère, Brittany) hosts the region's annual Celtic Festival (Festival de Cornouaille) 18 - 21 July 2024 This part of France feels and sounds quite different from other regions…
For the 9th consecutive year, Samoëns (74 Haute Savoie. ARA) will be celebrating good French food and well-being at its Samoëns Winegrowers Week (la Semaine Vigneronne) which combines skiing and…
In 1982, the Royal Saltworks (Saline Royale) at Arc-et-Senans (25 Doubs, BCF) was included on the UNESCO world heritage list. Designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), a visionary architect in the…
A Provencal international Piano Festival (Festival International de Piano) is held every summer in the grounds of Château de Florans, at La Roque Antheron (13 Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence) near Cavaillon and Salon-de-Provence 19…
Bourges (18 Cher, Centre - Val-de-Loire) holds an annual Truffle and Saffron market (Marché aux truffes et au safran) on 26 January 2025 usually on the last Sunday in January…