A Basque Soup Festival Championnat international de garbure or La Garburade is held in Oloron Sainte Marie(64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Nouvelle Aquitaine) 7 September 2024 Basque Soup Festival Known as Garbure this…
24 July 2016 sees the Montauban Foodies Festival or Festival of Taste and Flavours (Fete du gout et des saveurs) in Montauban (82 Tarn-et-Garonne, LRMP) About 50 producers, selected for…
Mont-de-Marsan hosts a Flamenco Festival 30 June - 5 July 2025 Festival Arte Flamenco celebrates Flamenco in all its forms (dance, concerts, displays) - see festivalarteflamenco.fr Between the ocean and…
In the port village of Brusc (83 Var, Provence) near Toulon there is an annual celebration of the world-renown Fish soup - Fete de la Bouillabaisse (Bouillabaisse Festival) 29 June…
The small Brittany port of Plougastel-Daoulas (29 Finistère, Brittany) celebrates with its annual Strawberry Festival (Fête des Fraises) on the second Sunday in June (8 June 2025) - see www.fetedesfraises.com/…
Bayonne (64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Nouvelle Aquitaine) is in the Basque country and is most famous for Bayonne Ham. But for a few days ievery year = the townsfolk turn their attention…
The Aquitaine Asparagus Festival takes place 26 - 27 April 2025 in the village of Etauliers near Blaye (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) - Fête de l'Asperge Highlights of the Asparagus…
On the last weekend of April (26 - 27 April 2025) the town of Rethel (o8 Ardennes, Grand Est) celebrates its famous White Pudding (Foire au Boudin Blanc) - i.e. similar…
A Normandie Whelk Festival (Foire aux Bulots) takes place in the small coastal village of Pirou (50 Manche., Normandie) 27 - 28 April 2024 Over two days festivities will include…
Neufchatel-en-Bray cheese - The Neufchatel-en-Bray (76 Seine-Maritime, Normandie) holds an annual Cheese Festival (Fete du Fromage) in the Autumn: 15 September 2024 Neufchatel Cheese Neufchatel cheese is made from cow's…
There is an annual watercress festival (Fete du Cresson) at Veules Les Roses (76 Seine-Maritime, Normandie) a picturesque seaside resort between Dieppe and Fécamp 20 April 2025 Here you will…
The French, being very French, hold an annual day to celebrate their cuisine world-wide 16 April 2020 For the fifth year the Goût de France/Good France Festival celebrates France's prized…
Paris' Grand Palais just off the Champs-Elysees - and elswhere om Paris will be transformed into a foodie wonderland for 4 days of eating, drinking and entertainment 8 - 11 …
Ouistreham beach Ouistreham (14 Calvados, Normandie) is known to many as the port of arrival/departure for Brittany Ferries cross-channel crossing from Portsmouth to Caen. Yet it is worth a visit,…
The Normandy port of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain (14 Calvados, Normandie) holds its Scallop Festival (Le Gout du Large) 9 - 10 November 2024. Held in the biggest Scallop port in Normandie -…
Normandy is rightly famed for its cheeses, and the town of Pont l'Eveque celebrates its eponymous cheese with a Cheese Festival (Fete du Fromage) 18 - 21 May 2023. Over…
Chablis The pretty village of Chablis (89 Yonne, BFC) celebrates its iconic wine with a Wine Festival (La Fête des vins de Chablis) 26 - 27 October 2024 There us…
Cambremer Gourmet Festival (Les Rencontres de Cambremer) takes place 4 - 5 May 2024. The weekend includes a festival celebrating local produce, with the market of appellations (Le marché des…
The coastal town of Gruissan (11 Aude, Occitanie) is near Narbonne and is part of the Corbières wine appellation. The wine harvest festival is held over an October weekend. 19…
Paris is proud of its gardens and hosts an annual Garden Festival Fete des Jardins 24 - 25 September 2023 with events across the city and in every arrondissement: workshops,…