Annual Events in France |
The Bayeux Tapestry, the Louvre, Champagne... France surely offers some of the most iconic European highlights. From Paris to the Perigord, below is our guide to some of the favourite french sights, sounds & attractions... |
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JANUARYInternational Snow Polo Meeting - Megeve, France January
British Royal Navy Alpine Ski and Snowboard Championships - Les Menuires,
Trois Vallees, France
January
International Comic Strip Festival - Angouleme, France
January
TOP
FEBRUARYInternational Short Film Festival - Lille, France February
Chamonix
Carnival - Chamonix, France February
Games Festival - Cannes, France February
Mimosa Festival - Mandelieu la Napoule, France
February
Orchid Festival - Tarascon, France
February/March
Paris Fashion Week - Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
February/March TOP
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MARCHInternational Flamenco Festival - Paris, France March
French Language Week - France and French speaking countries
March
Printemps du cinema (Cinema Spring Festival) - Paris, France
March
Bayeux Half Marathon - Bayeux, France
March
Night of Star Gazing - Paris, France
March
Martial Arts Festival - Paris, France
March
Paris Venetian Carnival - Paris, France
March
Russian Festival - Marseille, France
March/April TOP
APRILBayonne Ham Fair - Bayonne, France April
Vendome
International Guitar Festival - Vendome, France April
Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival - Grenoble, France April
Somme Bay Bird Festival - Abbeville, France
April
Classical Music Festival - Val d'Isere, France
April
Lyon Marathon - Lyons, France
April
Citadels Open Days - north France, Arras,Lille, France
April
Scarecrow Festival - Moringhem, France
April TOP
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MAYFoire aux Geraniums (fair) - Beuvron en Auge, France May
Saint
Tropez Bravades - St Tropez, France May
Jazz sous les Pommiers -
Coutances, Normandy, France May
Sand Sculpture Festival - Cap d'Agde,
France May
Vivonne World Folk Music Festival - Vivonne, France
May TOP
JUNEInternational Showjumping - Parc Pommery, Reims, France June
Romantic
Music Festival - Nohant, France June
Cannes International Advertising
Festival - Cannes, France June
Lyon Pride - Lyons, France June
Orleans
Jazz - Orleans, France June
Festival de Marseille - Marseille, France
June/July TOP
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JULYJapan Expo - Paris, France July
New Orleans Jazz
Competition - Saint Raphael, France July
Trans'Urbaines Hip Hop
Festival - Clermont Ferrand July
Baroque Music Festival - Aix en
Provence, France July
Bastille Day celebrations - Carcassonne, France July
Auvergne
Cheese and French Wine Fair - Besse, France July
Radio France
and Montpellier Festival - Montpellier, France July TOP
AUGUSTPink Garlic Fair - Lautrec, France August
Le Gua Oyster
Festival - Le Gua, France August
Sorcerers Fair - Bue en Sancerre,
France August
International Marionnette Festival - Mirepoix, France August TOP
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SEPTEMBERCoup de Chauffre - Cognac, France September
Techno
Parade - Paris, France September
Medieval Market - Perpignan, France September
Bordeaux
Heritage Days - Bordeaux, France September
Tomato Festival - Chateau
de la Bourdaisiere, Mountlouis-sur-Loire, France September
Inter Island Windsurf Race - Club de Voile de Bonifacio, Plantarella, France
September
Pottery Festival - Malicorne, France September
Chasselas Grape Festival - Moissac, France September
Poitiers Heritage Days- Poitiers, France
September
Burgundy Wine Press Festival - Bourgogne, Chenove, France
September Paris Manga - Paris, France September Piano aux Jacobins
Festival - Toulouse, France September International Rose Competition -
Paris, France September Paris Versailles Walk - Paris, France September Italian
Film Festival - Annecy, France September/October Festival of Maritime Film
and Exploration - Toulon, France September/October TOP
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OCTOBERFestival des Plantes - Versigny, France October
Festival
International de Musique Militaire(Military Music) - Nice, France October
Banyuls
Vendange - Banyuls-sur-Mer, France October
Bric a Brac market (Foire a la Brocante) - Bordeaux, France
October
Reading Festival - Paris, France
October
Antibes Cote d'Azur Motor Rally - Juan les Pins, France
October
The Magic of Orchids - Vascoeuil, France
October
Jazz en Tete International Music Festival - Clermont Ferrand, France
October
The Italian Job. Mini Cooper rally across the Alps to Italy - France
October/November TOP
NOVEMBERHerring Fair - Lieurey, France November
French
Winegrowers and Farmers Fair - Marseille, France November
Lifestyle
Fair - Bordeaux, France November
Antiques and Gastronomic Fair - La
Rochelle, France November
Avignon Blues Festival - Avignon, France November
Brest
Short Film Festival - Le Quartz, Brest, France November TOP
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DECEMBERCartoon Festival - Boulogne sur Mer, France December
Calais
Christmas Parade - Calais, France December
Christmas Day Swim - Nice,
France December
Christmas Markets - Brest, Grenoble, Toulouse,
Mulhouse, Rouen, France December
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