Tag: Festivals

An excuse to watch sailors thwack each other overboard with great big sticks (otherwise known as water jousting) Sète's Fêtes de la Saint-Louis must...

Ready for a jolly (and slightly wacky) old time in La Belle France? Pack the party poppers: the Hexagon is all set for a...

There’s no red carpet. The nicest hotel in town is the new Mercure, a chain going for €133 a night at the peak of...

Now in its 43rd year, this local Annecy celebration of flocks returning from their summer pasture features arts and crafts, traditional folklore groups and...

Fall in love with Paris all over again on a ‘sleepless night’ of contemporary art. Every year in the fall, Paris offers an incredible...

Every August the village of Marciac hosts one of the world’s finest jazz festivals. Nestled in the green countryside of Gers, in Southwestern France,...

After celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2012, Brest’s International Maritime Festival is now ready for its 7th edition to be held from 13 to...

Enjoy a variety of activities during this French Festival & Bastille Day celebration at the elegant and gracious Hillwood Estate.  The event offers baroque...

The world renowned Les Rencontres d'Arles photography festival is back this summer with its unique programme, showing almost exclusively new work which has earned it a...

The 70th edition of The Festival d'Avignon celebrates contemporary performing arts, bringing 18 days of artist performances to Avignon. Since its beginnings in 1947 by Jean Vilar,...