Festival Les Intemporel-les
A nine-day eclectic programme of high-calibre performing arts installed along the Creuse riverside in a handsome market town of 5,000 people, acclaimed as one of the summer highlights of the Berry.
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"For its 15th edition, this summer series of piano recitals, chamber music and song fills a converted barn in a hamlet of the George Sand country with intimate romanticism across the whole summer season."
Festival de la Grange aux Pianos
"The 59th edition of this harp-centred festival brings world-class chamber music and trad bal to a Creuse-valley village classified among the Most Beautiful Villages of France, in churches with Romanesque frescos."
Festival d'été de Gargilesse
"A two-day alternative music festival that brings eclectic and leftfield sounds to a small Loire-side town of 2,300, with free entry for under-12s and a genuinely grassroots atmosphere."
Strange Festival
"On the 15th edition of this Loire vineyard celebration, around thirty vignerons of the AOC Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny open their casks in the village centre for free tastings all day, preceded by guided vineyard rambles at dawn."
Fête des vendanges de Cheverny
"The 40th edition of this celebrated festival lines up nine days of jazz at the Magic Mirrors tent beside the Loire, in the heart of Touraine wine country."
Jazz en Touraine
"Three days of concerts in the romantic grounds of the Château de Courtalain bring a diverse music line-up to a tiny Perche commune that otherwise slumbers in the wheat plains of Eure-et-Loir."
Stars'Terre Festi'Salon
"Each August this 31st-edition festival transforms one of France's Most Beautiful Villages into an open-air gallery and wine village, opening with a costumed tasting in the caves of the old village followed by a long communal table supper in the medieval lanes."
Festival Arts et Vigne
"A free seven-day outdoor theatre festival in its 9th edition, using the medieval stone streets, squares, and panoramic terraces of hilltop Olmeto as natural stages for tragedy, contemporary creation, and poetry."
Festival de l'Olmu
"An intimate lyric opera festival staged each summer inside the twin medieval castles of one of France's most beautiful classified villages, where Offenbach's comic operas are followed by convivial table d'hotes with the cast in the castle's inner courtyard."
Festival des Châteaux de Bruniquel
"A delightfully irreverent street-arts festival in the spa village of Salies-de-Béarn, blending circus, theatre, and eco-responsible gastronomy across three summer evenings in the medieval lanes."
Fête des Sottises
"Three evenings of stand-up comedy under the stars at the Théâtre de Verdure de Brando in the seaside village of Erbalunga, with a line-up that mixes household French comic names with sharp emerging acts."
Cap sur le Rire
"Set in and around the magnificent medieval abbey of Saint-Riquier, this long-running five-day festival brings world and classical music performances to one of Picardy's most beautifully preserved small towns."
Festival de Saint-Riquier Baie de Somme