Fête de la Véraison
A medieval-costumed celebration of the ripening of the grape in one of France's most storied wine villages, with costumed parades, street entertainment, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape tastings in the lanes of the old village.
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"The 39th edition of this free Assumption Day festival at Sault's open-air hippodrome crowns the harvest with the French Sickle Lavender Harvesting Championship, distillation demonstrations and a large producers' market set against the backdrop of Mont Ventoux."
Fête de la Lavande de Sault
"Each Assumption Day, the high-altitude mountain village of Allos holds its traditional lakeside fête at Europe's largest natural mountain lake, blending pastoral heritage with music, community feasting and the wild beauty of the Mercantour foothills."
Fête du Lac d'Allos
"On Assumption Day, the gateway town to the Luberon fills the Cours de la République with artisan stallholders and a morning fair, then rounds off the day with a Grand Prix de boules, a waterfront firework display and a popular bal at Place Jean Jaurès."
Fête Votive et Grande Foire de Pertuis
"Famous for its cheese and its medieval bookshop, the hill village of Banon marks the Saint-Just fête votive with a fairground, DJ evenings and animated festivities that bring locals and summer visitors together on the Lure plateau."
Fête votive de Banon
"Nestled above the turquoise lake at the foot of the Verdon Gorge, the lakeside village of Esparron-de-Verdon celebrates its patron saint with a fête votive of pétanque, communal feasting and dancing with the dramatic Verdon landscape as its backdrop."
Fête votive d'Esparron-de-Verdon
"In one of France's most celebrated truffle-trading villages, the Ban des Truffes is the ceremonial opening of the black truffle season, drawing producers, merchants and gourmands to the medieval Templar village's market square for tastings and a uniquely perfumed winter ritual."
Ban des Truffes de Richerenches
"Every Friday summer evening at the open-air Ecomusée d'Alsace, the museum village comes alive with folk music, traditional dances, storytelling and participatory games recreating the warm atmosphere of a historic Alsatian village fair."
Fête au Village
"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
"Every summer since 1991, over a thousand costumed volunteers transform Challans town centre into a living 1910s market day, complete with goat-cart rides, maraîchin folk dancing, traditional craft demonstrations and a volaille fair."
Foires à l'ancienne d'Autrefois Challans
"In its 51st edition, this specialist festival in the hamlet of Danouet near the chapel of Notre-Dame du Danouet is devoted entirely to the Plinn dance tradition of the Kreiz-Breizh, combining workshops, sonneurs competitions, a pardon and a grand fest-noz on the Feast of the Assumption."
Festival Plinn du Danouet
"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 spectacular recreation of a traditional 19th-century Alsatian wedding, staged every 14 and 15 August since 1973 with hundreds of costumed villagers parading through the wine-route town."
Mariage de l'Ami Fritz