Fête des Bergers d'Aramits
A four-day shepherds' festival in the Barétous valley village reputed to be home of Aramis of the Three Musketeers, celebrating Pyrenean pastoral traditions with transhumance, livestock shows, and Béarnaise folk customs.
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"A one-day Assumption fête votive held at the foot of the Romanesque abbey of Saint-Martial in tiny Paunat, with a pétanque tournament, rural feast, and children's games in a timeless Périgord setting."
Fête votive de Paunat
"Organised for over 40 years by the Jurade du Sel, this Béarnais folk festival revives the medieval salt-bearer's trade with a float parade, sameau-carrying race, polyphonic choirs, and bandas around the Place du Bayaà."
Fête du Sel
"Hot-air balloons drift over the UNESCO-listed Grand Cru vineyards each September in the only event of its kind in Gironde, combining aerial spectacle with wine-village festivity."
Les Montgolfiades de Saint-Émilion
"The robed brotherhood of the Jurade de Saint-Émilion processes through the medieval village, climbs the Tour du Roi, and proclaims the start of harvest in a ceremony unchanged since the 13th century."
Proclamation des Vendanges de la Jurade
"Members of the ancient Jurade confrérie, robed in scarlet and ermine, ascend the Tour du Roy to proclaim the ban des vendanges from the battlements of medieval Saint-Émilion before inducting new members and opening the village to public tastings."
Fête de la Jurade de Saint-Émilion
"An age-old Pyrenean cheese fair in the Ossau valley village of Laruns, where shepherds descend from the high pastures to sell Ossau-Iraty alongside costumed processions and traditional Béarnaise music."
Foire au Fromage de Laruns
"Celebrating its 80th edition in 2026, this three-day Flemish agricultural fair brings together over 200 exhibitors, dairy cattle competitions for Prim'Holstein and Brune breeds, vintage threshing demonstrations, sheepdog displays, and a large local produce market in the heart of rural Hauts-de-France."
Foire Agricole, Commerciale et Artisanale d'Hazebrouck
"The Brûlon agricultural show is a traditional Sarthe comice bringing livestock judging, farm machinery displays, communal meals and a fairground to this small market town in the heart of the Sarthe bocage."
Comice Agricole de Brûlon
"A Michaelmas sheep fair in the wild Hague peninsula village of Teurthéville-Hague, centred on the Roussin de la Hague breed and connecting an isolated community to centuries of pastoral tradition."
Foire Saint-Michel de Teurthéville-Hague
"Each autumn, the Vosges village of Muhlbach-sur-Munster fills with the sound of bells and hooves as herds of Vosgian cattle return from the mountain pastures, celebrated with a lively traditional transhumance festival."
Fête de la Transhumance (Wandelfescht)
"A traditional rural trades and peasant-life festival bringing together demonstrations of old crafts and agricultural practices in the streets of Valentigney in the Doubs valley."
Fête de la paysannerie et des vieux métiers
"A day-long sheep fair in a clifftop Cotentin hamlet celebrating the rare Roussin de la Hague breed with a morning livestock market, shearing demonstrations, herding dogs, a spit-roast feast under canvas, and an evening folk concert and bal."
Foire aux Moutons de Jobourg