Foire au Fromage de Laruns
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.
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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
"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."
Fête des Bergers d'Aramits
"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
"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
"A bank-holiday bread festival and patron-saint fair in the hamlet of Fierville-les-Mines in the Manche bocage, celebrating traditional bread-making alongside a rural livestock fair on La Lande."
Fête du Pain et Foire Saint-Gilles de Fierville-les-Mines
"In the 64th edition of this flagship Alsatian wine village celebration, the medieval lanes of Eguisheim fill with open vigneron courtyards, folklore processions, a wine queen coronation and lampion dancing amid half-timbered houses."
Fête des Vignerons d'Eguisheim
"A long-standing tripe fair in this Loire wine-village near Saumur, where the local comité des fêtes serves up the classic Angevin dish alongside music, a market and festive village atmosphere."
Foire aux tripes de Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies
"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
"A convivial cider and fantasy festival on the Calvados coast at Merville-Franceville-Plage blending Norman cider culture with costumed medieval and dragon-themed entertainment for all ages."
Festival Cidre et Dragon