Les Sarmentelles de Beaujeu
In the historic capital of Beaujolais (population ~2,000), this five-day wine festival marks the midnight release of Beaujolais Nouveau with a torchlit procession, sarment-burning ceremony, tasting circuits of all 12 appellations and gastronomic evening dinners.
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"Held in one of Ardèche's most characterful basalt villages, this four-day votive fair blends fairground rides, nightly bals, a traditional soap-box race and the sale of local pognes bread in a genuinely festive village setting."
Fête votive de Jaujac
"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
"The annual village fête of Grignan, set below the Renaissance château that Madame de Sévigné made famous, reaches its climax with a synchronised fireworks display at midnight on 26 July, preceded by days of pétanque, dancing, and street animation."
Fête Votive de Grignan
"Each July the village of Saoû, nestled beneath the dramatic Forêt de Saoû, holds a one-day fair entirely devoted to the small Picodon goat's cheese, drawing over 10,000 visitors for tastings, producers' stalls, and village-square festivities."
Fête du Picodon
"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