Saint-Blaise en Fête
A two-day village celebration in this former mining commune in the Anjou Bleu, with live music, food trucks, a fireworks spectacle and a new fountain light show over the August long weekend.
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"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
"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
"Artisans, musicians and costumed characters take over the medieval streets of Le Lude for a weekend stepping back to the sixteenth century, centred on the magnificent château and its Renaissance gardens."
Le Lude au temps de la Renaissance
"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
"The closing stage of the Jaunay'Stivales touring festival brings street arts and live music to the esplanade of this small Vendée village for a free family evening under the summer sky."
Festival Les Jaunay'Stivales - Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche
"Now in its 24th edition, this pop-rock festival in the Vallée Verte has become a beloved village fixture in rural south Vendée, combining a relaxed outdoor concert atmosphere with genuine community solidarity."
La Bouillie à Sosso
"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 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
"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
"In one of the most beautiful perched villages of the Balagne, the Assumption is marked with a solemn procession through medieval lanes, a grand outdoor mass, communal feasting on the square, and a village ball that lasts until dawn."
Fête de l'Assomption
"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