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France is
a country full of traditions, festivals, markets and events of all
kinds. Most cities and towns have a special "Saint's day", which is
celebrated. But the most important date is still the July14th,
which is Bastille day, the festival of the French revolution. The
average French worker has 5 weeks of paid holiday each year. To
ease traffic the Frenchsplit the country
into 3 different zones for the school holidays, each zone taking
turns to being school holidays.
January
1st : Jour de l'An (New years day)
7th: Épiphanie
February
11th : Notre Dame de Lourdes (Our Lady of Lourdes)
March
Carnaval de Nice The Carnaval de Nice takes place each year in February / March
in the southern French city of Nice. For two weeks the Carnaval de
Nice attracts visitors from around the world to the Riviera for
parades, fireworks, theater performances, live music, and and DJ
shows. Over a million people converge on Nice for the Carnaval de
Nice to watch the flower parade and dance in the streets.The
Carnival processions will display some twenty decorated floats, 300
"big heads" - pasteboard caricatures - and a hundred troupes of
entertainers. Most of the Carnaval de Nice festivities take place
on the Promenade des Anglais, which runs along the
waterfront.
April
1st: Les Rameaux
29th : Souvenir Déportés (Rememberance day for the deported
WWII)
Pasques (Easter)
May
1st : Fête du travail (labour day, tradtionally people offer
"Muguet" Lily-of-the-Valley flowers)
8th : Victoire (V-day 1945)
13th : Fête de Jeanne d'Arc
Acension
F1 Grand Prix Monaco
Pentecôte, with the following Monday being a national
holiday.
Fête des Mères (Mothers day)
International film festival at Cannes Cannes is the biggest and most famous film festival in the
world. Most of the action takes place at the famous Palais des
Festivals, although screenings do take place all over the town. The
beach is the place to see the starlets doing their thing, and
although most Cannes Film Festival Events are strictly by
invitation only, there are film screenings open to the
public.
More info here
International tennis open of France at the Rolland Garros stadium,
Paris
June
3rd Sunday : Fête des Pères ( Fathers day)
24 heures at Le Mans (Le Mans 24 hours)
Mid June Nice Jazz festival The sound of music comes to the Cimiez Arenas and Gardens for
the annual Nice Jazz Festival. A fixture since the 1940s, the event
is renowned for its breathtaking location and unique
atmosphere.
The festival's three stages are set in olive groves and a
Gallo-Roman amphitheatre. Each evening there are simultaneous
performances and the audience is free to wander between them. The
programme is consistently broad and impressive. Highlights in 2007
range from Marcus Miller, The Zawinul Syndicate and Dee Dee
Bridgewater to Sly&the Family Stone, Isaac Hayes, The Roots and
Gipsy Kings.
Nice Tourist Office: Phone +33 (0) 4 92 14 46 46
End June Paris Gay Pride The flamboyant Paris Pride parade traditionally goes from
Republique to Beaubourg via the Marais, but final confirmation of
the route is not usually given until the last minute. Once it
starts, however, it's hard to miss!
Paris has a large gay and lesbian population, with consequently one
of the most liberal attitudes in France. There is, however, much
more in the way of tolerance than acceptance and in recent years
the Gay Pride festival has taken on themes such as better
integration for lesbians and gays into society to politicise the
march. Over the last few years it has grown into a huge carnival on
a par with those in neighbouring European countries.
The big day itself is the culmination of a series of events,
including debates and masked balls - please visit the festival
website for full details.
More info here
Fête de la musique On 21st June 1982, Jack Lang, the minister of culture, and
Maurice Fleuret, the music and dance director, launched the music
celebration in France with the ethos : " music everywhere, concert
nowhere". The first edition was a real success and the celebration
has spread ever since.
The musicians are asked to perform for free, and all the concerts
are free for the public. It’s the reason why they are used to
play in open air areas as streets and parks or in public buildings
like museums, train stations, castles… Furthermore, the Fête de
la Musique is a way to encourage the major music institutions
(orchestra, operas, choirs, etc.) to perform outside their usual
locations. This kind of institutions can also welcome other types
of music. In this way it offers an opportunity to develop exchanges
between city centres and their outlying areas, to offer concerts in
hospitals or in prisons, to promote encounters and exchanges
between young musicians and well-known talents. Throughtout France
More info here
July
Tour de France bicycle race - More info here
14th : Fête Nationale (celebrating the taking of the Bastille in
Paris during the revolution 1789) Bastille Day, the French national holiday, commemorates the
storming of the Bastille (a famous French prison), which took place
on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French
Revolution.
If you are in France, you won’t be able to miss the party.
Parades, fireworks, picnics and parties will be taking place
throughout the country. Paris, naturally, will throw one of the
largest parties with a military parade in the morning and fireworks
lighting up the Eiffel Tower in the evening.
On the evening of July 13, the festivities in Paris are kicked off
by a number of balls as well as dancing in the Bastille square.
Many parties are held at the fire stations, with the firefighters
as the main attraction.Then, the military parade, led by
the president, starts around 10 a.m. the next morning on the
Champs-Elysses. Partying continues throughout the day, capped off
by a fireworks display at the Trocadero.
Festival d'Avigno - The country's oldest and best-known cultural festival was
founded in 1947 by respected director Jean Vilar. The event became
an annual occurence, Vilar acting as creative director until his
death in 1971.
Since then, the festival has grown in leaps and bounds, with the
introduction in the 1980s of a festival "off" (similar to the
Edinburgh Fringe), open to any company able to raise cash and find
a venue. The festival "in" still plays host to the world's leading
directors and companies, acting as a forum for theatrical classics
as well as the latest in dance, music and opera. Boasting fantastic
food, wine and weather alongside its cultural attributes, Avignon
is a fine city and has the added advantage of being right in the
heart of France's beautiful region of Provence. Avignon is 40 minutes and 44km (26.4 miles) away from Nimes
along the N100.
More info here
August
15th : Assomption
The 1st and 15th are very important dates for departures and
returns of main holidays, the roads will have heavy traffic.
September
1st Sunday : Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp
October
5th : Saint François d'Assise
November
1st : Toussaint (All saints day)
11th: L'Armistice (1918 WWI)
International Food Festival in Dijon, "La Foire Gastronomique", one
of the most important food fairs in the world, attracting hundres
of thousands of visitors each year.
Les Trois Glorieuses very famous wine auction at the Hospices of
Beaune
December
Christmas markets In France they have their own local touch and character as well
as offering a range of festive gifts and treasures. Some of the
bigger towns and cities run markets for a month, but you can be
sure to pick up interesting festive gifts wherever you stop. One of
the biggest, and arguably one of the most popular, is the market at
Strasbourg Cathedral in the Alsace region.
Throughout France
25th December : Noël (Christmas day)
31st : Saint Sylvestre (New Years eve)
First Sunday is Avent
"En Salvan"
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VAUDREUILLE Phone
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lvt-en-salvan@wanadoo.fr Contact:
Yamina Imelhaïne
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