Festival

Foires et fêtes d'automne: get ready for feasting, fun and French food at its finest

Mellow fruitfulness awaits as French towns and cities play host to celebrations of local produce and funfairs

‘Wine for people in love’: Exploring France’s two most romantic towns

The villages are famous for their names - and especially popular with couples on Valentine’s Day

What big events in France require a ‘health pass’ from today?

Large football and other sports events, music festivals, and conferences are affected but not theme parks or zoos

Events in France this month: art, nature and music festivals

Discover the events not to miss in France this September.

Enjoy Languedoc Trilogy author talk

Popular novelist, Kate Mosse is the guest in this Friday’s online series of talks with authors organised for the confinement period by the Franco-British literary festival, Festilitt.

France celebrates with traditional galette des rois

It is galette des rois season in France, as the country marks Epiphany on January 6, and bakers compete to make the best, most original versions of the popular patisserie.

French hilltop village scales literary heights

Entry time for festival’s new literary competition

Budding writers might like to take part in a writing competition organised by the Charroux Literary Festival Association.

Dunkirk carnival ‘seagull cry’ contest has new winner

This year’s Dunkirk carnival has crowned a new winner of its annual “seagull’s cry” contest (“ cri de la mouette ”), as the unusual festivities continue throughout the month.

What's on in France - October 2018

What to do, where to go and what to see in France

Anger over security bills for French festivals

Rows have broken out after the government advised prefectures to bill mairies and other organisers of regional festivals for full cost of security at events including national and riot police, gendarmes and snipers.

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Connexion has tickets for concerts at the Itinéraire Baroque festival in the Dordogne

Streets and theatres alive with sound of music

France is a very musical country, with a rich lineage of composers and performers. It also provides countless opportunities to enjoy live shows. Samantha David reveals her favourites

60,000 'ravers' expected for illegal festival in Marne

Up to 60,000 people are expected to descend on Marigny in the Marne department this week, for a rave festival dubbed Teknival 2018, despite it being ruled as illegal.

It’s not small beer

Artisanal brewer numbers have soared from just 200 in 2007 to 1,300 today

This is why “flowers of dead” are popular at Toussaint

Have you ever wondered why chrysanthemum flowers are the traditional symbol of the November Toussaint holiday in France, despite also being known as the “flowers of the dead”?

Festilitt: The little literary festival that could

Girl with a Pearl Earring author Tracy Chevalier will head a list of writers at a Franco-British literary festival in October.

French music festival bans all alcohol on-site

An eco-friendly music festival taking place this weekend in the west of France has banned alcohol, as organisers maintain it improves the atmosphere of the event, and makes it more family-friendly.