The Foire de Châlons is retained as a regional agriculture and rural-life fair, not as a gastronomy category item. The 2026 edition takes place at Le Capitole en Champagne from August 28 to September 7 and gives visibility to farmers, producers, regional institutions, crafts, foodways and the social world of the Marne and Champagne countryside. Its value for a Grand Est cultural base is territorial: the fair shows how agriculture, local economy and regional pride are presented to the public at large scale.