Gouel bro Plistin is the festival the Dañs Treger association built around Breton dance, and this edition marks its thirtieth year. Danse, musique, chant head the programme, with a shared meal, talks and storytelling filling the days between. The screenings are programmed in the Breton language. A salon du livre puts Breton publishing on the same bill as the dancing, at Plestin-les-Grèves on the Côte de Granit Rose.
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La Bogue d’Or: Breton Song and Fest-Noz in Redon
Redon gives three days to the sung and spoken tradition of its own country. Competitors take on the concours chant à danser, the unaccompanied repertoire that drives a fest-noz, and the Finale chant settles it at the Canal Théâtre. Tellers trade tall tales in the Concours de Contes et Menteries and sung ripostes in the Joute Contée & Chantée. Fest-deiz afternoons, concours musicaux and open stages fill Le Carré 9 between rounds.
Beaujolais Nouveau Torchlight Parade and Ball
Two torchlit processions converge in Beaujeu for the ceremonial opening of the new Beaujolais wine. A sound and light show and fireworks accompany a tasting offered by Les Sarmentelles. The Bernard Becker orchestra then plays for the ball, which has paid admission included in selected dinner passes. The procession and wine-tapping ceremony are free to attend.
Sarmentelles Prestige Dinner Show
La Maison Guillemot prepares a menu dedicated to Les Sarmentelles for this dinner show in Beaujeu. Local winegrowers serve Beaujolais red and white wines at the tables as part of the meal. Cabaret, variety acts and songs from the eighties accompany dinner, followed by a grand ball within the Beaujolais wine celebration.
Fête de l’olive piquée & des vins du terroir
The Fête de l’olive piquée & des vins du terroir brings Nyons’ olive traditions and local wines into the same celebration. The Syndicat de l’Olive de Nyons & des Baronnies organises the gathering with its partners. Admission is free for adults and children; details of the individual activities have yet to be announced.
Retour des Alpages in Annecy
Retour des Alpages celebrates the descent of livestock from mountain pastures into the valleys. Farm animals and groups in traditional costume parade through Annecy. Craftspeople demonstrate old trades while producers share local specialities. Songs, folk dances and traditional instruments accompany a celebration that Annecy Traditions connects to Haute-Savoie’s farming heritage.
Les Sarmentelles de Beaujeu
Les Sarmentelles de Beaujeu celebrates the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau. A tasting route introduces the vineyard’s twelve appellations, alongside white and rosé wines. Torchlight processions and the ceremonial opening of the new wine bring the village into the festivities. Concerts, markets, guided visits and dinner dances complete a programme built around Beaujolais wine and gastronomy.
Foire aux Rillons au Liège, escale irlandaise
The O’Liège association has dressed its traditional Foire aux Rillons in green and orange for this edition. The champ de foire fills with a brocante and a market of craftspeople and producers. The Irish band The Ghilie’s plays, and the ChoréOceltic dance group performs before opening a session to anyone willing to try. The sit-down meal keeps the fair’s own menu of charcuterie, rillons-frites, cheese and dessert, with a tombola running all day.
AOC Cheverny Harvest Festival
The AOC Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny harvest festival invites visitors to read the vineyard landscape through movement, tasting and direct contact with growers. A walk among the vines introduces the terroir and includes a stop to buy provisions from an AOC Cheverny winemaker. Another route covers thirty kilometers by bicycle and passes through an AOC Cheverny winery, turning the appellation into a lived geography beyond the bottle label. The grounds of Château de Cheverny add a landmark setting to the journey. Alongside the routes, activities and live music sustain a convivial festival atmosphere. Wine, food, landscape and producer knowledge come together in a celebration rooted in the two neighboring appellations and the working culture of the Loire vineyards.
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At Saint-Brice in Chartres, the grape harvest becomes the centre of a broad popular celebration led by the Free Commune. Residents are invited into the work of gathering grapes, linking the occasion directly to the cultivated Clos Jacky-Baroche and local viticulture. Parades and shows bring a festive dimension, while demonstrations present traditional crafts associated with Beauce, Perche and neighbouring territories. A farmers’ market, refreshments and shared dining keep agricultural products and conviviality close to the public programme. The gathering treats the harvest as lived agricultural practice, connecting an urban neighbourhood with seasonal labour, regional know-how and the collective customs through which wine culture is maintained through repeated acts of shared care.