Village des Bodegas in Biarritz is a popular evening gathering organised around association-run bodegas, refreshment stands, food and music. From early evening until midnight, the event creates a festive village atmosphere on the Plateau du Phare area, with local groups giving the programme its community character. For visitors, the point is clear: an accessible Biarritz night where food, music and civic associations share the same public space.
Region: nouvelle-aquitaine
Marche Gourmand in Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot | Gourmet Market
Marche Gourmand in Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot is a gourmet market organised around the simple pleasure of eating together in a public square. Visitors are invited to come in numbers and bring their cutlery, a detail that says much about the format: this is a producers-and-neighbours evening rather than a distant show. At Place du marché, the event gives local food a social setting, with the market becoming both dinner venue and community meeting point.
Ballets Oldarra in Biarritz | Danse Basque
Ballets Oldarra in Biarritz is part of the city’s free summer programme of concerts and outdoor animations. Presented on the south parvis of Grande Plage, the event gives traditional Basque dance a prominent public stage in one of Biarritz’s most visible seaside settings. Its appeal is direct: regional movement, costume and rhythm placed in the open air for residents and visitors to encounter without a formal theatre barrier.
Village des Sciences in Hendaye | Basque Science Festival
Village des Sciences in Hendaye is a public science event designed to make research and discovery accessible outside specialist settings. Located around Sokoburu, it connects the city with Abbadia, the Chateau-Observatoire owned by the Academie des sciences, and supports Hendaye’s ambition to be seen as a Basque Country capital of science. The event’s value lies in public translation: science brought into the open, in a coastal town with a real observatory heritage.
Le Temps d’Aimer in Louhossoa | Alai Familian Dance
Festival Le Temps d’Aimer in Louhossoa presents Alai Familian by the Lasala company. The performance is described as a family dance work that invites reflection on the idea of family itself. At Salle Harri Xuri, the event gives the festival a Basque Country stop where contemporary movement and intimate subject matter meet. Its interest lies in that balance: a touring dance context, a local venue and a theme immediately readable to a broad audience.
OUH LA LA! in Niort | French Song Theatre
OUH LA LA! in Niort is a vocal and theatrical show built around cries of anger, solidarity and tenderness. The performance brings together characters who denounce social misery and exploitation while also defending friendship and collective warmth. With the Chanson vocal and theatre group at its centre, the event uses music, spoken energy and stage presence to turn social commentary into a live cabaret-like experience.
Chants Basques in Ainhoa | Atsulai Abesbatza Choir
Chants Basques in Ainhoa is a choral concert devoted to Basque song, performed by the mixed vocal ensemble Atsulai Abesbatza. The programme brings together traditional and contemporary repertoire, giving the audience a living view of Basque vocal culture rather than a museum version of it. In the church of Notre Dame de l’Assomption, the music gains a setting suited to resonance, listening and shared local memory.
Fete des Vendanges in Geaune | Tursan Harvest Weekend
Fete des Vendanges in Geaune marks the harvest season with a weekend at the winery. The programme includes a wine fair, minibus outings through the vines, a tapas and bandas evening, a painting workshop and a producers market. The event gives wine culture a festive and practical shape: visitors can meet the place through its bottles, vineyard landscape, music, food and hands-on activities rather than through tasting notes alone.
Ikusi Mikusi in Sare | Basque Youth Literature Fair
Ikusi Mikusi in Sare is an international children’s and youth literature fair in the Basque language. The 2026 edition is presented as the sixth edition, giving the event an established role in the cultural calendar. Its importance is both literary and linguistic: books, young readers and Basque-language creation come together in a setting where transmission is the central subject.
Biodiversite et Sante in Ascain | Tick Risk Talk
Biodiversite et Sante in Ascain is a public meeting with Pierre Lannes on the risks linked to ticks in ordinary environments such as woods and gardens. The talk is followed by an exchange with the audience, making prevention and practical understanding part of the format. The event is local in the best sense: it takes a health issue tied to landscape, habits and outdoor life, then gives residents a place to ask questions.