The Bienvenue à la ferme market brings around fifteen producers together in Le Breuil. Meat, cheeses, snails, fish, honey, beer, oil and bread make up a cross-section of the stalls, with samples to taste. Organised by the Chamber of Agriculture with the CUCM, the market also creates time to speak directly with producers about their products and know-how.
Region: Burgundy-Franche-Comté
Coulée du Mont d’Or in Pontarlier: Local Tastes
Mont d’Or takes centre stage in Pontarlier at a feast hosted by Julien Locatelli. Cheese tasting, a wrapping workshop and a Mont d’Or quiz explore the product through flavour, practical skills and play. Cow milking and vintage tractors bring farming into the programme, while wooden games, drawing and a giant slide give families further ways to take part.
Atelier Patois in Saint-Germain-du-Bois: Storytelling Events
Short stories and legends form the repertoire of Atelier patois in Saint-Germain-du-Bois. Occasional improvisation gives the sessions room to move beyond a fixed telling. The gathering recreates the atmosphere of shared evenings from the past, bringing remembered tales and the traditions surrounding their telling into a convivial setting.
Farmers’ Market & Barbecues in Dole: Local Flavor
Marché de producteurs & Barbecues Paysans brings local producers and craftspeople together in Dole. Shoppers can buy food at the stalls and eat it at the barbecue tables, with benches provided for the shared meal. Concerts accompany the market, organised by Rendez-vous saveurs bio et savoir-faire in partnership with Arts tout terrain and with municipal support.
Les marchés au Clair de Lune in Foucherans: Local Delights
At Les marchés au Clair de Lune in Foucherans, producer stalls share the night market with craft sellers. Fruit and vegetable vendors stand alongside food stalls serving barbecue, chips, hot dogs and other snacks. A refreshment bar with draught beer provides drinks to accompany the food available at the market.
Résonance Exhibition in Saint-Claude: Artistic Connections
Résonance places works from the Frac Franche-Comté alongside the collections of the Musée de l’Abbaye in Saint-Claude. Paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings connect artists including Picasso and Braque with Djamel Tatah, Silvia Bächli and Xavier Veilhan. A dedicated display explores Josette Coras’s engravings, drawings and paintings inspired by the landscapes and heritage of the Jura.
Marché bio de Tarragnoz in Besançon: Organic Market
Marché bio de Tarragnoz is Besançon’s only weekly farmers’ market devoted entirely to organic produce. It is organised by the Village Tarragnoz association, which brings local residents together with organic producers from the area. The association also runs a wider programme of events alongside its market activity.
Ribesthèque in Nuits-Saint-Georges: Liqueur Tasting
Fruirouge’s Ribesthèque centres on Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne IGP Bio en Sélection Parcellaire, an organic blackcurrant liqueur made with fruit from selected plots. The Olivier family presents rare cuvées from its collection in a historic cellar. Tasting across vintages explores the liqueur’s concentration and the character of its terroir.