Bois en Fete in Nogueres is a craft-centred celebration of wood trades and Gascon atmosphere. The programme honours sawyers, carpenters, resin workers, cabinetmakers and woodturners, alongside chair caners and upholsterers. It is a compact portrait of manual know-how: tools, materials and trades brought into public view so that visitors can see the cultural value of work usually hidden inside workshops.
Region: nouvelle-aquitaine
Fete des Vendanges in Saint-Emilion | Grands Crus Weekend
Fete des Vendanges in Saint-Emilion is a harvest weekend built around the appellation’s wine culture and public encounters. The event brings together 45 Grands Crus Classes of Saint-Emilion for two days aimed at wine lovers, with conviviality, sharing and discovery at the centre. Its appeal is the density of the setting: a world-famous wine town, classified estates and the harvest season translated into a public programme.
Les Basques ont du Choeur in Biarritz | Charity Concert
Les Basques ont du Choeur in Biarritz is a charity concert at the Gare du Midi, organised to raise funds for the oncology department of Bayonne hospital. The programme brings together volunteer artists, musicians and singers, giving the evening both musical and civic purpose. Its strength lies in that double identity: a Basque cultural stage serving a concrete local cause.
L’Instant Apero in Reaux-sur-Trefle | Pineau and Cognac Garden Party
L’Instant Apero at Brissons du Laage in Reaux-sur-Trefle is an evening pause in the landscape of vines and greenery. The programme is built around a garden-party atmosphere, with house cocktails, Pineau, Cognac and aperitif boards to share with friends or family. The event gives Charente-Maritime terroir a relaxed format: not a formal cellar lecture, but a tasting moment where drinks, setting and hospitality explain the estate.
Ceramique Couture in Samadet | Ceramic and Glass Design Evening
Ceramique Couture in Samadet is an exhibition-sale at the Maison de la ceramique devoted to the meeting point between clay, glass and textile imagination. Ceramicists and glassblowers present works that explore material, gesture and couture-inspired forms. The event gives Samadet’s craft identity a contemporary angle: not only objects to buy, but a curated look at how makers translate fabric, movement and surface into ceramic and glass work.
Spectacle Iruski in Saint-Palais | Basque Dance
Spectacle Iruski in Saint-Palais is a Basque dance performance by the Iruski group. The event is clear in form and strong in identity: dancers bring regional steps, music and stage presence into a public setting at Place du Foirail. Its importance lies in visibility. Basque dance remains a living practice when it is performed locally, in front of residents and visitors who can recognise the tradition as part of the town’s cultural calendar.
Fetes d’Urrugne – Bixintxo | Basque Patronal Festival
In Urrugne, Fêtes d’Urrugne brings local wine culture into a public celebration. The format combines Basque pelota, live music, dance, public ceremony and shared food. The programme shows Basque practice in action, through bodies, voices, rules or ritual. The programme turns local wine culture into something visible in the visit.
Kermesse du 14 Juillet in Beaulieu | Fair and Producers Market
Kermesse du 14 Juillet in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne is a village fair organised by Harmonie Beaulieu Vayrac around food, games and public celebration. The programme brings together crepes, refreshments, small-scale entertainment, a producers market, a grand ball and fireworks. Its strength is the mix of civic ritual and local sociability: a National Day gathering where food stalls, music and family activities keep the town centre animated.
Visite du Vignoble Brana in Ispoure | Basque Wine Tasting
Visite du Vignoble Brana in Ispoure is a guided wine visit anchored in the history of Maison Brana, active since 1897. Visitors go behind the scenes of the estate, from the vineyard to the winery areas where AOP Irouleguy wines are produced, before ending with a tasting. The event gives terroir a human scale: a Basque family house, production spaces, traditional know-how and the sensory finish of the wines themselves.
Spectacle Burgaintzi in Saint-Palais | Basque Dance
Spectacle Burgaintzi in Saint-Palais is a Basque dance performance by children from the Burgaintzi group. The event places transmission at the centre: young dancers carry steps, rhythms and stage habits into a public square where the community can see the tradition continue. At Place du Foirail, the performance is concise but culturally legible, turning a local evening into a visible act of Basque dance education.