Guided visits open the Ferme du Champ bressan’s farmhouse during the ecomuseum’s special open days. An exhibition of vintage photographs evokes the interwar world of this Bresse home. A workshop devoted to a photographic technique moves from looking at images to working with the process behind them, combining the farm visit with practical image-making.
Region: Burgundy-Franche-Comté
Marie-Antoinette Screening
A2c and RegArts include Sofia Coppola’s Marie-Antoinette in a festival programme focused on women and cinema. Kirsten Dunst plays the Austrian archduchess sent to France to marry the future Louis XVI, with Jason Schwartzman appearing as the dauphin who becomes king. The film treats its subject freely, following the young royal’s passage from Vienna to Versailles and the pressures surrounding marriage, court life and succession. Coppola’s production competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and received an award from the French Ministry of Education. Presented at the Megarama cinema in Chalon-sur-Saône, the screening places a modern interpretation of a prominent European woman within a regional cultural programme, connecting historical biography, performance and film authorship for local audiences.
Blackcurrant Weekend at Ferme Fruirouge
Ferme Fruirouge explores blackcurrants through three tastings in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. A savoury aperitif pairs kir bourguignon and cassis condiments with cheese, charcuterie and gougères. A copper-pot workshop visit follows family recipes into preserves, while the final tasting ranges from buds and hydrosol to crème de cassis, with stories of the farm’s organic orchards and Ribesthèque collection.
Longchaumois Organic Fair
Humeur Bio’s organic fair in Longchaumois brings local producers and craftspeople together around the theme of building your own home. Talks, documentaries and environmental activities accompany the market. POKOR LER performs Maloya and Sega, blending standards from Réunion’s Creole repertoire with original compositions alongside the fair’s sustainable-living programme.
Heritage Days at Chablis Wine City
At the Cité des Climats et Vins de Bourgogne in Chablis, European Heritage Days centre on an exhibition devoted to Burgundy’s wine history. The multisensory route explains the region’s vineyards and wine culture, with both self-guided access and guided interpretation of the displays. A tasting of Burgundy wine accompanies admission, connecting objects and historical material with the flavours discussed along the route. Younger visitors can use an activity booklet designed to turn the exhibition into a structured family exploration, with an accompanying adult. Beyond the galleries, the terrace and garden host picnic-style refreshments and tabletop games, so the programme combines museum interpretation, regional wine knowledge and informal outdoor time at the Chablis site for mixed-age groups.
Arbois Wine and Pasteur Excursion
Arbois provides the setting for an excursion that pairs Jura wine culture with the life and work of Louis Pasteur. At Cave de la Reine Jeanne, a listed Gothic cellar associated with a daughter of the Dukes of Burgundy frames a tasting of local wines. Château Pécauld houses the Vine and Wine Museum, where reconstructed vineyards, cellar displays and production methods explain vin jaune, vin de paille and Macvin traditions. The Maison de Louis Pasteur preserves family rooms, furnishings, a billiard table and the scientist’s restored laboratory, linking private life with his research on vaccination and pasteurisation. Together, these visits present Arbois as both the historic capital of Jura wines and a place where medieval architecture, vineyard practice and scientific heritage remain visible.
Ranch Jack Anniversary Day
Ranch Jack celebrates two decades through horses, rural skills and the community that grew around the centre in Le Moutoux. Local farmers and craftspeople fill the market, while riders contest the in-house horseback archery and Équifun finals before equestrian demonstrations. Younger guests can meet the ponies in a village designed for first rides, giving families a direct introduction to the ranch. Displays about Ranch Jack trace an unusual story that began in Martinique before crossing the Atlantic and taking root in the Jura. A Creole meal carries that Caribbean connection into the shared table, alongside refreshments and food available throughout the gathering. A raffle and the varied programme bring competitors, makers and neighbours together around the ranch’s anniversary.
Unusual Mâcon Heritage Walk
Mâcon Insolite is a guided heritage walk in the Journées Européennes du Patrimoine programme. Its route includes traboules and interior courtyards, alongside old houses and hôtels particuliers, or private town mansions. Playful and sensory experiences punctuate the exploration of this architectural heritage.
Patriarche Hospices Wine Tasting
Maison Patriarche marks the Hospices de Beaune wine auction with a tasting route through its historic cellars. Ten selected Burgundy wines bring together Premiers Crus, Grands Crus and older vintages, served in an engraved glass that visitors can keep. The cellar journey also includes contemporary works installed with Art in Situ, so paintings and other pieces emerge within the underground architecture as an integrated cellar display. In the Cave aux Arômes, a visual and olfactory display presents the twelve aromatic families associated with Burgundy wines, giving guests another way to read what is in the glass. Gougères and water are available along the route. Wine, art, aroma and vaulted cellar heritage combine in a focused Beaune programme tied to the city’s celebrated auction tradition.
Jura Wine Tasting in Arbois
The Fruitière Vinicole d’Arbois presents a tasting of wines from the Jura. The cooperative was founded by Arbois winegrowers. Children have their own games and can sample homemade syrups alongside the wine activity. The resort’s entertainment department organises the tasting and the accompanying programme for younger visitors.