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City Guide > Europe > France > Avignon | |
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Special Events Tour des Remparts, race, Jan, ramparts Cheval Passion, horse show, Jan, Avignon Exhibition Park Salon des Antiquaires, antiques fair, Feb, place Xavier Battini, L’Ile-sur-la-Sorgue Les Oléades, olive tree festival with exhibitions, cooking demonstration and debates, Feb, Palais des Papes Les Hivernales d’Avignon, festival of contemporary dance, Feb-Mar, city centre Foire de Printemps (Spring Fair), exhibitions and tastings of French gastronomy, home and garden show, Apr–May, Avignon Foire et Expos du Grand Delta Fête Nationale de la Musique, music festival, Jun, throughout the city Avignon Film Festival, independent French-American cinema festival, last week in Jun, French American Center, 10 Montée de la Tour, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Triathlon d’Avignon, Jun, various venues Festival d’Avignon, three-week dance, music and theatre festival, Jul, various venues Festival Off, three-week arts fringe festival, Jul, various venues Festival Provençal, Provençal music and theatre, Jul, various venues Marché du Festival, festival market, Jul, Allées de l’Oulle Marché aux Livres, second-hand book and records market, Jul, cours Jean Jaurès Fête Nationale, national festival celebrated with fireworks, 14 Jul, on the banks of the Rhône and in the city centre Tremplin Jazz, Jul-Aug, Cloître des Carmes and Palais des Papes courtyard Fête des Foins (Hay Festival), traditional festival to celebrate the end of summer with the gathering of the last bale of hay, followed by street parties, craft exhibitions and music, late Aug-early Sep, Montfavet, five kilometres (three miles) from Avignon city centre Ban des Vendanges (Harvest Banns), wine and gastronomy celebration, Sep, on the banks of the Rhône Le 10km de la Cité des Papes, 10-kilometre (6-mile) race, first Sun in Sep, circular race from the Palais des Papes Journées du Patrimoine, free entry to monuments and museums, Sep, throughout the city Festival de Musique Ancienne, medieval music festival, first fortnight in Oct, various locations Fête des Côtes du Rhône Primeurs and Les Médiévales d’Avignon, wine festival, costumed procession, medieval music and craft market on the third Thurs of Nov, place du Palais du Papes, procession through the city centre Foire de la St André, traditional fair, late Nov–early Dec, historical centre Marché de Noël (Christmas Market), three weeks in Dec, in front of the town hall |