Festivals Calendar
AIX Aix en Musique (mid-June to early July); International Dance Festival (mid-July). ALES Festival du Jeune Theatre (second to third week July). ANNECY Festival de la Vieille Ville (second week July). ARLES Gypsy and World Music Festival (mid-July). AURILLAC International Street Theatre Festival (last week Aug). AVIGNON Dance and Drama Festival (last two weeks July). BASTIA (Corsica) Mediterranean Film Festival (Oct). BELFORT Eurockennes Rock Festival (first week July). BORDEAUX Doc Martens Rock Festival (last week July). CALVI (Corsica) Jazz Festival (third week June). CANNES International Film Festival (May). CHALON-SUR-SAONE National Festival of Street Artists (third week July). CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES Triennial World Festival of Puppet Theatre (last ten days Sept). CLERMONT-FERRAND Festival of Short Films (end Jan to early Feb). COLMAR Colmar International Festival/Elassical music (end Aug to early Sept). CRETEIL (outskirts of Paris) International Festival of Women's Films (end March/Early April). DIJON International Folk and Wine Festival (first week Sept). DINARD Chamber Music (late July to early Aug). DOUAI International Festival of the French Language (May) - drama, dance, music and cinema from Francophone countries. FORT-LOUIS (nr Strasbourg) Rock Festival (end Aug). GANNAT (nr Vichy) World Folk Festival (last ten days July). GRENOBLE Festival of European Theatre (first week July). JUAN-LES-PINS International Jazz Festival (last two weeks July). LA ROCHELLE Contemporary Arts Festival (June & July); International Film Festival (end June/first week July). LES ARCS Chamber Music (late July to early Aug). LES-STES-MARIES-DE-LA-MER Gypsy Festival (May 24). LIMOGES International Festival of French-Speaking Communities (end Sept to mid-Oct). LOCRONAN Breton Tromenie Pardon (second Sun July). LORIENT Inter-Celtic Festival (first full week Aug). MARCIAC Jazz in Marciac (second to third week Aug). MENTON Chamber Music Festival (Aug). METZ International Contemporary Music Festival (mid-Nov). MONT-DE-MARSAN Flamenco Festival (mid-July). MONTPELLIER International Dance Festival (end June to mid-July). MONTPELLIER Festival de Radion France et Montpellier (mid-July to early Aug) - classical music, early music and jazz. MURAT International Folklore Festival (first full week Aug). NICE Mardi Gras (Feb, week before Lent); Festival of Contemporary Music (Nov) - electro-acoustic music. NIMES La Feria du Carnaval (Feb, week before Lent). ORCIVAL Pilgrimage to Notre-Dame d'Orcival (May 24). PARIS Gay Pride (June 21); New Morning All Stars Jazz Festival (July); La Villette Jazz Festival (first week July); Fete de l'Humanite (early Sept) - cultural festival sponsored by the Communist Party; Festival d'Automne (mid-Sept to Dec) - international theatre, dance and music; JVC Jazz Festival (Oct); Montmartre Vintage Festival (early Oct). PARTHENAY Jazz Festival (first to second week July); Festival of Traditional Music (Aug). PERIGUEUX International Mime Festival (first full week Aug). PRADES Festival Pablo Casals (late July to early Aug) - classical music. PUY-EN-VELAY Festival of the Roi de l'Oiseau (mid-Sept). QUIMPER Semaines Musicales (Aug) - classical music. RENNES Tombees de la Nuit (first ten days July) - theatre and music festival; Les Transmusicales (second week Dec) - international rock festival. ROQUE D'ANTHERO International Piano Festival (first three weeks Aug). ST-LIZIER Chamber Music (late July to early Aug). ST-MALO La Route du Rock (third week Aug) - rock festival. STRASBOURG Film Festival (March); International Mime and Clown Festival (Nov). UZES Festival de la Nouvelle Danse (mid-June). VAISON-LA-ROMAINE L'Ete de Vaison Dance Festival (mid-July to early Aug). VIENNE Jazz a Vienne (first fortnight July).
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