France Festivals

Welcome to 2camels' special take on 67 wonderful fairs, celebrations, holidays, carnivals and festivals of France.

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Featured French Festivals

Tour de France (All Areas, France)
Festival Types: Sport - Cycling, Sport - Endurance, National
Month: July

No sporting event evokes the national interest like the Tour de France does in it's homeland. Le Tour is a French institution, a massive event on any scale and a phenomenon as intriguing as any on the world sporting calendar. Over 23 days and 21 stages through the full gamut of terrain, weather and road conditions Le Tour is the ultimate endurance test for any cyclist and a great place to see the French and their captivating country at it's very best.

French Festivals

Africolor Music Festival (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Music - African, Music - World
Month: November

Annency - International Animation Film Festival (Annecy, France)
Festival Types: Film - Animation, Film
Month: June

Balaruc-le-Vieux Medieval Festival (Balaruc-le-Vieux, France)
Festival Types: Medieval, Renaissance
Month: July

Banlieues Bleues (Seine-Saint-Denis, France)
Festival Types: Music - Blues, Music - Jazz
Month: March

Bastille Day (All Areas, France)
Festival Types: National, Fireworks, Historical
Month: July

Belleville Flea Markets (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Markets
Month: Year Round

Bellyfusions Festival (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Dance - Folk, Dance - Modern
Month: January

Bird King Festival (Le Puy-en-Velay, France)
Festival Types: Medieval, Re-enactments, Historical
Month: September

Bird King Festival - Roi de l'Oiseau Festival (Le Puy-en-Velay, France)
Festival Types: Medieval, Re-enactments, Historical
Month: September

Bocuse d'Or - World Cuisine Contest (Lyon, France)
Festival Types: Food
Month: January

Bordeaux Wine Festival (Bordeaux, France)
Festival Types: Wine, Food and Wine, Party
Month: June

Brest European Short Film Festival (Brest, France)
Festival Types: Film - Short, Film
Month: November

Calais Round Britain Race (Calais, France)
Festival Types: Sport - Yachting, Sport - Water, Maritime
Month: May

Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, France)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short, Party
Month: April

Chaumont Garden Festival (Chaumont sur Loire, France)
Festival Types: Floral, Family
Month: Varies

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Festival Types: Film - Short, Film
Month: January

Colmar International Festival (Colmar, France)
Festival Types: Music - Classical
Month: July

Comic Con - Paris (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Comics
Month: July

Côté Court Festival (Seine-Saint-Denis, France)
Festival Types: Film
Month: June

Coupe Icare (St. Hilaire du Touvet, France)
Festival Types: Air Show, Balloon, Family
Month: September

Deauville American Film Festival (Deauville, France)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary
Month: September

Dieppe International Kite Festival (Dieppe, France)
Festival Types: Kite, Family, Childrens
Month: September

Dijon International and Gastronomic Fair (Dijon, France)
Festival Types: Food, Food and Drink, Food and Wine
Month: November

Festival d'Automne a Paris (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Modern, Music - Varied
Month: September

Festival d'Avignon (Avignon, France)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Classical, Music - Varied
Month: July

Festival De Saint-Denis (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Music - Classical, Performing Art
Month: June

Festival Interceltique de Lorient (Lorient, France)
Festival Types: Celtic, Music - Traditional, Multicultural
Month: July

Festival Mondial des Theatres de Marionnettes (Charleville-Mézières, France)
Festival Types: Puppet, Performing Art, Childrens
Month: September

Festival of the Pig - La Pourcailhade (Trie Sur Baise, France)
Festival Types: Markets, Food, Community
Month: August

Fete de Ganesh (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Religious, Family, Street Parade
Month: August

Fete de la Musique - Paris (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Music - World, Music - Traditional
Month: June

Fêtes de Bayonne (Bayonne, France)
Festival Types: Party, Street Parade, Traditional
Month: July

French Formula 1 Grand Prix (Magny-Cours, France)
Festival Types: Sport - Formula 1, Sport - Motor Sport, Party
Month: June

French Open Tennis (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Sport - Racquet
Month: May

Grande Braderie de Lille (Lille, France)
Festival Types: Markets, Community
Month: September

Grenoble Jazz Festival (Grenoble, France)
Festival Types:
Month: March

International Documentary Film Festival of Marseille (Marseille, France)
Festival Types: Film - Documentary, Film
Month: July

International Garden Festival (Chaumont sur Loire, France)
Festival Types: Floral
Month: Varies

International Human Rights Films Festival of Paris (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Film - Documentary, Human Rights, Film
Month: March

International Women's Film Festival (Créteil, France)
Festival Types: Film
Month: April

Jazz A Vienne (Vienne, France)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: June

Le Mans 24 Hour - 24 Heures Du Mans (Le Mans, France)
Festival Types: Sport - Motor Sport, Party
Month: June

Le Monde a Paris - International Tourism Exhibition (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Travel, Trade, Convention
Month: March

Les Azuriales Opera Festival (Cap Ferrat, France)
Festival Types: Music - Opera, Theatre, Performing Art
Month: August

Les Escales du Cargo (Arles, France)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz, Music - Electronic, Music - Varied
Month: July

Les Eurockéennes de Belfort (Belfort, France)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Music - Alternative
Month: July

Les Nuits Electroniques de L'Ososphere (Strasbourg, France)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Art
Month: September

Lille Comics Festival (Lille, France)
Festival Types: Comics, Collectors
Month: November

Nancy Jazz Pulsations (Nancy, France)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: October

Nice Carnival (Nice, France)
Festival Types: Carnival, Street Parade, Party
Month: February

Nice Jazz Festival (Nice, France)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz, Music - Blues
Month: July

Paris Air Show (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Air Show, Family
Month: June

Paris Marathon (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Sport - Marathon, Sport - Endurance
Month: April

Paris Parade Festival (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Street Parade, Music - Varied, New Year
Month: December

Paris-Roubaix (Roubaix, France)
Festival Types: Sport - Cycling, Sport - Endurance, Sport - Extreme
Month: April

Rencontres d'Arles (Arles, France)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: September

Sedan Medieval Festival and the Saint Marie de la Mar Gypsy Pilgrimage (Sedan, France)
Festival Types: Medieval, Historical, Religious
Month: May