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Special Events Tour des Remparts, race, Jan, ramparts Cheval Passion, horse show, late 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, festival of contemporary dance, mid-Feb-early March, 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 Avignon Roll’air, roller skating festival, May-Jun, throughout the city Fête Nationale de la Musique, music festival, Jun, various venues Triathlon d’Avignon, Jun, various venues Avignon Film Festival, independent French-American cinema festival, late Jun, French American Center, 10 Montée de la Tour, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Marché aux Livres, book fair, Jul, cours Jean Jaurès 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 Fête Nationale, national festival celebrated with fireworks, 14 Jul, on the banks of the Rhone and in the city centre Tremplin Jazz, late Jul-early 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 bail of hay, followed by street parties, craft exhibitions and music, late Aug-early Sep, Montfavet, 5 km (3 miles) from Avignon city centre Ban des Vendanges (Harvest Banns), wine and gastronomy celebration, early Sep, on the banks of the Rhone Le 15km de la Cité des Papes, 15km (9 mile) race, early Sep, circular race from the Palais des Papes Journées du Patrimoine, free entry to monuments and museums, mid-Sep, museums and monuments throughout the city Festival de Musique Ancienne, medieval music festival, 1st half Oct, various locations Fête des Côtes du Rhône Primeurs and Les Médiévales d’Avignon, wine festival, costumed procession, medieval music and craft market, third Thurs in Nov, place du Palais du Papes, procession through the city centre Foire St-André, traditional fair, end Nov, historical centre Marché de Noël, Christmas market, 3 weeks in Dec, devant la Mairie |
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