THE GUIDE FESTIVALS 2017
Fall in Brittany: Baroque Music at the Lanvellec Festival (06 to 22 October 2017)
Mark your calendar for a sensational autumn festival!
The Lanvellec Festival will offer musical pieces of brilliant composers and some masterpieces (Jachet de Mantoue, Byrd, Haendel, Rameau), interpreted by a stellar line-up of internationally renowned classical musicians.
The Lanvellec Festival is anchored around the last authentic organ of English Robert Dallam (1653), classified as “Historic Monument», and explores the most beautiful sites of the heritage of Tregor.
For more information, visit
www.festival-lanvellec.fr Le Mât Incliné: the game would be easier if that pole weren’t quite so slippery…
lined with pavilions offering samples, demonstrations and local gastronomy to boot. Santé!
www.bordeaux-wine-festival.com
SPORTS & ACTIVITIES Tour de France July 1-23, 2017 We couldn’t delve into the world of sporting events without mentioning the most famous cycling race in the world. The 104th edition of the Tour de France starts in Düsseldorf, Germany, before taking participants 3,500km across France to conclude in the Champs-Élysées, Paris. The course features steeper climbs this time round, passing through the Vosges, Jura, Pyrénées, Massif Central and Alps mountain ranges.
www.letour.com
Festival Ludique International de Parthenay (FLIP) July 12-23, 2017
Games are celebrated in all their glory at FLIP, from traditional board games and video games to jeux médiévaux and outdoor sports. The event takes place in Parthenay, an 11th-century fortified town in Nouvelle Aquitaine, and is the perfect
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setting for fun and frolics.
www.jeux-festival.com
La Fête Nationale July 14, 2017
Known as ‘Bastille Day’ outside France, this national holiday commemorates events set in motion after the storming of the Bastille in 1789. A year later in 1790, the Fête de la Fédération was held to champion national unity – and it’s this proud, patriotic spirit that’s exhibited in La Fête Nationale, also referred to as Le 14 Juillet, to this day. Numerous festivities take place around the country to mark the occasion:
Military parade
In the morning, this long-held tradition formally heralds Bastille Day. Around 7,000 soldiers march down the Avenue des Champs-Elysées from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde, in an impressive procession that’s been upheld since 1880.
Bal des Pompiers The Fireman’s Ball is a true chance to let your hair down, with feel-good parties thrown in fire stations across Paris’s
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