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June 2012

Every June

Aix-en-Provence  13100 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Feux de la St Jean - Défilé, spectacle, bonfire.

Arles  13200 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Les Fetes d'Arles - Feux de la St Jean (fireworks) [Comite des fetes Arles ]

Les Baux-de-Provence  13520 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Fete de la St Jean; sound-and-light, fireworks from the plan du chateau.

Escragnolles  06460 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fete des Anes (Donkey Festival)

Eyragues  13630 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Fete de la Saint-Eloi; includes parade of draft horses with Sarrazine-style harness.

Guillaumes  06470 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fete de La Transhumance

Istres  13800 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Feria et Fete de la St Etienne - animations, fetes, fireworks, garçons de café, etc - Centre Ville

Manosque  04100 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Journées Médiévales (every 2 years, even numbered years)

Marseille  13000 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Foire à l'Aïl et aux Taraïettes - garlic festival; Cour Belsunce

Martigues  13500 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Fete de la Mer et des Pecheurs (fishermen, fishing boats)

Maussane-lès-Alpilles  13520 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Fete Saint-Eloi; with sheep-sheering contest, parades.

Montauroux  83440 (Var) - Fete de la Transhumance

Mouans-Sartoux  06370 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fete, Feux de la St Jean

Nice  06000 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fête de la Mer/Fete de la St Pierre - Port de Nice

Orange  84100 (Vaucluse) - Fete Médiévale - Medieval Festival. Medieval knights, combats and music; parade. - free, city center.

Orange  84100 (Vaucluse) - Jazz Festival of Orange

Pertuis  84120 (Vaucluse) - Grand Corso fleuri- floats and music; day and evening

Saint Etienne-de-Tinée  06660 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fête de la Transhumance

Saint Tropez  83990 (Var) - Bravades Espagnols - traditional festival parade with costumes, celebrating a 1637 victory over 21 attacking galleries. - 8h, Place de la Mairie

Sauze  06470 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fête du pain (Bread festival)

Tarascon  13150 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Fêtes de la Tarasque - A Traditional and historical festival. - The Rhone and Pirates [festival-provence/fete-tarasque-tarascon ]

Tourrettes-sur-Loup  06140 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fete, Feux de la St Jean

Transhumance   - Transhumance, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)

Valréas  84600 (Vaucluse) - Nuit de Petit Saint-Jean; night-time sound-and-light festival, with 400 costumed participants. - 21h45

Valréas  84600 (Vaucluse) - Foire annuelle de la St Jean. - 9h-18h

Grimaud  83310 (Var) - Fete du moulin (windmill festival) Visit moulin St roch, with demo on making bread.

Beginning June

Embrun  05200 (Hautes-Alpes) - Les Radeliers de la Durance, between St Clément and Embrun (17 km) - historic reconstitution of log rafts

End June

Riez  04500 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Fete de la Transhumance

3 June

Mother's Day (Fête des Mères)

17 June

Father's Day (Fête des Pères)

21 June

FETE DE LA MUSIQUE - celebrated throughout France, always 21 June.



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