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August 2012

Every Aug

Antibes  06600 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Festival pyromélodique - Fireworks set to music.

Avignon  84000 (Vaucluse) - Avignon Jazz Festival - Tremplin Jazz d'Avignon [www.trempjazz.com/ ]

Cadenet  84160 (Vaucluse) - Fete Votive. Fireworks Monday night.

Carpentras  84200 (Vaucluse) - Festival des Saveurs Provençales

Colmars  04370 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Fête Médiévale

Digne-les-Bains  04000 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Journées Lavande

Fréjus  83600 (Var) - Fête du Raisin - Historic Center

Grasse  06130 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fête du Jasmin - Jasmin Flower Festival

L' Isle-sur-la-Sorgue  84800 (Vaucluse) - Foire à la Brocante * (every 15 Aug)

Lavender   - Lavender harvest (July Aug Sept) August lavender festivals in Digne-les-Bains and Valréas (beginning of month); Esparron-sur-Verdon and Sault (mid August)

Manosque  04100 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Festival International du Luberon - Theatre Jean le Bleu, and Parc de Drouille

Martigues  13500 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Festival de Folklore Mondial

Pierrefeu  06910 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fête des Vendanges- Wine Festival

Riez  04500 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Fete de la Colonne (every 15 Aug)

La Roque-d'Anthéron  13640 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Fete votive de la Saint Louise, tradition and folklore.

Saint Aygulf  83370 (Var) - Marvelous World of Santons - exposition and sale - Salle Charles Denis

Saint Rémy-de-Provence  13210 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Feria Provençale, including running the bulls in the streets, fireworks, etc

Saint Rémy-de-Provence  13210 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Carreto Ramado - enormous charrette pulled by 50 horses

Sault  84390 (Vaucluse) - Fête de la Lavande - Lavander Festival

Tende  06430 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fête des Bergers - with Aubades, folkloriqe parades (Sun), fair of local products

Vence  06140 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fête de la Sainte Elisabeth - Folklore, costumes, music - Place du Grand Jardin

Next to last Sun Aug

Banon  04150 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Fête de la St-Just

Every Sun

Forcalquier  04300 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Carillon concert, every Sun July Aug Sept, 11h30

Every Aug

Fréjus  83600 (Var) - Fireworks - Nuits de Feu, Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique - 8 nights, July & August - Port de Frejus, 23h, free

Beginning Aug

Saorge  06540 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Semaine de l'Orgue Italien - a week of 16th-18th century Italian organ music and initiation

1st Sun Aug

Corbières  04220 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Fête du Village

L' Isle-sur-la-Sorgue  84800 (Vaucluse) - Marché Flottant - floating Market

1st Weekend Aug

Reillanne  04110 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Fête du village

2nd half Aug

Ménerbes  84560 (Vaucluse) - Fête votive

Mid Aug

Guillaumes  06470 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fête patronale de l'Assomption; procession to Notre Dame de Buyei with costumed Sapeurs de l'Empire.

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer  13460 (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Feria Biou Y Toros - Abrivado; Camarguaises and Spanish tauro animations (around the 15 Aug)

Thoard  04380 (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) - Grande Foire, agricole et artisanale, with sheep-dog trials and all-day demos of working sheep-dogs.

3rd Sun Aug

Aups  83630 (Var) - Fête (Sunday before 15 Aug)

3rd Weekend Aug

Bonnieux  84480 (Vaucluse) - Fête votive

3rd Sun Aug

Murs  84220 (Vaucluse) - Fête votive (sunday after 15 Aug)

Last Aug

Monteux  84170 (Vaucluse) - Grand feu d'artifice, spectacle pyromélodique- dernier mardi d'août

End Aug

Breil-sur-Roya  06540 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Fête de la Maglia

Draguignan  83300 (Var) - Circuit Auto Rétro

Guillaumes  06470 (Alpes-Maritimes) - Grande Foire d'Ete - Summer Fair

15 Aug (holiday)

Assomption (Assomption)



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