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Januari
- end of januari: In
Angoulême: festival international de la Bande dessinée (comic strip
cartoon) which has been running since 1974.
www.bdangouleme.com)
April
- 3th sunday of
april: big fair and jumble sale in Confolens
Mai
- 1th of may: labour
day. Also medieval festivity at Saint Germain de Confolens
- end of may: musique
metisses festival in Angoulême
- middle of may: la
nuit du musée: many museums are open through the night.
June
- 4, 5 and june: a
weekend organised by the Ministère de la Culture et de la communication.
In this weekend many gardens will be open for the public. (public
as well as private gardens)
- beginning of june:
omeltte géant at Lesterps. They make a huge omelette with more than 6000
eggs!
- 21 th of june: the
French celebrate the Summer solstice. Towns and villages all over de
region reverberate to the sound of music.
- Urboko: street art
festival in Limoges
- end of june:
jazz and theatre festival at Bellac
dedicated to Jean Giraudoux. (a famous play writer)Numerous concerts,
plays, artistic meetings, exhibitions.
July
- july: blues
passions in Cognac
- end of july:
estivol in Blond, a festivity with all kinds of aeroplanes, hot air
balloons, radio controlled planes, kites etc.
- 3th weekend of july:
accordeon festival at Lesterps.
August
- beginning august:
Confolens comes alive for its annual international folklore festival.
with 300.000 visitors!
www.festivaldeconfolens.com
- beginning
september: annual circuits des remparts at Angoulême. Classic cars race
around Angoulême.
www.circuit-des-remparts.com
- 3 th weekend of
september: journée de la patrimoine: day of the patrimony of France.
- november:
gastronomades at Angoulême.(www.gastronomades.fr
september
- end september:
Limoges and area: les Francophonies: french drama, music, circus..
December:
- 2nd sunday in
december: foire aux chapons. Fair with 200 exhibitors who sell
young cocks. In this region many people eat chapons at Christmas.
Young cocks, who a bred specially for Chrismas. These young cocks
are castrated when they are 5 to 8 weeks old and they feed them with
wheat until they are 5 to 8 kilos. |
