What to do in August in France?

August is not short of activities to do with family or friends. How can you entertain yourself during your holidays or weekends throughout France? Here is an overview!

In August, you have the unmissable and moreover better known events such as the famous Bayonne Festivals or Rock en Seine! For music lovers, why not enjoy the Menton music festival bringing together the greatest international lyrical talents! For jazz enthusiasts, don’t miss the one at Ramatuelle. You will meet great jazz figures but also newcomers who are equally talented! To enjoy the Ocean and its idyllic setting, nothing better than the Festival du Bout du Monde in the Crozon Peninsula. Three exceptional days where artists from around the world perform in succession. Finally, for lovers of music and nature, a unique festival of its kind bringing together fans of rock, electronic or reggae, with the environment at the heart of its concerns!

Are you spending your summer in Brittany? Visit the Filets Bleus festival, a traditional Breton celebration in Concarneau, an event not to be missed! Are you in Côtes-d’Armor? Then head to the Saint-Loup Festival in Guingamp, a festival of Breton dance and Celtic music.

Further south, Nantes offers you a very original event: the Voyage à Nantes, which proposes discovering the city through a route bringing together art works scattered everywhere. Even further inland, the Provençal village of Pernes-les-Fontaines, as every year is organising a major theatre and street music event Font’Arts

Do you prefer the Mediterranean? Then go to Cannes and enjoy the Pyrotechnical Art Festival. A magnificent seaside spectacle where the best fireworks experts let loose for more than a month! For photography lovers, go to Arles for Les Rencontres d’Arles, a photography festival bringing together more than sixty exhibitions. A little further inland, in Mirepoix exactly, discover the International Puppet Arts Festival, with a different theme each year!

More art but in Normandy this time with the Normandie Impressionniste Festival, located in Giverny. One of the most renowned, it will introduce you to the impressionist movement with unmissable works but also numerous shows and concerts.

And because eating remains the indispensable and favourite activity of the French, you are not left out on gastronomic events. Why not go to Metz and savoured the Fête de la Mirabelle! This succulent fruit from Lorraine is in the spotlight every year for fifteen days with many activities, for children and adults! Fancy prunes? You’re in luck, the Grand Pruneau Show takes place every year for three days in Agen, just before the start of the school term. You can taste this emblematic fruit and attend concerts, shows and sporting activities!

A month of August rich in cultural, artistic and gastronomic events, which will delight children and adults! For those staying in or visiting Paris this summer, various activities are organised in the capital and for free, Enough to satisfy the many tourists and Parisians!