49 Best Festivals of France

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If you get a chance to pay a visit to France, it is a golden opportunity you can take to explore the culture, lifestyle, and customs of France. Similarly every nation would love to celebrate festivals but specifically in this article, you will get to know that what are the most popular French festivals and how they celebrate their festivities. So if you have planned to visit France for getting an experience of some certain type of events or festivals, you will need to submerge yourself in French culture by picking up this top 49 French festivals.

Bastille Day

BastilleDay is celebrated by the French nation on the July 14^th every year. This day is also known as French National Day it celebrates to pay the tribute to the French revolution and also for the national unity. This festival begins with the tremendous parade. It is held on the Champ de Mars. Lots of preparationsare being done to commemorate this particular event, like a fireman’s ball, free open-air concerts, and the bestfirework performance you will ever experience at Effile tower.

Cannes Film Festival

It is celebrated annually in the month of May. This festival is counted in the France greatest festival list. This festival is organized for the reason to show or preview the world’s best movies at public open-air cinemas on the beach in the city of Cannes. Only listedsuperstars and filmmakers from all around the film industry are invited to grab the attention of their fans by walking through the red carpet. As this event is itself by invitation only.

Paris L’été

This festival iscelebrated from July to August, which is all about music, art, theater and different kinda performances. It is usually celebrated to promote the culture and customs of France through the music, art, and performances. This festival is organized on the diverse locations of France. If you are spending your holidays in France in these months, then this festival will be the bonus and become the source of additional recreation for you. You will absolutely enjoy this traditional event in Paris.

Nice Carnival

It is considered as one of the best carnivals in the whole world starts from the mid of February till the end of the month. It is the source of attraction to the visitors of France. Basically, this festival is itself a carnival of different joyous events. Typically it is arranged before the fasting time period of Lent where people can enjoy the carnivals and eat meat and cake products until the Easter. Where all feel amused in this carnival with rocking music and dancing.

Festival Of Avignon

 It is celebrated in the month of July yearly to acknowledge the creativity of the intellectual artists like musicians, dance performers, and actors. Art lovers come from different corners of the world to attend and admire the culture of French country. It is the world-class event that is memorialized in the city of Avignon.

Mardi Gras

It is the purely traditional event of France. The reasoning behind the celebration of this event is it is traditional of parading the fat ox on this day in order to refresh the memory of the people not to eat meat on the days of Lent. This is celebrated between February and March every year, actually, it depends on the actual dates when Easter arrives. In this event, people wear giant dresses, put on colorful masks and at the end of the days the last day is celebrated with fireworks, music, and concerts.

The Lemon Festival of Menton 

It is the French most famous event the lemon festival celebrated at the end of the February each year. In this festival, 120 tonnes of citrus fruits are used to decorate the gigantic structures. It is very unique and amazing event of France where at night time these citrus fruit light up to create a beautiful atmosphere that is worth watching.

These were top 49 festivals of France that are worth exploring and enjoying the themes of these awe-inspiring festivals.

More 42 Festivals of France-

1. Les Choregies d’Orange

2. Tour De France

3. La Fête De La Musique

4. International Kite Festival

5. Menton Lemon Festival

6. International Garden Festival

7. Festival Medieval De Sedan

8. Festival of Lights

9. Rock en Seine

10. Paris Plages

11. THE AURILLAC FESTIVAL

12. Le Corso Fleuri

13. The Great Roman Games

14. The Lavender Festival

15. Rise Festival

16. Les Eurockéennes

17. Festival Beauregard

18. Main Square Festival

19. Calvi On The Rocks

20. Versailles Festival

21. Nuits Sonores

22. D-Day Festival

23. Festival of St. Denis

24. Joan of Arc Festival

25. Jazz à Vienne

26. Carcassonne Festival

27. Aix Festival

28. Avignon Festival

29. Beaune International Festival of Baroque Opera

30. Colmar International Festival

31. Jazz à Juan

32. International Fireworks Festival

33. Vieilles Charrues Festival

34. Cornwall Festival

35. Jasmine Festival

36. Silhouette Festival

37. Festival d’Automne à Paris

38. Rise Festival,

39. Festival Musica

40. Oktoberfest Paris

41. Oktoberfest Marseille

42. Dijon International and Gastronomic Fair