Messidor

Povence, the land of festivals :

From jazz to classical, from the opera to the theatre,
Provence is the world's meeting place for lovers of festivals :

La Roque d`Anthéron
(piano)

Aix-en-Provence
( the lyrical arts and dance)

Avignon
( theatre )

Salon
( jazz )

Martigues and Château Gombert (international festival of folklore )

All these places of festive events are less than an hour from Messidor.

Provence, land of tradition

A land brimming over with history,
Marseille with its 2500 years is the oldest town in France. Provence, the meeting place of the civilisations of the Mare Nostrum (Mediterranean Sea)
continues the traditions, sometimes a thousand years old, of its past :


In May :At Lambesc, festival of St. Elrad, the patron saint of shepherds, where the old methods of working are revived.

At Saintes Maries de la Mer, a procession of the gipsies honouring Saint Sarah, the black virgin and at Arles, feast of the `gardians`(cowherds of the Camargue.)

Photo : Philippe Benet et
Rénata Holzbachova
In June :At Salon, the fête of the transhumance et Night of the Shepherds.
At Tarascon, fête of the Tarasque, a mythical beast existing in fables which gave the town its name.

In July :At Salon, the fête of the Hay.In August :
At St. Rémy de Provence, the feria provençale.

In September :At Mouriès, the traditional fête of the olives.
At Aix-en-Provence, the blessing of the `calissons`…

Not forgetting the Luberon with its châteaux ( Lourmarin, La Tour d`Aigues,d`Ansouis and Lacoste, the ruins of the château du Sulfureux (marquis de Sade).
Its `bories`(dry-stone huts) and its typical villages ( Rousillon, Gorde, Bonnieux ….)