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33 confirmed · 10 with a typical period · France

May 2027
17.05.–06.06.
🏅 Roland-Garros
Paris, France · Sports event · Visit Paris Region ↗
A Grand Slam clay-court tournament held in Paris; tickets are more readily available and cheaper during the first week of the main draw and throughout qualifying.
June 2027
09.06.–13.06.
🏅 24 Hours of Le Mans
Le Mans, France · Sports event · Automobile Club de l'Ouest — 24h Le Mans ↗
The most legendary endurance race in the world — 24 hours of non-stop racing, with a festival atmosphere of campgrounds and fans lining the circuit.
13.06.–19.06.
🎪 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Annecy, France · Festival · Office de Tourisme du Lac d'Annecy ↗
The world's most important animated film festival; in addition to screenings for accredited attendees, free open-air screenings are held each evening by the lake.
17.06.–20.06.
🎤 Hellfest in Clisson
Clisson, France · Concert · Hellfest Open Air ↗
Europe's largest hard rock and metal festival, featuring major names in the genre across six stages set among the vineyards near Nantes.
21.06.
🎤 Fête de la Musique
France · entire country · Concert · Ministère de la Culture ↗
On the longest day of the year, music plays for free on squares, streets and in courtyards in every French city, ranging from amateur bands to major concerts.
July 2027
14.07.
🎊 French National Day (Bastille Day) Public holiday Non-working day
France · entire country · Traditional event · Service-Public.gouv.fr — Jours fériés ↗
A military parade along the Champs-Élysées in the morning and a fireworks display by the Eiffel Tower in the evening, with fireworks and balls in nearly every town and village across the country.
August 2027
15.08.
🕊 Assumption of Mary Public holiday Non-working day
France · entire country · Religious event · Service-Public.gouv.fr — Jours fériés ↗
November 2027
01.11.
🕊 All Saints' Day Public holiday Non-working day
France · entire country · Religious event · Service-Public.gouv.fr — Jours fériés ↗
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April
🏅 Paris Marathon date not confirmed
Paris, France · Sports event · France.fr (Atout France) ↗
The landmark 50th edition of one of Europe's largest marathons, with a route running past the Champs-Élysées, the Seine, and both of Paris's great forests.
May–June
🎊 Whitsun Festival in Nîmes date not confirmed
Nîmes, France · Traditional event · Gard Tourisme ↗
Six days of Provençal festivity around Whitsun — bullfighting in the Roman arena, wine stalls along the streets, bull runs through the city (abrivado), and music until dawn.
July
🎪 Festival d'Avignon date not confirmed
Avignon, France · Festival · Avignon Tourisme ↗
The world's largest theatre festival — the official programme takes place at the Palais des Papes, while thousands of 'Off' programme performances fill every hall, courtyard, and street in the old city.
July
🎤 Vieilles Charrues Festival in Carhaix date not confirmed
Carhaix-Plouguer, France · Concert · Les Vieilles Charrues ↗
The most attended music festival in France, held in the small Breton town of Carhaix, featuring world-renowned and French artists.
July–August
🎪 Interceltique Festival in Lorient date not confirmed
Lorient, France · Festival · Lorient Bretagne Sud Tourisme ↗
Ten days of music, dance, and processions celebrating Celtic peoples — Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Galicia — with a grand parade of pipers and drummers through the city.
July
🎊 Bayonne Festival (Fêtes de Bayonne) date not confirmed
Bayonne, France · Traditional event · Ville de Bayonne ↗
Five days of Basque festivities in which the entire city dresses in white with a red scarf — processions, music, and dancing in the streets of old Bayonne.
July
🏅 Tour de France date not confirmed
France · entire country · Sports event · City of Edinburgh Council — Tour de France Grand Départ 2027 ↗
The world's greatest cycling race; watching a stage from the roadside is free, and a mountain climb in the Alps or Pyrenees is an experience in itself.
August
🎊 Annecy Lake Festival (Fête du Lac) date not confirmed
Annecy, France · Traditional event · Office de Tourisme du Lac d'Annecy ↗
A grand fireworks display set to music over the Bay of Albigny, which Annecy bills as the largest fireworks show in Europe.
September
🎨 European Heritage Days date not confirmed
France · entire country · Cultural event · Ministère de la Culture ↗
One weekend a year when buildings normally closed to the public open their doors — ministries, the Élysée Palace, the Senate, private châteaux — and many museums are free of charge.
September
🛍 Grande Braderie de Lille date not confirmed
Lille, France · Fair or market · Office de Tourisme de Lille ↗
The largest flea market in Europe — tens of kilometres of stalls stretching across the entire city, offering everything from antiques to trinkets, accompanied by the traditional local dish of mussels and chips.