NOTABLE 2006 EVENTS IN FRANCE

All year  - Cathédrale d’Images, Les Baux de Provence
(large scale projection of Cézanne’s paintings
on the walls of a former quarry)

May 17-28       International Film Festival, Cannes (Riviera)

May 20-21       Grand Prix de Monaco (Riviera)

May 28-Jun 11  French Open, Paris (Tennis)

Jun 9-Sep 17    Cézanne in Provence, Aix-en-Provence

Jun 21              Music Festival, throughout France (Summer solstice music festival)

Jul 1-23             Tour de France

Jul 6-27             Festival d’Avignon (Provence; France’s oldest and most famous theater festival)

Jul 14                Bastille Day, throughout France

Jul 22-Aug 24     25^th International Piano Festival, La Roque-d-Antheréron (Provence)

Sep 9-10            Heritage Days, throughout France (all public buildings open their doors)

Nov 16               Uncorking Beaujolais Nouveau, throughout France

Dec 10               Fois gras fair (Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence)