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Main events of the year
Main events of the year


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Main Events in Aix en Provence and Pays d'Aix



The variety of events which take place in Aix each year in music, dance and film testify to the city’s cultural vocation, open to all the world.

JANUARY

Three Kings Market and High Mass with the Little Singers of Aix
at Saint-Sauveur Cathedral

Pastorale Maurel by l’Effort Artistique d’Aix (drama of The Nativity)

Aix en Musique (Concerts…)

Antiques and Collectables

Concerts and Music on Tuesdays
Festes d’Orphée

FEBRUARY

Asian New Year

Class’ Eurock Selection concert

Fun fair at the Yves Blanc Swimming pool
car park Coins and Medals Fair

Antiques and Collectables

Aix en Musique (Concerts…)

Ronde Cycliste (cycle event)
Av. des Belges

Concerts and Music on Tuesdays Festes d’Orphée

MARCH

Children’s Carnival

Real Estate Show
Pasino d’Aix en Provence

Fun fair
Yves Blanc Swimming pool car park

Stamp fair

Spring Crafts Fair – GAPA
Cours Mirabeau

Aix en Musique
(Concerts…)

Antiques and Collectables

Cartoon and Comics Festival
Forum of the “9th Art”
Tourist Office

Concerts and Music on Tuesdays
Festes d’Orphée

Tour of the Aix Region
(Concerts…)

Aix Holy Week in Music
Festes d’Orphée
(Festival of Sacred Music)

APRIL

Tambourin Drum Festival

Aix en Musique
(Concerts…)

Mask Day Cours Mirabeau

Roumavàgi: Sainte-Victoire
Pilgrimage

Saint Sauveur Organ Festival
Cathédrale Saint Sauveur

Cartoon and Comics Festival
Forum of the “9th Art”
Tourist Office

Antiques and Collectables

Concerts and Music on Tuesdays
Festes d’Orphée

Tour of the Aix Region
(Concerts…)

MAY

International dance competition

Spring Crafts Fair – GAPA
Cours Mirabeau

Saint Sauveur Organ Festival
Cathédrale Saint Sauveur

Lands of Provence
Aix Region Agricultural Show
Parc de la Duranne

Antiques and Collectables

Aix en Musique
(Concerts…)

Spring Fair

Concerts and Music on Tuesdays
Festes d’Orphée

JUNE

Summer Crafts Fair – GAPA
Cours Mirabeau

Cycle Fair

Seconde Nature Festival

European Academy of Music and Concerts
International Festival of Lyric Art

«Vivre Côté Sud» Show
Parc Jourdan

Saint John’s Fires
Place de la Rotonde

Saint Sauveur Organ Festival
Cathédrale Saint Sauveur

Aix en Musique
Music in the Street (free concerts: jazz, classical, world and contemporary music)

Antiques and Collectables

Les Terres d’Aix

C’est Sud (art, music, dance, drama and circus)

Summer Nights (concerts, récitals…)

Collectors’ fair

Concerts and Music on Tuesdays
Festes d’Orphée

Flâneries d’Art (browsing art)

Zik Zac Estival (drama)
Théâtre de Verdure, Jas de Bouffan

Rene Bartoli National Guitar Contest
Chapelle des Oblats

Les Nuitées d’Aix
(Craft fair on Cours Mirabeau)

Arts & Crafts

AUGUST

Les Calades (Craft fair on Cours Mirabeau)

  • Les Nuitées d’Aix (Craft fair on Cours Mirabeau)
  • Antiques and Collectables
  • Les Arômes d’Aix (Fragrance Fair)
  • Les Bijoux d’Aix (Jewellery Fair)

SEPTEMBER

French Song Festival

Blessing of the Calissons
At the Saint-Jean de Malte Church

Heritage Days
(Open days with free entry to museums and monuments)

Antiques and Collectables
Last Sunday of the month

Sports Trade Fair
Complexe sportif du Val de l’Arc

Assogora Associations Fair

Arts & Crafts

Les Greniers d’Aix (Bring & Buy street sale)

“Côté Cour” Fringe Festival

OCTOBER

Autumn Craft Fair
Cours Mirabeau

Wedding Show
Pasino d’Aix en Provence

Fête Mistralienne (Folklore Festival)

Science Week
(Exhibitions, talks and events)

Walking Race
Massif de la Sainte-Victoire

Le Goût Provençal (Flavours of Provence)
Parc Jourdan

Grape Festival of the Virgin
Cathédrale Saint Sauveur

Antiques and Collectables
Last Sunday of the month

Sports Trade Fair
Complexe sportif du Val de l’Arc

Assogora Associations Fair

Arts & Crafts

Les Greniers d’Aix (Bring & Buy street sale)

“Côté Cour” Fringe Festival

International piano festival
“Les Nuits Pianistiques”
Aix et Pays d’Aix

Fête du Livre (Book Fair)
Cité du Livre

Aix en Musique (Concerts…)

Antiques and Collectables

Concerts and Music on Tuesdays
Festes d’Orphée

NOVEMBER

Winter Craft Fair GAPA
Cours Mirabeau

Concert by the “Little Singers of Aix”
(Chants sacrés, profanes)

«Marie-Claire» New Ideas Show
Pasino d’Aix en Provence

Antiques and Collectables

Aix en Musique
(Concerts…)

Concerts and Music on Tuesdays
Festes d’Orphée

International piano festival
“Les Nuits Pianistiques”
Aix et Pays d’Aix

Antique dealers exhibition
Pasino

DECEMBER

Aix celebrates Christmas

  • Christmas Concert – Organ Plus
    Cathédrale Saint Sauveur
  • 13 Desserts Market
    Place de la Rotonde
  • Midnight Mass
    In St Sauveur Cathedral
    with the Petits Chanteurs d’Aix
  • New Olive Oil and Truffle Festival
    Place de la Rotonde
  • Life-Size Nativity Scene
    Tourist Office
  • Fontaine aux Jouets
    (collection of toys for underprivileged children)
    Place Hôtel de Ville
  • Christmas Market and Christmas Stalls
    Cours Mirabeau
  • Twin towns market
  • Santons Fair
    Avenue Victor Hugo
  • Christmas in Provence exhibition
    (Christmas traditions in Provence, including Provencal nativity scene, the traditional 13 desserts)
    Maison Fouque
    65, cours Gambetta
  • Christmas Concert:
    Tambourin Academy

Festival Tous Courts
(Courts métrages, rencontres, expositions)
Cité du Livre

Sidaction Day (AIDS Action Day)

Téléthon

Aix en Musique
(Concerts…)

International piano festival
“Les Nuits Pianistiques”
Aix et Pays d’Aix

Concerts and Music on Tuesdays
Festes d’Orphée

SHOW TICKETS
FNAC ticket network
Tourist Office
Mon to Sat
09:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00
Tel 33 (0)4 42 161 170

These events are subject to change according to the month. For information, please contact the Tourist Office. Programmes are available as soon as they are published, from the Tourist Office.
Tel. 33 (0)4 42 16 11 61
infos@aixenprovencetourism.com