Festivals and some other events in the calendar worth considering

There are many fetes and festivals happening in the Tarn each year. Each village has its own set of festivals, so with dozens of villages surrounding Cordes Sur Ciel, there are festivals virtually every weekend from May to October.

The plethora of Gaillac Vineyards bring a host of events through the year, throughout the region,  from the new wine festivals in November, to Spring-time fairs and gatherings and summer tastings. Look out for those taking place during your stay.

End March

Fete du Printemps - Spring Festival - date TBC

June

Fete du Croquant - cooking a giant croquant in the Haut Ville.

date TBC

July

CORDES - Tuesday 13th July  &  Wednesday 14th July

Join us this July for the Fetes Medievales du Grand Fauconnier, and participate in the medieval festival with its mixture of formal and informal music-making for singers and instrumentalists...

Over a long weekend in the middle of July, the people of Cordes and the outlying villages transform themselves into knights, fine ladies, bloody merceneries, jugglers, fire-throwers, dancers, jesters and monks.

There are horses, donkeys, dogs and birds. There are games, danced and authentic music accompanied by plenty of beer and wine! In the main square at the top of the town, you can go into the stocks, try your hand at calligraphy using authentic quills and visit exhibitions of toolmaking, carpentry, masonry and handicrafts.

And in the evening, you can attend a medieval banquet in one of the finer restaurants in town.

The following day, the procession through the city by the Dauphin takes place all over again but by early evening the town is restored to its former hush.

You can hire your costumes locally on the preceding Friday. 

July

CORDES: 17th to 29th July 2010

Music Festival in Haut Cordes.

Concerts in the church most evenings and some street performances too.

July - August

Marche Nocturne - night-time markets in the Bas Ville, with communal eating in the square.

Several markets, usually on Wednesdays every fortnight. Dates TBC

September

CORDES: Festival of the Bonne Vie..... the Good Life.

Sunday 12th is likely date TBC

End September

Autumn Festival

December - 1st Sunday

Traditional Christmas market in the Haut Ville

Other events

To be added when events & dates become known.