Events calendar Var

As every year, here is a breathtaking air show! Above Le Mourillon's beaches, and opposite on the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, everyone can admire the prowess of the Patrouille de France pilots. A series of aerobatic acts aboard their jets follow one another in a mind-blowing succession of figures concluded by the famous big heart pierced by an arrow... A magnificent and thrilling show! In general, the show takes place the day before August 15.

Organised by the association Les Amis du Four du Mitan, this animation celebrates bread, with demonstration of wheat pressing, blessing of breads, tastings and sales of local products, Provençal meals, in a mood of the beginning of the century, with groups of traditional costumes.

This festival combines wine tasting with a musical concert in exceptional places. For its 11th edition, sixty concerts are scheduled in forty prestigious estates, from the Var to the Aix region, including the castles of Fonscolombe, Beaupré, Seuil or La Gaude and even in the Luberon. The musical program is eclectic, always of high quality and often the occasion of beautiful surprises, from jazz to classical music through world music. Installed in comfortable deckchairs, you can dream under a starry sky.

By taking the route of La Corniche from Toulon, or from Seyne and Saint-Mandrier, you will discover the Fort Balaguier on the seafront. A magical place with remarkable gardens where the theatre has enjoyed its success, and where the rooms come to enchant your summer evenings! Here, in open skies, the 2013 edition featured the plays of Marc Camoletti, Xavier Duranger, Philippe Claudel, Farcical, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, and the Chopin music, the comic opera Marseille my love, a lyric concert, El Botcho… An enchantment! Tickets can be purchased on site, but we recommend reserving in advance for the chance to see these shows. Take advantage of the museum and the gardens!

The association for the preservation of heritage and knowledge of the Seillonnaise tradition organizes a day around the harvest, with the hype of wheat to the roll of stone, cooking in a traditional oven and making unleavened bread.

The Castellet track, or circuit Paul-Ricard, celebrates its 50th anniversary! Created in 1970 by Paul Ricard, the famous automobile circuit is a mythical track where the French F1 Grand Prix takes place every year. Born from the very impulse of Paul Ricard with the support of drivers such as Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Henri Pescarolo in the 1970s, it is one of the most beautiful tracks in Europe, spread over 5.8 km, which can boast no less than 13 bends and a straight line called Mistral 1.8 km long. In the Var region, the spirit of its builder blows the spirit of its builder by also being a leisure site dedicated to motor sports. The 964 m long, illuminated go-kart track offers five different layout solutions. Multi GT driving courses are organized on Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Audi to live an extraordinary experience. Baptisms on the track, in the company of professional drivers, give you the opportunity to experience the sensations of driving aboard a racing car from the inside. The F1 simulators of the Grand Prix Hall remain, if you don't dare to put on a suit and helmet. At the heart of this hyper-structure is a 964-metre karting track where you can take part in driving courses.

A permanent exhibition on Fort Freinet, archaeology, furniture, ceramics, common objects, daily life of the inhabitants of La Garde-Freinet, Prehistory in the Middle Ages, and temporary exhibitions are to be found in this museum.

The celebration of the sun and the flowers. Chars, recouverts, bands, bands, bands, bands, and cavaliers are also available.

" Arts and Heritage ": temporary exhibitions of painting, sculpture, photo.

Dix Mille Tours du Castellet is an annual race organized by Peter Auto on the famous Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet, Var. Depending on the grid, it uses both tracks, the F1 Grand Prix track and the other one without the northern chicane with the Mistral straight line allowing to reach 300 km/h for the Group C Racing prototypes. The Dix Mille Tours du Castellet is also the presence of car clubs (vehicles before 1971 or possibly more recent) that can participate in driving on the track, but also the presence of merchants and exhibitors.

What success! Years in years the notoriety of the Castellet racing races won't be démérite! You who have never seen this fabulous and impressive spectacle, you who have already seen it and die of returning to it: All of you must no longer hesitate and organise a weekend to attend one of these races. Visit the website of the Paul Ricard circuit to track its programming. You may then be able to attend the FIA GT 1 World Championship (in July), 4 hours of Paul Ricard V V (where historical vehicles are displayed in September), the World Series by Renault (in September) or even participate in one of the GT steering courses organized here.

The merchants'association, the Bandol Yacht Club and the Bandol Yacht Company put their heart to the book to breathe new life into this nautical event in the noble title. La Veil d'Or, which celebrated its 26 th edition in 2014 after two years of interruption, brings together a more experienced day and winter pleasure, the time of a coastal race, both sporty and convivial.