Events calendar Mercantour

Welcome to medieval festivities in Colmars! Set in a magnificent setting of ancient stones steeped in history, the weekend features a wide range of events: music concerts, horse and bird of prey shows, medieval meals, lectures, old trades, battles, old-fashioned flag-throwing... Large craftsmen's market in the town squares. And if you'd like to join in the fun, rent a costume. Days rich in learning and contemplation, both visual and auditory!

On August 12 th, the commune of Guillaumes will be on the rhythm of his Bullfighting Hike. In the program, no bull reassured you, but a 8,2 km foot race composed of three identical loops. The course gives you a total difference of 250 m: so it is better to be a brin trained before you start; you are warned! Do you want to make your summer holidays a little sport? Take advantage of the opportunity and visit 18 h 30 of General de Gaulle!

Tariff: 5 €.

Distance: 8,2 km.

Difficulty: average to difficult.

Rendez-vous: Place de Gaulle in Guillaumes. Departure at 18 am.

Other practical information: any non-licensee shall have a medical certificate indicating the absence of a contraindication to the practice of the race on foot.

The Feast of St. Roch (patron saint of shepherds) is a great peasant festival that traditionally takes place every year in mid-August. These 2 days of festivities are an opportunity for many activities to the sound of traditional music and dances: workshops and demonstrations of craft and agricultural trades, making beeswax objects and a living hive-hive school, discovering the activity of bees, making felt objects, pottery workshop with potter's wheel on foot, many workshops of old, horticulture workshop... The sheep parade takes place on Sundays to the sound of the bells exposed at the town hall: a highlight of the festivities !

The brotherhood of Saint-Roch seems to have been created before 1778. The confreres were animal owners who donated livestock and money, which gave a charitable role to the brotherhood. In order to complete the livestock, the brotherhood bought animals and thus managed a real business, buying or selling sheep, cheese or wool for its own management. The nest egg obtained made it possible to help a shepherd in financial difficulty by lending him money, or by renting the livestock, through the signing of a contract. In 1899, the company opened its doors to goatherds, then to the Granilais.

On the day of the celebration of the patron saint, during the great mass which takes place in the morning, the statue of the saint accompanies the procession through the streets of the village surrounding the collegiate church and is preceded by the prior carrying the flag of the brotherhood.

A brand new exhibition is being held in Tende at the end of July with an original theme: to present the most talented winegrowers from the Alpine regions, without borders: Southern Alps, Savoy, Valle d'Aosta, Switzerland... On the agenda: meetings, exchanges and tastings. Veru Vin means locally "real wine", which means that the show is dedicated to presenting wines made by craftsmen who respect health and the environment.

More information at the tourist office in Tende.