Events calendar Canal du Midi

Free entertainment and shows, from Wednesday to Sunday, on the 3 squares in the heart of the Chaurienne city, await you. A celebration of sharing since 1999, the traditional recipe is served at all hours by the restaurants, gourmet market, brass bands, children's village, parade of floats, water jousting on the Canal du Midi, concerts make this popular event a must. No less than 60,000 people dressed in blue and white in the colours of the city meet in the world capital of cassoulet for this occasion.

This magical place, nestled in the heart of the vineyards, lights up during five exceptional summer evenings. Since 2004, it opens its doors to great international artists of the jazz, song, pop and rock scene for concerts and dinner shows at the estate. In the presence of Gérard Bertrand and his best wines, the festival receives nearly 1,400 spectators per evening. A retrospective photo exhibition can be visited all year long in the Gallery above the Cellar.

Les Siestes Electroniques is a festival that stands out from the rest of Toulouse's artistic programming. It's a festive event, simple and rich, dedicated to emerging cultures. Initially focused on electronic music, the artistic program is now open to a wider range of adventurous creations, sometimes exuberant but always joyful. Open-air, in the pleasant Compans-Caffarelli garden, with free access, Les Siestes aims to appeal to all and arouse everyone's curiosity. They have become a fixture on the French festival scene, and often travel beyond our borders. Put your feet up on the grass and get ready for the unexpected!

Since 1997, this festival has brought the city of Sète to life with more than 650 poetic and musical encounters, at the rhythm of more than 80 daily meetings in public or private gardens, in squares, in streets transformed for a few days into gardens, on the breakwater, at the Théâtre de la Mer, on a boat... The festival welcomes more than a hundred poets from all over the Mediterranean who are surrounded by numerous artists, storytellers, musicians, singers, actors and visual artists who offer concerts, workshops and exhibitions.

It is a festival where twenty designers are invited each year to "work on" a topical theme. Then, all the drawings and cartoons are presented to the public for ten days at a major free exhibition. One of the highlights of this festival is the first weekend, cartoonists are present and meet the public, making, on request and freely, drawings as a dedications. Their works then stay visible during the second part of the festival.

The Sailing Festival has become over the years an inescapable appointment in summer. This period of two days is the occasion to discover a range of nautical activities:  introductions to water sports and leisure activities with Grand Sud Fishing Sport association, Narbonne Nautical society and its sailing school, Narbonne Big Game Fishing Federation and Association, Narbonne-Plage nautical Centre, Underwater Club, Aude Fishermen committee and Aqua jet and JetXtreme societies. There are also, demonstrations, parades of boats, stroll on water, two open door days, exhibitions, concerts, workshops, regattas and baptisms. In a spirit of conviviality, take time to discover a maritime culture.