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11th ‘Fête du Crémant’ and ‘Tape Chaudrons’ carnival
15th March at Chatillon-sur-Seine
Just one day to taste all the different Crémant wines produced in the Châtillonnais region ! For the 11th time this wine festival joins forces with the traditional ‘Tape Chaudrons’ parade, an event that has been taking place in the town for more than one hundred years. Its name means ‘bang the cauldrons’ and this is just what the good townsfolk did in an attempt to chase away winter and usher in the spring. Decorated floats, musicians from all over the world and a range of attractions from northern France make up the colourful parade. It’s sure to bring the sun out from hiding !
Find out more : http://www.mairie-chatillon-sur-seine.fr/
Add to my road bookThe ‘Vinées Tonnerroises’
22nd and 23rd March in Tonnerre
Exhibition, tasting and sale of local Tonnerrois wines and other gastronomic delights, during the Easter weekend, in the great hall of the old Marguerite-de-Bourgogne hospital. Enthronement ceremony for new ‘Chevaliers du Tastevin’ by the ‘Confrérie des Foudres du Tonnerrois’ and the ‘Confrérie du Cassis’ (local wine tasting fraternities).
Find out more : http://www.vineestonnerroises.com/
Add to my road book47th Hospices de Nuits wine auction
15th and 16th March in Nuits St Georges
From time immemorial Nuits-Saint-Georges has cultivated its love of wine and celebrates this noble beverage most fittingly. An equally noble gesture in the past was the building and maintaining of ‘hospitals’ for the sick and needy. In Nuits-Saint-Georges theirs was called the ‘Hôpital Saint-Laurent’. Following the example of Beaune, there is now an annual, formal wine auction that attracts a good deal of media attention. It is traditionally presided over by an important figure in the world of healthcare or social services. Over two days the town organises wine-oriented celebrations : tastings, street events, a half-marathon, an exhibition on the theme of chocolate.
Find out more : http://www.nuits-saint-georges.com/
Add to my road book67th Antiques and Collectables Fair
22nd to 24th March in Nolay
The Nolay Antiques and Collectables Fair takes place twice a year (in March or April and in August) in the splendid 14th century covered market. It lasts three days and is the perfect opportunity to browse the stalls and treat yourself to one of the thousands of old objects offered for sale by twenty or more antiques dealers based in the Côte d’Or and neighbouring departments – regional furniture, coins (old and new), antiquarian books, jewellery, silverware, paintings, ornaments, old linen, etc. There is something for all tastes and purses.
En savoir plus : http://www.nolay.com/
Add to my road bookArt Danse Festival 2008
13th to 31st March in Dijon
The ART DANSE festival attracts and presents many different aspects of contemporary dance. By observing the different trends adopted by performers, it supports artistic dance and promotes cross-cultural artistic development. The festival welcomes world famous dance companies as well as young French and international companies as guests in its “Discovery” performances. This ‘open door’ policy is a great encouragement to new performers and ideas.
Find out more : http://www.art-danse.com
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