Events in Centre

From Amboise and Bourges to Tours and Vierzon, the Centre boasts a wide variety of music concerts, sporting events and festivals celebrating local heritage and gastronomy – something for everyone…

March

• International Piano Competition, Orléans (Concours International de Piano d’Orléans)
• Blois Carnival (Le Carnaval de Blois)May
• Les Fêtes de Jeanne d’Arc, Orléans – anniversary of Joan of Arc’s birthday
• Vitiloire, Tours – festival of Loire Valley wines
• Les Nuits Lumière de Bourges – free son et lumière, every evening from May to September
• Foire de Tours – from the 1st Saturday to the 2nd Sunday
• Rose Festival, Chédigny (Festival des Roses)
• Perfume Festival, Chartres (Chartres en Parfums – La Semaine du Parfum)June
• Orléans Jazz
• The Bourges Fair (Foire de Bourges)
• Summer Festival, Bourges (Un Été à Bourges) – free concerts, nightly from June to September
• Water Festival, Chartres (Fête de l’Eau) – torchlight parade on the River Eure and music on the bridges of the old townJuly
• D-Day Festival (Le Festival Jour J), Orléans – music festival
• Garlic & Basil Fair, Tours (Foire à l’Ail et Basilic) – end of July
• Les Estivales du Canal, Vierzon – free concerts in July and AugustAugust
• La Grande Braderie, Orléans – clearance saleSeptember
• Festival de Loire, Orléans – river boat festival
• International Rose Competition, Orléans (Le Concours International de Roses)
• L’Open de’Orleans – one of the top 10 tennis tournaments in France
• The Marais Festival, Bourges – centuries-old harvest celebration
• La Fête de la Lumière, Chartres
• Percussion Music Festival, Ligueil (Les Percufolies)October
• Paris-Tours – annual bike raceNovember
• Fête du Touraine Primeur, Amboise – wine festivalDecember
• Christmas Market, Amboise (Marché de Noël)
• Christmas Market, Orléans (Marché de Noël)
• Christmas Market, Tours (Marché de Noël)
• Christmas Market, Vierzon (Marché de Noël)