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CANCELLED: FETE DES VENDANGES, BANYULS-SUR-MER
10th October 2020 - 11th October 2020
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CANCELLED : Fête des Vendanges
The 2020 festival has been cancelled for obvious reasons – it would be impossible to ensure the safety of everyone with thousands of visitors descending on the intimate beach front. Look out for the event next year! |
The very first Fête des Vendanges took place in Banyuls in 1996. The beach was chosen as the main venue, rather than the vineyards, to open the celebrations up to the public.
The Fête de Vendanges turns the beach into a colourful, animated mass of eating and drinking, bands and musicians, jugglers, glee and laughter. Towards the end of the afternoon, Catalan Barques zig zag a ballet in the bay before bringing the “harvest” in to the shore.
Book your own free table on the beach (info from town hall) and invite your friends to make a day of it with you. Take your own food and drink, BBQ, or buy food and wine from the many beach bars and restaurants set up on the sands. A lively day of fun and bonhomie.

Every October the Fête de Vendanges takes place, this year on the 10th and 11th, with the main shenanigans taking place on Sunday 11th.
The tastings, the smoke rising from the BBQs (which you can use yourself – bring you own meat) and merriment has to be seen to be believed.
On the Sunday the beach becomes positively medieval, the smoke from endless grillades rising in to the autumn air, musicians, stilt walkers and jugglers mingling with the crowd, food is consumed in great quantities, much wine is drunk and, towards the end of the afternoon, Catalan Barques zig zag a ballet in the bay before bringing the “harvest” in to the shore.
Buy and keep your special Fête des Vendanges glass around your neck and just keep on getting it filled up….and filled up……
Book your own table in advance (free) on the beach (info from town hall) and invite your friends to make a day of it with you. Take your own food and drink, BBQ, or buy food and wine from the many beach bars and restaurants.