Originally, Jazzèbre was a jazz festival based largely in Perpignan and held each autumn, but it’s since become a much more ambitious project. The team behind it has a a much more far-reaching objective: to reach the largest possible audience with music of all genres, during as much of the year as possible.
Canet en Roussillon invites you to join them for a festive programme bursting with merriment and good cheer.
Discover the beautiful Fenouillèdes with events from Arpèges en Fenouillèdes; a series of exciting concerts in venues across the area
Team Cargols, a Perpignan-based association seeking to promote the delicacy that is snail cuisine, cordially invite you to the Fête del Escargot
Perpignan was elected ‘Capital de la Sardana 2019’ and takes this honour very seriously.
Since 1950, the procession de la Sanch has only been cancelled once before, due to the heavy rains of 1976 – and of course this year 2020, coronavirus oblige. Find out a little about what you’re missing!
These were the unfortunate gals who had not managed to hook themselves a husband by the 25th November, Feast of Saint Catherine, patron saint of young unmarried women
Today the term is also used for more popular get-togethers such as the meeting of dancers to perform the sardane.
Whit Monday, le Lundi de Pentecôte in French, is usually the last of four public holidays in May/June, celebrated this year (2021) on Monday 24th May
It is only by knowing a little about the history of the region that we can appreciate where many of the towns and villages of the Pyrénées Orientales got their names.
