Parties and festive events in Bearn

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Béarn is a region where people like to party. Borrowing from a strong culture, like its neighbor the Basque Country, there are festivals, festivals, cultural and culinary events throughout the year. Summer is of course the period with the highest density of events, but there are regular events at all festive periods of the year. There are the big feasts and annual fairs, the festivals, but also small celebrations all the small villages and towns of the department. All year round, the markets are available and in Pau there are also trade fairs and conferences regularly.

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• International Guitar Festival in Béarn throughout the department during the summer
• The summer transhumance, from village to village, the herds join the summer pastures
• Jazz in Oloron (fr), in Oloron Sainte Marie from late June to early July
• The medieval of Montaner in July
• Les Fêtes de Monein : concerts, bandas and shows, for 5 days, end of July beginning of August
• The Musical Transhumance Festival (fr) in Navarrenx in July
• The Feast of Foolishness (fr) in Salies-de-Béarn in July
• Rébénacq Old Trades Festival in July
• Orthez Festivities, end of July

• Festival Hestiv'Òc (fr), a regional festival of Occitan culture, in Pau in August
• La Piperadere de Salies de Béarn on August 15
• Festival Les Partitions Bucoliques at the end of July beginning of August in Monein
• La Garburade (fr), in Oloron-Sainte-Marie in September
• The Salt Festival in Salies-de-Béarn in September
• The Shepherds Day (fr), in Aramits in September
• The Fair of Pau (fr), in September
• Syros Festival, end of September
• Harvest festivals in Jurançon cellars in September

• The Laruns cheese fair (fr) in October
• Les Phonies Bergères in Accous in early October
• Festival Etonnants randonneurs in Arudy, mid October
• Court Circuit Festival in Pau in early October
• Pic Vert Festival in Arudy, mid October
• Corn Festival in Laàs, end of October
• The Days of the Book of Orthez in October

• Pau Book Fair in November
• The Cesta Punta competition, a Pelote Basque specialty in Pau in December
• Storytelling festival of the Maison Carrée de Nay
• The Biarnés Carnival in Pau in February
• Natural Jazz Festival in Orthez, in March

• BD Pyrénées Festival in Billère in April
• Navarrenx World Salmon Fishing Championship in April
• Grand Prix Auto de Pau in May and Grand Prix Historique

To find out more about festivals and events in Béarn and to see if something is being prepared when you come, consult the Béarn Agenda, on our Béarn Guide.

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