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What's On in Burgundy 2009?
The year ahead…a brief run down of the highlights
to look out for in 2009 from motor sports to concerts, exhibitions
and spectacles. If your special interest is wine, see Gourmet Traveller.
 Music,
Cinema, Theatre and Dance
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 Sport
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 Exhibition
and Fairs
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 Fêtes,
Pageants and Spectaculars
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 Historic
Places
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 January
St.Vincent
Celebrations Mâcon, Jan 24-25
Historic
Places open over the winter
Festival of Contemporary Dance, Dijon Jan 27 - 31
Jacob Holdt, 'American Pictures' Chalon-sur-Saône, until Feb 1
February
Hydrogen Jukebox an opera by Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg
Grand Theatre Dijon Feb 1
Chalon-sur-Saône Carnival
March
Tales of Hoffman, Opera de Dijon, March 11
Matisse and the Fauve Artists, Beaux-Arts, Dijon March 13 - June 15
Music and Dance by the Russian Army, Dijon Zenith March 17
Concerts
each month at Château Ancy-le-Franc
Fête
du Crémant, Châtillon-sur-Seine March 21
Fête du Chocolat, Nuits St. Georges, March 21 - 22
Haydn's Creation, Opera de Dijon March 29
April
Bénabar, Dijon Zenith April 2
Handel's Resurrection, Opera de Dijon, April 3
 Châteaux
open their doors for the season
Autun
Book Fair, Place du Champs de Mars, Autun
International Festival Crime Films Beaune April 1-5
Foire Antiquités Brocante, Nolay April 11-13
Quarré-les-Tombes Craft Fair
May
Classic Days, Magny-Cours Circuit May 1-2
Medieval
Fair, Semur-en-Auxois
Salon des Antiquaires et de Brocante, Dijon May 15-24
Coupes Moto Légende, Dijon-Prenois May 30-31
Hot
Air Balloon Festival , Chalon-sur-Saône
Vide
Greniers and Brocantes in Burgundy villages (antique fairs)
Fêtes de la Bague, Semur-en-Auxois May 31
June
 Craft Market at Château Ancy-le-Franc
Festival
les Musicaves, Givry
Pardon
des Mariniers, St-Jean-de-Losne
Marché des
Tisserands, Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
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Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or, Dijon Prenois June 20-21
Open air Jazz Festival, Montbard
July
Tour de France 2009 arrives St. Fargeau July 15
Tour de France 2009 departs Tonnerre July 16
 Sun Festival, Lac des Settons,
Couches
Jazz Festival and Wine Tasting
Antiquarian
Book Fair Charité-sur-Loire
Meursault
Music Festival
 Bastille
Day, Fireworks throughout the region July 14
Chalon
dans la Rue – Transnational Street Artists Festival,
Buxy
Music Festival, Buxy, part of the Chalon festivities
Musique
en Morvan around Autun
 International
Festival of Baroque Music, Beaune
Super
Série FFSA Grand Prix, Dijon Prenois
July & August
Son
et Lumière, Château de la Clayette, Saône et Loire
Son
et Lumière, Château St. Fargeau, La Puisaye
 Concerts
at Cluny
Festival
of Courtyards, Water and Gardens, Beaune
Festival
of Retro Cinema Beaune
 August
Grand
Roman Spectacle, Roman Amphitheatre Autun
Festival Retruenge, St Bris le Vineaux, medieval music
 Cajun
Music Festival, Saulieu
Auxois
Music Festival
Fête
du Charolais, Saulieu
Music
Festival Vézelay
Fête
de la Vielle, hurdy-gurdy festival Anost
Château
Ancy-le-Franc by Candlelight
Marché Biologique, Vézelay
September
Montbard Foire Regionale
Musique
au Chambertin, Gevry-Chambertin
Bol
d’Or, Magny-Cours
Beaune Jazz Festival
October
Fête
du Vin Bourru Nuits-St-Georges
Festival Sacred
Music of the World, Dijon
World
Superbike Championship Magny Cours
Château
Ancy-le-Franc by Candlelight
Trophées Historiques de Bourgogne Dijon Prenois
November
 Dijon
International Gastronomy Fair
Nevers Jazz Festival
Beaujolais
Nouveau, celebrations in the villages of Beaujolais
 Hospices
de Beaune Wine Auction
Festival of Music and Cinema
December
Antiques, Bric-a-brac and Crafts, Château Ancy le Franc
Truffle market Noyers-sur-Serein
Fête la Lumière, Chalon-sur-Saône
Dijon
Christmas Market
Christmas Market Nevers
Christmas
Market Bibracte
Christmas Market Beaune
Son et lumière, Palais des Ducs, Dijon
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