What's On in Burgundy 2011/2012?

The year ahead…a brief run down of the highlights to look out for in 2011/2012 from motor sports to concerts, exhibitions and spectacles. If your special interest is wine, see Gourmet Traveller.

December 2011

Pop Festival TGV Génériq, Vapeur Dijon Dec 1-11
Paris St. Germain v AJ Auxerre Dec 3
Christmas Market Châtillon-sur-Seine Dec 3-4
National Orchestra of France, Opéra Dijon Dec 3
Dijon Christmas Market Dec 2-Jan 3 2012
Historic Places Open All Year
Marché de Noël Semur en Auxois Dec 4
Marché au Chocolat, Santenay Dec 4
Rhine-Rhône TGV service begins Dec 11
Marché de Noël, St. Florentin Dec 11
Mourners Exhib Fine Arts Mus San Francisco Dec 11-Mar 4 2012
Blues Boogie Festival Beaune Dec 8-11
Autun Christmas Market Dec 10
Christmas Market, Solstice d'Hiver, Bibracte Dec 11
Son et lumière, Palais des Ducs, Dijon
Fête du Sapin, buy your tree, Saulieu Dec 10-11
Brocante, Art, Wine, Château Ancy-le-Franc Dec 17-18
Marché de Noël Cosne-sur-Loire Dec 17-18

January 2012

King's College Choir in Concert, Opéra Dijon Jan 14
St.Vincent Celebrations Dijon, Nuits S.G, Beaune, Jan 28-29
Festival of Contemporary Dance, Art Danse Dijon Jan 21-31
Historic Places Open All Year

February 2012

St. Vincent Celebrations Courgis (Chablis) Feb 5
Historic Places Open All Year
Chalon-sur-Saône Carnival Feb 24-Mar 4

March 2012

Historic Places Open All Year
Gourmet Fair, Marsannay-la-Côte Mar 10-11
Fête du Crémant, Châtillon-sur-Seine
Launch of Museum-Park Alésia Mar 26

Nuits au Grand Jour - Wine Auction, Nuits St. Georges Mar 17-18
Salon des Vins Nevers Mar 25-27

April 2012

International Festival Detective Films Beaune
Journées des Metiérs et Arts
Châteaux open their doors for the season
Wine Fair Montbard
Bol d'Or Classic Magny Cours April 14-15
Autun Book Fair, Place du Champs de Mars, Autun April 14-15
AJA v. Paris St. Germain April 15
Quarré-les-Tombes Craft Fair
Foire Antiquités Brocante, Nolay
Classic Days, Magny Cours April 28-29

May 2012

AJA v Girordins de Bordeaux May 5
Salon des Antiquaires et de Brocante, Dijon May 11-20
GT Days Magny Cours, May 12-13
Olympique de Marseille v AJA May 12
Nuits des Musées
Nikolaj Znaider violin, Colin Davis, Opéra Dijon May 17
Fleur de Vigne, Auxerre May 20
Coupes Moto Légende celebrates 20 yrs May 26-27

June 2012

Antiquarian Book Fair Charité-sur-Loire
Rendezvous au Jardins, garden open days
Hot Air Balloon Festival , Chalon-sur-Saône June 11-13
Blues Festival Le Creusot,
Equi'Passion Horse Show, Saulieu
L'Age d'Or Dijon Prenois

July 2012

International Festival of Baroque Music, Beaune
Tour de France June 30 - July 22
Tour de France in Mâcon, July 11
Festival of Sens
Festival les Musicaves, Givry June
Grand Prix de Camions, Magny Cours
Nuits-St-Georges Music Festival
Couches Jazz Festival
Festival 4-14 Franco-American food and music Dijon
Bastille Day, Fireworks throughout the region
Bach to Bacchus, Meursault,
Musique en Morvan around Autun
Festival du Chablisien, Chablis July 19-26
Fête de la Madeleine, Son et Lumière Vézelay
Chalon dans la Rue – Transnational Street Artist Festival
Buxy Music Festival, Buxy, part of the Chalon festivities
Son et Lumière Vézelay

July & August 2012

Historic Pageant, Château St. Fargeau, La Puisaye
Son et Lumière, Cathedral St. Etienne, Auxerre
Les Grandes Heures de Cluny
Festival of Courtyards, Water and Gardens, Beaune
Grand Roman Spectacle, Amphitheatre Autun

AUGUST 2012

Festival of Retro Cinema Beaune
Festival Rotruenge, St Bris le Vineaux, medieval music
Cajun Music Festival, Saulieu
Fête de la Moisson St Père-sous-Vézelay
Firework night Semur-en-Auxois Aug 14
Wine Fair Pouilly-sur-Loire
Fête de la Vielle, hurdy-gurdy festival Anost
Fête du Charolais, Saulieu
Music Festival Vézelay
Marché Bio Vézelay - Organic market
Blues Festival Charité-sur-Loire
Fête de la Vigne, Dijon

SEPTEMBER 2012

Montbard Foire Regionale
Fête du Cassis, Concoeur nr Nuits St. Georges
Bol d’Or, Magny-Cours
Velotour, Dijon,
Foire de Auxerre,
Musique au Chambertin, Gevrey-Chambertin
Journées du Patrimoine - Heritage Day
Horse Fair, Nevers

OCTOBER 2012

Trophée Historique de Bourgogne Dijon Prenois
World Superbike Championship Magny Cours
Festival Sacred Music of the World
Autumn Fair, St. Brisson, Morvan
Beaune Jazz Festival
Fête des Vins, Chablis,

November 2012

Dijon International Gastronomy Fair
Antiques Fair Les Halles Beaune
Nevers Jazz Festival
Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction
Beaujolais Nouveau, celebrations in the villages of Beaujolais
Marché des Plaisirs Gourmands, Mâcon

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