The main events in the Drôme
The main events of the year in the Drôme, to put in your diaries.
From January to March 2020:
– Truffles, a universe to discover in Valence (25-26 January)
– L’Alicoque or the festival of the new oil at Nyons (01-02 February)
– Vercors Quest starting at Font d’Urle (06-08 February)
– Truffle festival in the Tricastin at Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (08-09 February)
– Côtes du Rhône Septentrionales wine salon at Tain-l’Hermitage (14-16 February)
– One day Festival (animated film)(23-28 March)
From April to June 2020:
– The Romans Carnival (05 April)
– Open Canoe Festival at Mirabel-et-Blacons (30 April-03 May)
– Crest Medieval Festival (29-31 May)
– Fête de la Transhumance at Die (summer pasturing of sheep) (19-21 June)
From July to September 2020:
– Fête de la lavande at Férassières (05 July)
– Festival de la Correspondance (literary festival) at Grignan. 2020 theme: Revolutions (07-11 July)
– Evening festival at Grignan: Capitaine Fracasse by Théophile Gauthier (27June -22 August)
– Montélimar in lavender colours (mid-July)
– Saoû sings Mozart (July)
– Picodon cheese Festival at Saoû (18-19 July)
– Crest Vocal Jazz (24 July to 1 August)
– Parfum de Jazz
– Montélimar Terra Potiers (August)
– Arts and Vineyard Festival at Châtillon-en-Diois (August)
– National comedy Festival at Tain-Tournon
– Valence en gastronomie Festival (September)
From Octobre to December 2019:
– Fascinating Vineyards and Discovery weekend (October)
– Winter fruit fair at Saoû fair (November)
– Black truffle market at Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Sunday mornings from mid-December to mid-March)
– Fête des olives piquées (pitted olives) at Nyons (19 December)
– Féeries d’hiver at Valence (December)