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Diary in 2008
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EVENTS
5 - 13 July
Les Virevoltés at Vire
13 July/17 August
The Musical Promenades of the Pays d’Auge
July
Nature Festival at the Canon castle
5 - 6 July
Bayeux Medieval festivals
17 - 24 July
Swingin' Deauville Festival
14 July
The Armada and Seine parade at Honfleur
(new)
18 July/14 August
Late summer hedgerow nights (Thursdays and Fridays)
July/August
Deauville, horse capital (races, polo, yearling auctions)
2 - 3 August
Livarot Cheese Fair
3 - 10 August
Medieval nights at Crèvecœur
22 August
Canon Fairylands (festival at the Canon castle)
5 - 14 Sept.
Deauville American Film Festival
17 - 21 Sept.
Estuaire d’en rire at Honfleur – Comedy Festival
19 - 29 Sept.
Caen International Fair: Peru, guest of honour. Gold of the Inca Empire!
20 - 21 Sept.
2nd "Cider and dragon" festival at Merville Franceville
27 and 28 Sept.
Feast of Saint Therese at Lisieux
4 - 5 Oct.
Honfleur shrimp festival
10 – 12 Oct
Vire Syrup festival (every other year)
10 - 26 Oct.
Equi’Days, Horse festival in the Calvados (18th edition)
19 Oct.
Grand Market and Cider Fair at Beuvron in Auge
25 - 26 Oct.
Scallop festival at Villers sur Mer
November
Les Boreales at Caen - Festival dedicated to the culture of a Scandinavian Country.
November
Nördik Impakt at Caen, electronic music festival
24 - 26 Oct.
Andouille Fair at Vire
26 -30 November
Russian Cinema Festival at Honfleur
8 - 9 Nov.
Festival Taste of the Briny at Port in Bessin
December
Les Hivernales at Falaise
December
Christmas at the Balcony, Street performances at Deauville
December
Let's celebrate Christmas at Caen!
EXHIBITIONS
March > Sept
Returning Soldiers – portraits of Quebec veterans of Norman origin (Juno Beach centre at Courseulles sur Mer)
17 May > 31 August
Exhibition Giacometti and the artists of the 21st century, Fine Arts Museum, Caen
14 June - 4 Nov.
Gothic masterpieces in Normandy, Sculptures and the goldsmith's art from the 13th to the 15th century, Museum of Normandy at Caen
1 June -28 Dec.
Bayeux porcelain, Bayeux.
30 June - 21 Sept.
Putting on a good face, 2000 years of hygiene, Benouville castle
June 6th - 9 Nov.
Word Trade Center, the 11 September 2001 and its consequences, at the Caen Memorial
Oct. 8 - 9 August
Green Odyssey, Caen
29 Oct. - 11 Nov.
Samuel de Champlain Exhibition at Honfleur
HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARIES
April - December
Commemorations around Samuel de Champlain (new)
NAUTICAL EVENTS
12 - 18 July
Equipee Bleue, Ouistreham Grand Prix
2 August
Festival of the Sea at Dives sur Mer
15 August
Festival of the Sea at Courseulles
16 and 17 Aug.
100th anniversary of the Benediction of the Sea at Port en Bessin and marine trades forum
13 and 14 Sept.
Caen Port Festival (even-numbered years)
October
Boat Show at Ouistreham
KEEPING UP WITH THE NEWS
16 - 18 Oct.
Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society at Deauville (4th edition)
Oct.
Bayeux-Calvados war reporting prize