Blois festive — © Ville de Blois, Alain Caillaud, Hachem El Yamani
Forty Key Rendezvous Throughout the Year
- New Year’s greeting ceremonies (early janvier)
- Pre-school reader’s festival (“Graine de lecteurs”, late January-February)
- Record exchange (“Bourse aux disques”, February)
- Elles (Women’s Rights Week, early March)
- Book exchange (“Bourse aux livres”, March)
- Carnival (March)
- Puits-Châtel’s flea market (March)
- Funfair (“fête foraine”, March–April)
- Festi’sud (April)
- Loir-et-Cher bicycle tour (early April)
- Vintage vehicules exhibition (“Bouchon blésois”, late April)
- Macadam (May or June)
- Testing local produce (“Papilles en fête”, May)
- Museum night (May)
- Mix’Terres festival (music and art, May)
- Étoile cyclo (children’s bike ride, May–June)
- Neighbors’ day (May)
- Le Hangar (artistic expression, June)
- The scientific encounters of Blois (June)
- Garden rendezvous ( June)
- Citizen’s day (June)
- Blois Basket Show (June)
- Farmers’ summer market (June)
- Hortibroc (gardeners’ flea market, June)
- International tennis tournament (June)
- World Music Day (21 June)
- Summer festival (“Des Lyres d’été, 22 June–22 September 2019) — More than 200 events, including La Guinguette (riverside café) from 3 to 7 July 2019
- Quartiers d’été (children’s creative activities, 3–11 July 2019)
- Célébrations of the French National Day (13 July)
- Flea market on the bridge (6–8 September 2019)
- Fête du sport (7 September 2019)
- European Heritage Days (20–22 September 2019)
- Défi interentreprises (corporate sports contests, 20 September 2019)
- Going downstream the Loire (21 September 2019)
Note: the 2019 edition of this event has been cancelled for your safety, due to the current drought. - Tour Vibration (concerts, 26 September 2019)
- Coupe de Poudloire (magical children’s universe, 28 September 2019)
- Rendez-vous de l’Histoire (9-13 October 2019)
- French Cup in track and field (12–13 October 2019)
- Week of combat against violence victimizing women (22–27 November 2019)
- bd BOUM festival (comics festival, 22–24 November 2019)
- Winter festival (“Des Lyres d’hiver”, 30 November–5 January 2020) — One hundread events
- Saint-Nicolas Fair (8 December 2019)
Hundreds of Special Events Every Week
Throughout the year, the different cultural sites procced with their respective programs: film cycle, temporary exhibits, theater season, etc. In addition, Blois regularly hosts salons, block parties, sell-offs (braderies), garage sales (vide-greniers), etc.
These different ideas for outings may be found in the French-language agenda des sorties of Blois.