Published on 4 May 2020
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We’re all foodies in Normandy, so it’s no surprise our vast variety of food festivals are some of the best in France! Join us for mouth-watering regional cuisine, street food, artisanal produce, chef demos, tastings, live music and entertainment. Here are all our favourite food festivals taking place in 2020.
Apple and Cider festivals
Foire de la Pomme: VIMOUTIERs (Orne)
17-18 October – Apple festival with apple tart competition and tastings
FÊTE DU CIDRE: BEUVRON-EN-AUGE (Calvados)
18 October – Major cider festival in one of Normandy’s ‘most beautiful villages in France‘
FÊTE DE LA POMME, DU CIDRE ET DU FROMAGE: CONCHES-EN-OUCHE (Eure)
25 October – A celebration of all things apple, cider and cheese
Fête du Cidre à l’ancienne: LE SAP (Orne)
7-8 November – Traditional cider festival with apple pressing demos, mulled cider, a market and more
Cheese Festivals
FÊTE DU FROMAGE: PONT-L’éVêQUE (Calvados)
8-10 May – A celebration of Normandy’s four most famous cheeses, among others
Fête du fromage: TOUFFREVILLE-SUR-EU (Seine-Maritime)
31 May – A celebration of Normandy cheeses
Fête du Camembert: Orbec (Calvados)
7 June – A celebration of Normandy’s most famous cheese!
Foire aux Fromages: LIVAROT (Calvados)
1-2 August – A celebration of all cheeses
Fête du Fromage (Seine-Maritime): NEUFCHATEL
20 September – A celebration of local Neufchâtel cheese
Seafood Festivals
Fête de la Mer et du Maquereau: Trouville-sur-mer (Calvados)
8-9 August – Seafood and mackerel festival
Toute la mer sur un plateau: Granville (Manche)
26-27 September – Huge seafood festival around the old port with over fifty stalls, tastings and entertainment galore
Fête de la Crevette: Honfleur (Calvados)
3-4 October – Shrimp festival with sea shanties and shrimp peeling competitions
Scallop festivals: Ouistreham, VILLERS-SUR-MER (Calvados)
Ouistreham: 17-18 October
Villers-sur-Mer: 24-25 October
Le Gout du large: PORT-EN-BESSIN (Calvados)
7-8 November – Scallop and seafood festival
Herring festivals: LE TRéPORT, Lieurey, Dieppe, SAINT-VALERY-EN-CAUX and FéCAMP (Seine-Maritime and Eure)
Le Tréport: 7-8 November
Lieurey: 11 November
Dieppe: 14-15 November
Saint-Valery-en-Caux: 22 November
Fécamp: 28-29 November
Other food festivals
Foire au Boudin: Mortagne-au-Perche (Orne)
13-15 March – Home to boudin, it’s only right that Normandy should have its own annual black pudding festival
Les rencontres de Cambremer: Cambremer (Calvados)
2-3 May – Festival celebrating all of Normandy’s PDO-certified products
Foire de Lessay: lessay (Manche)
11-13 September – An impressive horse and cattle fair attracting over 400,000 visitors every year
Mycologiades internationales: Bellême (Orne)
1-4 October – Mushroom foraging in the forest, exhibitions and competitions
Fête du Ventre et de la Gastronomie normande: Rouen (Seine-Maritime)
17-18 October – An overall celebration of Normandy’s culinary traditions
Fête de l’andouille: Vire (Calvados)
30 October-1 November – Festival celebrating Vire’s chitterling sausage
