Until 10th Aug: ‘Festival autour d’un Piano’, Château de Carrouges, Orne
Classical music evenings
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Until mid August: 'Les Z'Estivales', Le Havre, Seine-Maritime
Street arts festival on the beach
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Until 23rd Aug: 'Les Heures Musicales', Abbaye de Lessay, Manche
Classical concerts
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Until 24th Aug: Night-time tour of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, Manche
Discovery trail enhanced with sound and lights
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Until 31st Aug: 'Rendez-vous à la Cathédrale', Bayeux, Calvados
Sound and light show around the cathedral, at dusk on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
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Until 31st Aug: 'Seine in Town, Scenes of Life', Vernon, Eure
Traditional guingettes along the river - three evenings a week on the left bank plus 9 water-themed evenings on the right back
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Until end of August: 'Les Nocturnales de l'abbaye de Jumièges', Seine-Maritime
Sound and light show every evening in the abbey
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Until 1st Sept: ‘Les Musicales de Normandie’, Seine-Maritime
Classical music festival in religious buildings
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Until mid-Sept: ‘Les Musilumières’, Sées Cathedral, Orne
Learn about the cathedral’s history through this show mingling lights, music & images
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Until 15th Sept: Sound and light show on Rouen Cathedral (at dusk), Seine-Maritime
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Until 22nd Sept: 'Vernon et les bords de Seine au temps des Impressionnistes' exhibition, Musée A.G. Poulain, Vernon, Eure
The town of Vernon, located on the Seine, as seen by Impressionist painters
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Until 22nd Sept: 'On the same wavelength' exhibition, Musée d'Art, Histoire et Archéologie, Evreux, Eure
Works by Louis-Aston Knight, landscape painter and friend of Monet, together with Alain Fleischer's who accepted to work in the same conditions
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Until 22nd Sept: 'Impressions Dior - Dior et l'Impressionnisme' , Granville, Manche
Exhibition on Dior designs linked to the Impressionist movement
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Until 22nd Sept: Happy 100th Birthday, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne!
Centenary of the spa town with an exciting programme of street theatre, art exhibitions and a Belle Epoque banquet
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Until 27th Sept (every Thursday): ‘Les Jeudis du Pin’, Le Haras du Pin, Orne
Weekly shows with displays of dressage and show-jumping in the Colbert Courtyard
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Until 29th Sept: Normandy Impressionist Festival, throughout Normandy
Eclectic programme of events across the arts together with major exhibitions in Caen, Rouen, Le Havre and Giverny
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Until 29th Sept: 'Summer at the Water's Edge - Leisure and Impressionism' exhibition, Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen, Calvados
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Until 29th Sept: 'Pissarro and the Ports - Rouen, Dieppe, Le Havre' exhibition, Musée d'Art Moderne André Malraux, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime
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Until 30th Sept: 'Dazzling Reflections' exhibition, Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen, Seine-Maritime
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Until end Sept: Underwater impressionist exhibition, Evreux, Eure
20 masterpieces to discover as you stroll along l'Iton from the townhall to the rue Charles Corbeau
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Until 31st October: 'Hiramatsu, the Lily Pond. Homage to Monet' exhibition, Musée des Impressionnismes, Giverny, Eure
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Until 31st October: 'Autour de Claude Monet' exhibition, Musée des Impressionnismes, Giverny, Eure
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Beginning August: 'Festival Offenbach', Etretat, Seine-Maritime
Festival dedicated to the composer Offenbach
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2nd - 4th Aug: ‘Fête de la Chasse et de la Pêche’, Château de Carrouges grounds, Orne
Various (night) shows, exhibitions & competitions ideal for those interested in hunting and fishing
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3rd - 4th Aug: 'La Nuit des Soudeurs', Granville, Manche
Welding festival with some 30 sculptors present
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3rd - 4th Aug: 'Les 2 jours du Cheval', Quiberville-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime
Horse festival with show jumping, etc
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3rd - 4th August: 'Journées Gallo Romaines', Le Vieil-Evreux, Eure
Walk back in time to Gallo Roman days with shows, food tastings, arts & crafts,...
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3rd - 4th August: 'Fête médiévale', Moulin de Hauville, Eure
Medieval festival together with visits of the wind mill
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4th - 11th Aug: Médiévales de Crèvecoeur, Crèvecoeur-en-Auge, Calvados
The grounds and castle at Crèvecoeur are transported back to the Middle Ages
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8th - 15th Aug: Acadian week, Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados
Concerts, exhibitions and numerous other events in remembrance of the Acadian soldiers who landed there on 6th June 1944
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9th - 18th Aug: «Jazz en Baie» festival, from Genêts to Granville, Manche
Jazz festival along 14 miles of the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay
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9th - 18th August: Normandie Horse Show, Saint-Lô, Manche
Horse show celebrating the Norman and French thoroughbreds
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10th Aug: Carrot Festival, Créances, Manche
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10th - 11th August: Blessing of the sea, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Calvados
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11th August: 'Fête de la Mer', Courseulles-sur-Mer, Calvados
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14th - 15th August: 'Fête de la Mer et de la Peinture', Yport, Seine-Maritime
Sea and painting festival
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14th - 24th Aug: ‘Les traversées Tatihou’, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche
Cross by foot at low tide to the island of Tatihou for a folk music festival with a difference
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18th August: 'Omaha Beach Trails et Randos', Omaha Beach, Calvados
Several races
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Last week in August: 'Académie Bach', Arques-la-Bataille, Seine-Maritime
Classical music festival
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30th Aug - 1st Sept: Dieppe retro, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime
Vintage car parades
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30th Aug - 8th Sept: American Film Festival, Deauville, Calvados
Festival showcasing the American cinematographic diversity
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30th Aug - 29th Sept: ‘Septembre Musical de l’Orne’ Festival, across Orne
Classical music concerts, throughout September, in Orne’s most beautiful sites
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'Foire aux Fromages', Livarot, Calvados
Annual Livarot cheese festival, including fastest Livarot-eater competition
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'Fête de la Mer et du Maquereau', Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados
Mackerel festival with a guaranteed festive atmosphere
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