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July 2013

Until 1st July: 'Viva Cité', Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Seine-Maritime

Street art festival

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Until 2nd July: 'Signac, the Colours of Water' exhibition, Musée des Impressionnismes, Giverny, Eure

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Until 14th July: ‘Les Musicales de Mortagne’, Perche area, Orne

Six chamber music concerts performed in the Perche

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Until 14th July: 'Biennale d'Art Contemporain du Perche', Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne

40 paintings by Gustave Courbet on display

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Until 31st August: '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 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: 'Autour de Claude Monet' exhibition, Musée des Impressionnismes, Giverny, Eure

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July: 'Les Virevoltés, Vire, Calvados

Free annual street festival

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July: 'Rouen-sur-Mer', Rouen, Seine-Maritime

The banks of the Seine are transformed into a sandy beach with deckchairs etc for a Seine-side break

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July - mid August: 'Les Z'Estivales' & 'Moz'aiques', Le Havre, Seine-Maritime

Street festival on the beach & music from all over the world

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July - August: 'Les Nocturnales de l'abbaye de Jumièges', Seine-Maritime

Sound and light show every evening in the abbey

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July - mid Sept: ‘Les Musilumières’, Sées Cathedral, Orne

Learn about the cathedral’s history through this show mingling lights, music & images

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3rd - 7th July: ‘Festival Sorties de Bain’, Granville, Manche

Street entertainment with buskers, concerts, circus parades, etc  entirely free

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4th - 6th July: Dieppe, Tour de France à la Voile stage town, Seine-Maritime

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5th - 7th July: Festival Beauregard, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Calvados

Pop rock festival on beautiful castle grounds with notably The Smashing Pumpkins and Nick Cave & The Black Seeds  

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5th - 7th July: 'Festival du Lin et de l'Aiguille', Vallée du Dun, Seine-Maritime

Flax festival with visits of fields, fashion shows, exhibitions...

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6th - 7th July: 'Fêtes Médiévales', Bayeux, Calvados

The streets of the medieval town come alive with medieval performances

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6th - 7th July: 'Fête de la Framboise', Ajou, Eure

Special raspberry day

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7th July: Haendel's Water Music concert , Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, Manche

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7th - 8th July:

Deauville, Tour de France à la Voile stage town, Calvados

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8th July - 1st Sept: ‘Les Musicales de Normandie’, Seine-Maritime 

Classical music festival in religious buildings

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9th - 13th July: 'Festival des marionnettes', Forges-les-Eaux, Seine-Maritime

Puppet festival

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10th July: Tour de France time trial Avranches - Mont-Saint-Michel, Manche

33 km time trial

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11th July - 24th Aug: Night-time tour of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, Manche

Discovery trail enhanced with sound and lights

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12th - 14th July: 'Chauffer dans la Noirceur', Montmartin-sur-Mer, Manche

Contemporary music concert on the beach

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13th - 14th July: Fête Nationale, across Normandy 

Firework displays for the French National Holiday

 

13th July - 31st October: 'Hiramatsu, the Lily Pond. Homage to Monet' exhibition, Musée des Impressionnismes, Giverny, Eure

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14th - 19th July: 'Tour des Ports de la Manche'

From Cherbourg to Granville

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16th July - 31st Aug: 'Rendez-vous à la Cathédrale', Bayeux, Calvados

Sound and light show around the cathedral, at dusk

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19th July - 23rd Aug: 'Les Heures Musicales', Abbaye de Lessay, Manche 

Classical concerts

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20th July - 10th Aug: ‘Festival autour d’un Piano’, Château de Carrouges, Orne

Classical music evenings

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21st July: 'Cheval en Fête', Château de Beaumesnil, Eure

Special day dedicated to horses on the castle grounds

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21st July: Gourmand'Art, Le Bec-Hellouin, Eure

Some sixty stalls with arts and crafts plus local delicacies

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21st - 28th July: 'Festival d'Arromanches', Calvados

Several classical music concerts

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26th - 28th July: 'Fête du Cheval', Bois de l'Epinay, Forges-les-Eaux

Equestrian festival

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28th July: Marc-Antoine Charpentier concert conducted by William Christie, Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, Manche

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14th July: Bastille Day (French National Day) - public holiday

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