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What's On in Burgundy 2008?
The year ahead…a brief run down of the highlights
to look out for in 2008 from motor sports to concerts, exhibitions
and spectacles.
 Music,
Cinema, Theatre and Dance
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 Sport
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 Exhibition
and Fairs
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 Fêtes,
Pageants and Spectaculars
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 Historic
Places
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 January 2008
St.Vincent
Celebrations, St. Romain
Historic
Places open over the winter
 Photographs
of Czech, Vaclav Havel, Beaune, to Jan 13
AJ
Auxerre play Strasbourg Jan 19
AJ
Auxerre play Nancy Jan 26
 February
Concert
of Haydn and Beethoven, Dijon Feb 2
AJ
Auxerre play Toulouse Feb 16
 March
Peter
Knapp, Niépce Museum, Chalon-s-Saône Mar 1 - June 1
Chablis
Wines present Liquid Gold by Bettina Rheims, Tokyo
Concerts
each month at Château Ancy-le-Franc
 London
Symphony Orchestra in Dijon, March 8
AJ
Auxerre play Lens, March 8
Festival
of Contemporary Dance, Dijon March 13 - 31
Fete
du Crémant, Châtillon-sur-Seine March
15
In
Celebration of the Tree, Bibracte Museum, from March 15
Paintings of Dimitri Koulaguine, Château Ancy-le-Franc March 22 - Sept 28
AJ
Auxerre play St-Etienne, March 22
Foire Antiquités Brocante, Nolay, March 22-24
 April
Châteaux
open their doors for the season
Renaissance music at Château Ancy-le-Franc April 6, 15.30
Camille
Claudel, sculpture and design, Dijon, April 2 - June 22
Macedonian
Painter Kolé Manev, Fontaine-les-Dijon April 11 - May 4
Matthew Buckingham 'Play the Story' Frac, Dijon to May 17
Paquesboat, 8th River Boat Show, St. Jean-de-Losne April 18-20
 Autun
Book Fair, April 26-27, Place du Champs de Mars, Autun
Citeaux exhibition to April 28 - Sept 30
Piano recital, Maison Crème Anglaise, Montréal, April 26, 20h, f.o.c
 May
Quarré-les-Tombes Craft Fair May 1 - 4
Verdi's
Requiem, Avallon May 1
Classic Days, Magny-Cours Circuit, May 2-4
Medieval
Fair, Semur-en-Auxois May 10 - 11
Rare
Plant Fair Bézouette May 10 - 11
 Salon
des Antiquaires et de Brocante, Dijon May 16 - 25
Fleurs de Vigne, Auxerre May 18
Coupes
Moto Légende, Dijon-Prenois May 24-25
Hot
Air Balloon Festival , Chalon-sur-Saône May 10-12
Vide
Greniers and Brocantes in Burgundy villages (antique fairs)
Picasso et Les Cahiers d'Art. Musée Zervos, Vézelay until August 17
Chablis Festival May 27-June 8
Fêtes de la Bague, Semur-en-Auxois May 31
 June
Craft Market at Château Ancy-le-Franc June 1
Concert at Château Ancy-le-Franc June 1
Cookery course at Château Ancy-le Franc June 4
Harlem Globetrotters, Palais des Sports Dijon June 4
Mendelssohn Concert, Duo Dijon June 5
Festival
les Musicaves, Givry June 25-29
Pardon
des Mariniers, St-Jean-de-Losne June 14 - 15
Country Music Show, Zenith Dijon June 17
 Marché des
Tisserands, Flavigny-sur-Ozerain June 20 - 22
Le
Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or, Dijon Prenois June 28 - 29
F1
Grand Prix, Magny-Cours June 20 - 22
Open air Jazz Festival, Montbard June 27 - 29
La Patrouille de France, aerobatic flying display, Dijon June 29
 July
Sun Festival, Lac des Settons, July 5 - 6
Couches
Jazz Festival and Wine Tasting July 2 - 6
Antiquarian
Book Fair Charité-sur-Loire
Meursault
Music Festival
Verdi's Requiem, L'Abbaye de Fontenay July 5
Concert at Château Ancy-le-Franc July 9
 Bastille
Day, Fireworks throughout the region July 14
Chalon
dans la Rue – Transnational Street Artists Festival, July 17 -
20
Buxy
Music Festival, Buxy, part of the Chalon festivities
Musique
en Morvan around Autun July 17 - 26
 International
Festival of Baroque Music, Beaune July 4 - 27 (weekends)
Jérémie
Rhorer and Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Beaune, July 26
Choir of King's College, London, St. Philibert's Tournus, July 25
Super
Série FFSA Grand Prix, Dijon Prenois
July & August
New
Night Spectacular, St. Lazare, Autun
'Design Sous Influences' Château de Ste Colombe en Auxois
Son
et Lumière, Château de la Clayette, Saône et Loire
Son
et Lumière, Château St. Fargeau, La Puisaye
 Concerts
at Cluny
Festival
of Courtyards, Water and Gardens, Beaune July 5 - Sept 15
14th Festival
of Retro Cinema July 26 - Aug 23
 August
Grand
Roman Spectacle, Roman Amphitheatre, Autun
Concert at Château Ancy-le-Franc, Aug 6
Cajun
Music Festival, Saulieu Aug 7 - 10,
 Auxois
Music Festival
La
Fête de La Vivre, Couches Aug 23 - 24
Fête
du Charolais, Saulieu Aug 22 - 24
Music
Festival Vézelay Aug 21-24
 Fête
de la Vielle, hurdy-gurdy festival, Anost
Augustodunum
pageant, Autun Roman Amphitheatre
Hurdy-gurdy
Festival, Anost near Autun
Château
Ancy-le-Franc by Candlelight
September
Cookery course at Château Ancy-le-Franc Sept 3
Montbard Foire Regional Sept 5-8
Concert at Château Ancy-le-Franc Sept 7
Musique
au Chambertin, Gevry-Chambertin
Marché Biologique,
Vézelay Sept 7
Bol
d’Or, Magny-Cours Sept 19 - 21
Beaune
Jazz Festival, Sept 10 - 14
'Made in Bourgogne' Château Ste Colombe en Auxois Sept 20 - Oct 19
Renault
World Series Magny-Cours
Trophie
Historique de Bourgogne Dijon Prenois
October
Cookery course at Château Ancy-le-Franc Oct 1
Concert at Château Ancy-le-Franc Oct 5
Fête
du Vin Bourru Nuits-St-Georges
Sacred
Music of the World, Dijon
World
Superbike Championship Magny Cours Oct 3 - 5
Bulb Market at Chateau de Percey Oct 10-12
Château
Ancy-le-Franc by Candlelight
November
Dijon
International Gastronomy Fair, Oct 31 - Nov 11
Concert at Château Ancy-le-Franc Nov 2
 Beaujolais
Nouveau, celebrations in the villages of Beaujolais
Hospices
de Beaune Wine Auction Nov 15 - 16
Festival of Music and Cinema, Auxerre _________________________________________________________________
December
Christmas
Markets and Concerts throughout the region
Dijon
Christmas Market
Christmas
Market Autun
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