Montpellier Events
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43.608176 3.879445 | 1 Montpellier International Fair Montpellier International Fair showcases a different country each year. Visitors can discover the invited country's secrets, enjoy exhibitions, concerts and much more at Le Parc des… | |
43.606764 3.878015 | 2 The guitar and its many different interpretations are celebrated during Montpellier's International Guitar Festival, held at venues across town, including L'Opéra Comédie. The festival invites… |  |
43.610851 3.87601 | 3 The Quartiers Libres Festival is at the heart of Montpellier's cultural scene. Visitors can expect plenty of lively concerts, inspiring contemporary dance, exhibitions and lots of innovative theatre. |  |
43.610851 3.87601 | 4 International Capoeira Festival Hundreds attend Montpellier's annual International Capoeira Festival. Workshops take place across town, hosted by the great Brazilian masters, and bars host parties and gigs. The event… | |
43.608176 3.879445 | 5 Equisud Montpellier Horse Expo The Equisud Montpellier Horse Expo (Le Salon du Cheval de Montpellier) is held every year at Le Parc des Expositions. The salon includes demonstrations and a spectacular nightly show by some… |  |
6 More than 40 wine producers gather on the Place de la Comédie for a host of events and tastings revolving around the wines of Montpellier and the local region. | ||
7 The Parc des Expositions in Montpellier hosts an international meeting for wine lovers to demonstrate techniques, equipment and services in the wine industry. |  | |
43.610851 3.87601 | 8 Montpellier's Les Hivernales, is more than a Christmas market. Held throughout the city centre, the event features food stalls, live music, a mini ski piste and an ice-skating rink. Les… |  |
43.610851 3.87601 | 9 Not to be confused with a festival of Christian cinema, Montpellier's Christian Festival of Film, held at venues across town, showcases films with an important moral or spiritual message. It's… | |
46.227638 2.213749 | 10 The Festival des Très Courts (Festival of Short Shorts), held at cinemas across France, offers an original programme of some 50 short films, each lasting less than three minutes. If your… |  |
43.610851 3.87601 | 11 International Extreme Sports Festival Amateur competitions precede the professional one at Montpellier's International Extreme Sports Festival. A specially constructed arena in the centre hosts BMXing, skateboarding, wakeboarding… | |
43.608176 3.879445 | 12 The Battle of the Year Final at Montpellier's Zenith brings together France's hottest new breakdance crews. Doors open at 3.30pm, with a DJ warming up the crowd for the qualifying rounds, then… | |
43.628163 3.842081 | 13 The enduringly popular annual theatre festival, Printemps des Comédiens, returns to the Château d'O in Montpellier. The festival directors pick out the very best in theatre each year for this… | |
43.610851 3.87601 | 14 One of Europe's premier dance events, the 16-day Montpellier Dance Festival returns to venues throughout the city. Highlights in 2010 include performances by Merce Cunnigham and Anne-Marie… | |
43.612671 3.874264 | 15 The Atger Museum concentrates solely on drawings from the Flemish, Italian, Dutch, German and French Schools. Its patient collector, Xavier Atger, bequeathed his collection to Montpellier's… |  |
43.610851 3.87601 | 16 Radio France and Montpellier Festival The Radio France and Montpellier Festival encompasses a huge variety of music and performances. Around 180 events are planned, from plays and operas to symphonies and jazz - and many are free.… | |
43.608176 3.879445 | 17 France's legendary Gruss Circus has thrilled audiences for a quarter of a century. The travelling Big Top hits Montpellier in summer, setting up at the Parc des Expositions and wowing kids and… |  |
43.612671 3.874264 | 18 The Atger Museum concentrates solely on drawings from the Flemish, Italian, Dutch, German and French Schools. Its patient collector, Xavier Atger, bequeathed his collection to Montpellier's… | |
43.611528 3.880139 | 19 Montpellier's Fabre Museum houses one of France's best art collections, including works by Delacroix, Raphael and Jan van Steen. The original collection was sent to the city in 1803 by… |  |
43.609575 3.879237 | 20 Discover Montpellier's ancient history at the Languedocien Museum. Housed in an old private mansion, the museum features exhibits dating from Roman to medieval times, alongside Greek… |  |
21 The Patinoire Végapolis in the Odysseum entertainment complex is an indoor winter sports metropolis, ideal for icy fun all year round. |  | |
22 Montpellier's biggest park, the 80-hectare zoo, is home to more than 500 animals. There's also an Amazonian greenhouse complete with over 4500 flowers and plants and a petite ferme where… | ||
43.613249 3.874132 | 23 Montpellier's St Pierre Cathedral has seen many twists of fate. Originally the church of the monastery of Saint-Benoît, founded in 1364, it was rebuilt in the 1700s following the Wars of… |  |
43.61078 3.878183 | 24 The old town's Musée du Vieux Montpellier, Museum of Old Montpellier, traces the history of this bustling southern city. Displays feature furnishings, fashion and decorative arts through the… |  |
25 Amazonian Greenhouse at the Montpellier Zoo Opened in June 2007, the Amazonian Greenhouse is a reproduction of the real thing in the Montpellier zoo, home to more than 500 different animals of 61 species, luxuriant vegetation and all… | ||
43.613585 3.873063 | 26 Created in 1593 for King Henry IV, the Jardin des Plantes in Montpellier is France's oldest botanical garden. With its tropical greenhouse, English Garden and 19th-century Orangerie it is an… |  |
27 Given Montpellier's stature as a university town, you'd expect to find some great book stores. Sauramps is the largest and perhaps even the best of them, with a range that includes the latest… | ||
28 Montpellier's Maison de la Lozère offers all the riches of southern French food culture. Some of them - the preserves and jams - you'll be able to take home with you. | ||
29 Marché aux Puces de la Paillade Montpellier's Sunday flea market, held in La Paillade, is as a royal bargain-hunting exercise to some, an opportunity to discover an unexpected treasure to others. Best of all, it's a chance… | ||
30 L'Antirouille is Montpellier's indie music venue with a difference, featuring rock concerts, reggae, French chanson, rap, ska and blues. There are regular cabaret, theatre and fashion shows… | ||
31 The popular Vert Anglais café and bar is a favourite among the local student population. Distinguished by its green awning among neighbouring cafes in the historic centre of Montpellier, there… | ||
32 The Agropolis Museum in Montpellier is devoted to understanding the symbiosis between humans and the land they cultivate. Are we over-farming or can the land sustain our constant interference… | ||
33 Depending on when you go and with whom, this Montpellier tea salon can be many different things. L'Heure Bleue is a place to chill on your own sipping lapsang souchong, a place to meet friends… | ||
34 The Manneken de Pis Belgian beer hall in Montpellier is always good fun. Jokily named after the well-known Brussels statue, it is another local and student favourite. There are eight Belgian… | ||
35 A new venture situated in Montpellier's out-of-town entertainment centre Odysseum, The Planétarium Galilée aims to look at outer space from Earth. Through an intoxicating 3D display, we… |  |
