Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Colmar, Frankrijk

Druk — Christmas holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Carnaval de Colmar, Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Carnaval de Colmar

  10 feb – 20 mrt · meestalCarnavalDruk

  The Alsatian carnival season ends with a children's parade and the big afternoon cavalcade of floats and bands through the centre, a weekend that moves with the Lenten calendar. Free and very local. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Carnaval de Colmar, Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Festival de Paques

  28 mrt – 6 aprPasen & Goede Week

  Nine days of chamber music in the churches and the theatre in the run-up to Easter, and the one time in spring the town has a reason to be busy at night. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Carnaval de Colmar (10 feb – 20 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Spring holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Festival de Paques (28 mrt – 6 apr)

Topdrukte — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

• Feestdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Bron ↗

Druk — Fete de la Musique, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Fete de la Musique

  21 junMuziekfestivalDruk

  France's midsummer music night, with stages and amateur bands on the squares and street corners of the old town from early evening. Free, loud, and the one night the Petite Venise terraces stay full late. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: May holidays and ponts (1–25 mei)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Festival

  Festival International de Colmar

  5–14 julMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  Twenty-odd classical concerts in the Eglise Saint-Matthieu, the municipal theatre and the Koifhus over ten days in early July, including free lunchtime recitals by young players. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Foire aux Vins d'Alsace

  31 jul – 9 augEet- & drinkfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Ten days at the Parc Expo where the wine fair is the daytime half and stadium-sized concerts are the evening one. Rooms in the old town go with it, so book before the line-up is announced. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Foire aux Vins d'Alsace, Summer holidays in Frankrijk

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Foire aux Vins d'Alsace (31 jul – 9 aug)

Druk — Colmar Jazz Festival, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Vendanges on the wine route

  1 sep – 20 okt · meestalOogsttijd

  Picking runs through September and into October in the villages either side of town, and the late-harvest grapes hang on longest. Growers who normally pour at the door are out in the rows instead.

• Festival

  Colmar Jazz Festival

  21–26 sepMuziekfestivalDruk

  A week of jazz in the second half of September, ticketed evenings at the municipal theatre alongside free concerts around town. It lands in harvest season, so the wine villages are busy the same weekends. Bron ↗

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Vendanges on the wine route (1 sep – 20 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Festival du livre de Colmar, Christmas markets

• Festival

  Festival du livre de Colmar

  21–22 novKunstenfestivalDruk

  A free book festival at the Parc des Expositions on a late-November weekend, with a couple of hundred publishers and authors signing. It arrives the same weekend the Christmas markets open, so rooms tighten. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  23 nov – 29 decKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Six markets across the old town from the end of November, and the reason coaches queue on the ring road every December weekend. Go on a weekday morning or accept walking at the pace of the crowd. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays in Frankrijk

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas markets (23 nov – 29 dec)