Calendar January Annual Events

 Annual Holidays (Jours de Fêtes) are in red 

 Other special annual days are in yellow 

January sees a few more santons (crèches) exhibits and the beginning of some Mimosa festivals. Weekly truffle markets continue truffle markets.

New Year's Day [Tue]

Banon  04150 - Crèches de Noel (Santon Cribs) [15 jan - 2 feb]

Cruis  04230 - Crèches de Noel (Santon Cribs), Pays de Forcalquier - classed as monuments historiques. [15 jan - 2 feb]

Dauphin  04300 - Ancient Crèches de Noel (Santon Cribs), Pays de Forcalquier - Dauphin has the oldest, with 30+groups in 18th-c mode.

Forcalquier  04300 - Crèches de Noel (Santon Cribs) [15 jan - 2 feb]

Lardiers  04230 - Crèches de Noel (Santon Cribs) [15 jan - 2 feb]

Lurs  04700 - Ancient Crèches de Noel (Santon Cribs), Pays de Forcalquier - from the 19th-c.

Mane  04300 - Ancient Crèches de Noel (Santon Cribs), Pays de Forcalquier - from the 19th-c.

Manosque  04100 - Crèches (Santons) of the 19th c.

Reillanne  04110 - Ancient Crèches de Noel (Santon Cribs), Pays de Forcalquier - 90+ contemporary figurines.

Vachères  04110 - Crèches de Noel (Santon Cribs) [15 jan - 2 feb]

King's Day (Epiphanie) - Gateaux des Rois, every January 6th [Sun]

Arles  13200 - International Salon des Santonniers (Dec-Jan)

Aups  83630 - Truffle market (Thur mornings, late Nov-Feb)

Berre-l'Etang  13130 - Concours de crèches (santons)

Cannes  06400 - MIDEM - Marché International de Disque et de l'Edition Musicale - Palais des Festivals

Carpentras  84200 - Truffle market (Fri mornings, late Nov-Feb)

Le Castellet  83330 - Fête

Coudoux  13111 - Fête de la Saint Vincent - wine festival des Côteaux d'Aix and Olive festival

Cuges-les-Pins  13780 - Concours de crèches (santons)

Eyragues  13630 - Fête de la Saint-Bonnet

Monaco  98000 (Monaco) - Monte-Carlo Rallye (automobiles) - 2005: 73rd annual

Pégomas  06580 - Fete du Mimosa

Saint Cannat  13760 - Forum de la Truffe

Sainte Agnès  06500 - Fête Patronale

Sausset-les-Pins  13960 - Fête de l'Oursin - tasting oursins and shellfish, foire artisanale, etc.

Cadenet  84160 - Fete des Vanniers - Basket Maker Festival

Saint Martin-de-Crau  13310 - Fête des Bergers - sheep and sheperds in the streets

Valbonne  06560 - Fête du Raisin. Fete de la Sainte Blaise - Carnaval, floats, folklorique

Aups  83630 - Fete de la Truffe

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