Events and festivals in Normandy on 14–15 November: in Dieppe, the Herring and Scallop Fair takes over Quai Henri IV, with a parade of the Confrérie and fireworks on Saturday night.
Saturday morning, on Quai Henri IV. Dieppe opens its fair on 14/11/2026 and keeps it going until the next day. Events and festivals in Normandy on 14–15 November: in Dieppe, the Herring and Scallop Fair takes over Quai Henri IV, with a parade of the Confrérie and fireworks on Saturday night.
The quays of Dieppe, herring over embers
The Herring and Scallop Fair fills Quai Henri IV and the harbour quays on Saturday, November 14, 2026 from 10 am to 11 pm, then on Sunday the 15th from 10 am to 6 pm. The City of Dieppe organises it, backed by the Confrérie du Hareng et de la Coquille Saint-Jacques.
Entry is free.
It began in the early 1970s as a direct sales point for fishermen on the quays. That informal market of sailors selling the day's catch has become a popular fair that draws tens of thousands of visitors every year.
Dozens of stalls serve herring grilled over embers, scallop skewers and seafood platters. The herring comes with a potato baked in the embers and salted butter.
The programme goes beyond the plates. On Saturday, the inauguration brings a brass band and the parade of the Confrérie, whose members wear traditional dress, and the fireworks go off at 10 pm. A scallop-shucking contest takes place on Place du Hâble. A festive village occupies Quai du Carénage, and the fair also has a craft market, a flea market, concerts, cooking classes and guided tours of the Pollet district.
The free car park at the Alpine plant is linked to the town centre by shuttles every 30 minutes, and city buses are free on Saturday during the fair.
From the fest-noz in Conches to the Planches in Deauville
In Conches-en-Ouche, the Festival Celtes en Ouche began on Friday and runs through Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, Breton dance workshops teach the an dro, the hanter dro, the gavotte and the plinn. In the evening, the Grand Fest-Noz brings four bands to the Salle des Fêtes. On Sunday, a recital of Celtic harp, guitar and voice takes place in the church, followed by a concert at the Salle Jean-Pierre Bacri.
Saint-Lô wraps up its week on Saturday. Les Rendez-vous Soniques end on 14 November, Place du Champ de Mars, with Le Normandy, the contemporary music venue that has organised them since 2009: rock, electro, hip-hop, pop, chanson.
Between Seine-Maritime and the Eure, the Festival Chants d'Elles continues until 22 November. French chanson, jazz, folk and world music come through female voices, in concerts, café-chansons and master classes. In Caen, Les Boréales, founded in 1992, opened on Thursday 12 November: literature, theatre, dance, circus, concerts, cinema and exhibitions around the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic states, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
In Putanges-le-Lac, the Marché de Noël de Putanges brings together 70 exhibitors and craftspeople at the Salle Jean Féron and the Aline Le Camus gymnasium: jewellery, bags, embroidery, lace, paintings, books, chocolates and jams. Entry is free, and a free raffle is drawn on site. In Rouen, the Foire Saint-Romain lines up more than 200 rides and stalls on the Esplanade Saint-Gervais until 22 November. It opens Saturday from 2 pm to 1 am and Sunday from 2 pm to 11 pm. Entry is free, and a ride costs 3 to 8 euros on average.
Quettehou welcomes its globetrotters. The Festival du voyage montfarvillais schedules two afternoons of films and travellers' stories at the Halle aux Grains, each screening followed by a talk with its author. An exhibition of photographs and watercolours is added, and on Saturday evening a longer screening follows a single journey, booking compulsory.
In Deauville, Planches Contact runs until 3 January. Its contemporary photography exhibitions, created by about twenty photographers invited in residence, fill the Planches, the beach and the seafront, with free access.