Festivals and events in Normandy on October 24 and 25: on Sunday, Conches-en-Ouche celebrates apples, cider and cheese in front of more than 100 exhibitors, and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue plays the blues.
Sunday morning, nine o'clock, at the Arboretum. In Conches-en-Ouche, in the Eure, the first stalls open on October 25. Festivals and events in Normandy on October 24 and 25: on Sunday, Conches-en-Ouche celebrates apples, cider and cheese in front of more than 100 exhibitors, and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue plays the blues.
The century-old presses of Conches-en-Ouche
The Festival of Apple, Cider and Cheese is held on Sunday, October 25, from 9 am to 6 pm, at the Arboretum and in the town centre. More than 100 exhibitors and craftspeople offer tastings and demonstrations of traditional skills. Entry is free.
Cider, calvados and perry producers, cheesemakers with camembert, livarot, pont-l'évêque and neufchâtel, bakers, pastry cooks, jam makers: visitors taste, and buy straight from the producer.
Century-old presses run the old way. The traditional bread oven turns out golden brioches and apple turnovers in front of the crowd. Craftspeople show how cider and cheese are traditionally made.
Regional contests for cider, honey and gingerbread pit the producers against each other, while folk groups in Norman costume parade through the streets with musicians.
For children, traditional Norman games, a farm animal exhibition, carriage rides and apple-pressing workshops. Crêpes, galettes and farm cider are served on site.
Blues in the Val de Saire, rock indoors
Les Passeurs de Blues takes over Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and the neighbouring villages of the Val de Saire on October 24 and 25: blues and southern rock indoors and in the street, guitar, harmonica and singing workshops, a vinyl stall and a specialist bookshop on both days. The first edition dates from late October 2022.
Saturday 24/10/2026, a rock night in Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin. Les Saints Sauveurs du Rock has been held at the Espace culturel Louis Costel since 2009, indoors, with tickets sold at the door and a wristband.
Rouen keeps its fair. The Foire Saint-Romain has filled the Esplanade Saint-Gervais since October 21 and runs until November 22, with more than 200 rides, attractions and stalls: it is the second-largest funfair in France after the Foire du Trône. Saturday, open from 2 pm to 1 am; Sunday, from 2 pm to 11 pm. Entry is free, a ride costs 3 to 8 euros on average. The opening fireworks go off on the Saturday after the fair opens.
Open-air photography in Deauville. The Planches Contact Festival runs until January 3, 2027 on the Planches and the beach, free to visit, with some twenty international photographers invited in residency. In Saint-James, the Saint-James Photo Festival hangs its prints in the streets of the town until November 1: no ticket office, the route is done on foot, at any hour.
Cook Normandy in the Eure starts on Saturday, October 24 and lasts until November 8: farms, restaurants and associations open cooking workshops built around Norman produce. Most are free, paid ones are capped at 30 euros, and booking is made with each organiser.