Events and festivals in Nouvelle-Aquitaine on 14 and 15 November: the Livre Gourmand book festival takes over Périgueux, Jarnac runs its marathon and Aire-sur-l'Adour hosts Les Dragoniales.
Saturday morning, under the covered hall in Thiviers. The Marché au Gras opens its season there on November 14, 2026, while Périgueux has been hosting the Livre Gourmand since the day before. Events and festivals in Nouvelle-Aquitaine on 14 and 15 November: the Livre Gourmand book festival takes over Périgueux, Jarnac runs its marathon and Aire-sur-l'Adour hosts Les Dragoniales.
The Livre Gourmand festival, Place Bugeaud
The Festival du Livre Gourmand fills Périgueux from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November, at the Théâtre de l'Odyssée and on the esplanade Robert-Badinter, Place Bugeaud. Xavier Darcos, then deputy mayor for culture, created it in 1990 as a book fair, and it became a festival in 2021.
The 2025 edition set a record, with nearly 24,000 visitors.
The programme mixes talks and signings with cookbook authors, chefs' demonstrations and masterclasses, debates, cooking workshops, a literary café and children's activities called « Les Petits Gloutons ». A Village des Saveurs gathers Périgord producers and craftspeople around foie gras, truffles, chocolate, walnuts and caviar.
Three prizes are awarded there. The Prix La Mazille rewards a cookbook, the Prix Dame Tartine children's food writing, with a jury of children, and the Prix de l'Engagement, created in 2025, a book that takes a critical or creative look at food.
A chef presides over each edition as honorary president. Admission is free, and some workshops and shows require prior registration.
From Jarnac to Limoges, races, nights out and exhibitions
On the weekend of 14 November, the Marathon du Cognac sends its runners off from the quays of Jarnac over four races, from the 42.195 km marathon to the 5 km, through the vineyards and ageing cellars of the Charente valley, with food stops along the whole course. The main races run on Saturday and Sunday. The 24th edition gathered 4,700 runners in 2025.
In Thiviers, the Marché au Gras et aux Truffes runs on Saturday 14.11.2026 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. under the covered hall. Goose and duck foie gras, duck breasts and confit come first, then the black truffle joins them from December.
This weekend, Bisou ends its three nights of electro, techno and rap in Angoulême, between the Théâtre d'Angoulême, La Nef and the Espace Franquin. The last one is on Saturday. In Poitiers, the OFNI Festival runs until Sunday 15 with rare or unreleased films, film-concerts and performances in around ten venues, at 6 euros full price.
Biscarrosse closes the Quebec Film Festival on Saturday, at the Le Renoir cinema and the library. In Limoges, Impertinente ends the same day its enamel-on-metal trail, open since 5 June with a dozen exhibitions.
In Tulle, the International Art Photography Festival shows the 350 photos of an international competition until Sunday 15, at the salle des fêtes and the Musée du Cloître, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the weekend. Admission is free.