Gourmets would enjoy visit to Soulier that has remained a permanent venue of the gastronomic festival Saulieu en Cote-d'Or. Most of the activities take place in Journees gourmandes, where the best local producers represent their goods. The main condition for participation in the festival is the high quality of products. Festival participants will have an opportunity to taste great dairy products, meats and, of course, real Burgundy wines.
Travelers that are fond of noisy social events would find interesting to visit the town of Chalon-sur-Saone. The colorful festival of street culture, Chalon dans la Rue, is held there in the second half of July. In the last few years it has gained status of a major international event. The festival is attended by street performers and artists, musicians and acrobats. You could watch spectacular performances right on city streets.
In November, Bourgogne is visited by a huge number of music lovers; they are attracted by Nevers D'Jazz Festival. It features open-air concerts making the event even more soulful and romantic. World Sacred Music Festival is another unusual musical event. The permanent venue for the festival is Dijon; this unusual event may seem boring only at first glance.
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