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National holidays, Celebrations, and Cultural Events Calendar in France 2021
France counts many national holidays, wonderful cultural events organised nationwide, and just like any other country in the world celebrates mothersday, fathersday, grandparents etc. Summer months on French motorways are also quite notorious! As a resident of France or as a tourist, it's difficult to keep it all straight! That's why at inthevendee.com we have created a handy **PRINTABLE** guide to those important days you want to be aware of. You needed this in your life, didn't you? We did!
National holidays, Celebrations, and Cultural Events Calendar in France 2021
| DATE | DAY 2021 | EVENT | IN FRENCH | WHAT IT MEANS |
| JANUARY | ||||
| 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day | Nouvel An | Public holiday |
| FEBRUARY | ||||
| 14 Feb | Sunday | Valentine's Day | St Valentin | |
| 16 Feb | Tuesday | Fat Tuesday | Mardis Gras | Carnival |
| MARCH | ||||
| 7 Mar | Sunday | Grandmother's Day | Fête des Grands-mères | Celebration |
| 20 Mar | Saturday | March Equinox | L'équinoxe de mars / Printemps | Spring Season begins |
| 28 Mar | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | l'heure d'été | Spring FORWARD / Daylight Saving Time |
| APRIL | ||||
| 2 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | Vendredi Saint | observed at home: eat fish (no meat day) |
| 4 Apr | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Pâques | Celebration |
| 5 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday | Lundi de Pâques | Public holiday |
| 6-11 April | Tue - Sun | European Craft Days | Journées Européennes des Métiers d’Art | An event unique to France to showcase professional training institutions in the professions of art across all French regions and territories. It shows contemporary know-how, inherited from yesterday, reinvented today and mastered by talented professionals, through open-doors and workshops and other events. |
| 22 Apr | Thursday | Earth Day | Jour De La Terre | |
| MAY | ||||
| 1 May | Saturday | Labor Day / May Day | Fête du Travail | Public holiday |
| 8 May | Saturday | WWII Victory Day | Fête de la Victoire 1945 | Public holiday |
| 13 May | Thursday | Ascension Day | Jour de l'Ascension | Public holiday |
| 15 May | Saturday | Night of the Museums | Nuit des Musées | European Cultural event. In France, the museums are open for free until 1AM |
| 15 May | Saturday |
European Heritage Days of the Windmills |
Journées Européennes des Moulins |
European Cultural event. Visit windmills, many privately owned and get a tour. (May not be free but inexpensive) |
| 16 May | Sunday | |||
| 23 May | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Pentecôte | Celebration |
| 24 May | Monday | Whit Monday | Pentecôte Monday | Public holiday |
| 30 May | Sunday | Mother's Day | Fête des Mères | Celebration |
| JUNE | ||||
| 5 June | Saturday |
Day of the Gardens |
Journées des Jardins |
French cultural event in which public, protected and stunning private gardens are open to admire for free. Many with tours. |
| 6 June | Sunday | |||
| 20 Jun | Sunday | Father's Day | Fête des Pères | Celebration |
| 21 Jun | Monday | Celebrating music | Fête de la Musique | French cultural event celebrating world music with free concerts all over France and in almost every important village. Musicians and bands volunteer. |
| 21 Jun | Monday | June Solstice | Solstice de juin / l'Eté | Summer Season begins |
| JULY | ||||
| 14 Jul | Wednesday | Bastille Day | Fête Nationale | Public holiday |
| AUGUST | ||||
| 15 Aug | Sunday | Assumption of Mary | Assomption | Public holiday |
| SEPTEMBER | ||||
| 18 Sep | Saturday |
European Heritage Days |
Journées Européennes du Patrimoine |
European cultural event 3rd weekend of September. Visit historical monuments, chateaux, abbeys etc of which some are not usually open to the public (privately owned) for guided tours (many are free, some charge minimal entry fee) |
| 19 Sep | Sunday | |||
| 22 Sep | Wednesday | September Equinox | L'équinoxe de septembre/ Automne | Autumn Season begins |
| OCTOBER | ||||
| 3 Oct | Sunday | Grandfather's Day | Fête des Grands-Pères | Celebration |
| 31 Oct | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Fin de l'heure d'été | FALL BACK / Daylight Saving Time |
| 31 Oct | Sunday | Halloween | Halloween | Celebration |
| NOVEMBER | ||||
| 1 Nov | Monday | All Saints' Day | Toussaint | Public holiday |
| 11 Nov | Thursday | Armistice Day | Armistice de 1918 | Public holiday |
| DECEMBER | ||||
| 21 Dec | Tuesday | December Solstice | Solstice de décembre / l'Hiver | Winter Season begins |
| 24 Dec | Friday | Christmas Eve | Noël soir | Evening of Celebration with family and/ or friends |
| 25 Dec | Saturday | Christmas Day | Noël | Public holiday |
| 31 Dec | Friday | New Year's Eve | Réveillon de la Saint-Sylvestre or Sylvestre | Evening of Celebration with family and/ or friends |
| SUMMER TRAFFIC ALERT | ||||
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In Southern Directions
Fridays and Saturdays from June 25 through 14 August 2021 Orange or red on all routes ***Black Saturdays*** 31st July and 7th August 2021 everywhere Saturdays 10th, 17th, 24th July 2021 Red on all routes Saturday 7th August 2021 Red on all routes  |
In Northern Directions Friday - Saturday from July 9th to August 28th 2021 orange or red all routes Weekend 30st - 31st July 2021 orange all routes Saturday 7th August 2021 red all routes Weekend Friday 13th August through Monday 16th August 2021 orange everywhere BUT red in direction Rhone valley - Languedoc Friday 20th, Sunday 22nd. and Monday 23rd August 2021 orange everywhere Saturday 21st August 2021 red on all routes Friday 27th August and Sunday 29th August orange everywhere Saturday 28th August red on all routes (last three weekends of August are the worst going north) |
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2021 Guide to French National Holidays, Celebrations, and Cultural Events, and summer traffic information ©inthevendee.com
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