Christmas: December 25
Saint Sylvester’s Day: December 31
Red Wine Festival: January 22
Candlemas Day: February 2
Saint Valentine’s Day: February 14
Good Friday: The Friday before Easter
April Fools’ Day: April 1
Labor Day: May 1
Cannes Film Festival: Around May 12
Armistice Day: May 8
Assumption of the Holy Spirit: Between Easter and Pentecost
Pentecost: The church stipulates that it is the 50th day after Easter every year
Music Festival: June 21
National Day: July 14
Assumption of the Virgin: August 15
Armistice Day: November 11
Lyon Light Festival: December 8 to December 11
Paris Fashion Week: divided into two parts: Autumn and Winter (February and March) and Spring and Summer (September and October)
French international sports events:
French Open (Roland-Garros), referred to as “French Open”
Tour de France, held every summer