| World
Pastry Cup |
Late
Jan, Eurexpo, Parc des Expositions. |
Bocuse
d’Or, world cuisine
contest |
Late
Jan, Eurexpo, Parc des Expositions |
Suivez
le Jazz (Festival of
Jazz) |
Mid Mar, various venues throughout the city. |
| Foire
Internationale de Lyon (Lyon International Fair) |
Lifestyle
fair, late March, Eurexpo, Parc des Expositions. |
| Gloubi
Boulga Night |
Evening of animation, early April, Bourse du Travail, Place
Guichard, Rue de la Part Dieu. |
| Festival
des Voix des Origines |
Singing
festival, mid May, various venues. |
| Lyon
Pride, gay and lesbian festival |
June, parade departs from Saxe Gambetta. |
| Art
on the Table |
Public picnics, June-July, Place Chardonne. |
| Les
Estivales |
Free events, various venues and concerts in the courtyard
of Hôtel de Ville. |
| Les
Nuits de Fourvière (Fourvière Nights) |
Musical and theatrical performance, mid-June-mid-September,
open-air Roman Theatres of Fourvièr. |
| Fête
Nationale (National Holiday) |
Celebration of Bastille Day, marked the evening before with
a firework display,
14 July, throughout Lyon. |
| Lyon
Reggae Festival |
July, Eurexpo, Parc des Expositions. |
| Tupiniers
Pottery Fair |
6 September, St Jean Cathedral Square. |
| Interior
Decoration Fair |
September, Eurexpo, Parc des Exposition. |
| Biennale
de Lyon de la Danse (Biennial of Dance) |
14 days non-stop performances (website: www.biennale-de-lyon.org),
second half of Sep, various venues |
| Red
Carpet Antiques Festival |
2
October, Rue Auguste Compte |
| Grand
Prix de Tennis de Lyon |
October,
Palais des Sports de Gerland. |
| Automobile
Salon Consumer Fair |
October,
Eurexpo, Parc des Expositions |
| La
Semaine du Goût, food festival |
October,
various venues. |
| Lyon
Lumière Festival (Festival of Lights) |
8
December, throughout the city. |
Guignol and Father Christmas |
Puppet
show, December-January, Guignol Un Gone de Lyon, Salle de
la Ficelle, 65 Boulevards des Canuts. |
