Christmas in the P-O…
Along the coast....
ARGELES-SUR-MER
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 81 15 85
www.argeles-sur-mer.com
Thursday 13th December - Thursday 3rd January
Nativity scene exhibitions - galerie Marianne
Amélie-les-Bains – Palalda.
office de tourisme: Tel 04.68.39.01.98
www.amelie-les-bains.com
Sunday 9th December - Sunday 6th January
Exhibition of traditional nativity scenes - Chapelle de l’Hôpital Militaire Free entry
BANYULS-SUR-MER
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 85 31 58
www.banyuls-sur-mer.com
Monday 24th December
15H : Place Paul Reig - Christmas show for children « Le Royaume Enchanté » .
Arrival of Father Christmas in a Catalan fishing boat and parade of floats through the streets with distribution of sweets.
CANET-EN-ROUSSILLON
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 86 72 00
www.ot-canet.fr
Theatre season 2007 at Théâtre Jean Piat: info on 04 68 86 72 63
Saturday 8th December - Saturday 5th January
Nativity scene exhibitions
Sunday16th December
Christmas concert at the église St Jacques du Chœur de St Petersbourg -17h Admission: 20€
Monday 31st December
Themed fireworks for New year and Cobla Principal del Rossello
Sunday 6th January
New year concert - « Les 3 ténors de l’orchestre de Canet » «
halle des sports
17h – Admission: 6€
COLLIOURE
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 82 15 47
www.collioure.com
Thursday 6th - Sunday 9th December
Christmas at the Château Royal
Friday 28th December
Pessebre by Jordi Barre - 16h - in Notre Dame des Anges church
Monday 31st December
New year celebrations - click on link for more details
PORT-BARCARES
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 86 16 56
www.barcares.com
From Saturday 15th December - 2nd March 2008
Indoor ice rink - click on link for more details
Sunday 2nd December
Arrival of Father Christmas at 12h distribution of sweets and Christmas carols.
Saturday 22nd December
Pessebre: Live nativity scene in the place de la République - 15h.
Sunday 23rd December
Arrival of Father Christmas on his sleigh - 15h, Place de la République - distribution of sweets - letter box for posting christmas wishes to Santa
PORT-VENDRES
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 82 07 54
www.port-vendres.com
Sunday 23rd December
Christmas concert with Alain Marinaro, Maria Escobar Soprano - church
SAINT-CYPRIEN
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 21 01 33
www.saint-cyprien.com
December
Mille et une lumières competition
Sunday 16th December
Sardanes
Wednesday 19th December
Christmas concert with the music school « Nadal al Canigou» - church
Saturday 22nd December
Concert at the Médiathèque
On the plain......
( Roussillon, Agly, Fenouillèdes, Albères,
Vallespir, Conflent)
AMELIE-LES-BAINS
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 39 01 98
www.amelie-les-bains.com
Sunday 25th November
Christmas market with live nativity, pony rids, demos, children’s toy ’brocante’ - 9h - mass: 17h : musical Christmas stories - church, 20h : gospel and sacred music - church.
Sunday 2nd December
Vide grenier
Sunday 2nd December
Christmas market with live music, pony rides, demos, Father Christmas...
Sunday 9th December - 6th January
Pessebres exhibition - Chapelle des Armées
Sunday 9th December
Concert : Eglise St Quentin - 17h - les Cantarelles de St André
Free admission
LE BOULOU
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 87 50 95
www.ot-leboulou.fr
Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th December
Téléthon
Sunday 9th December
Concert « le Quintet de St Petersbourg » - église du Boulou
CERET
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 87 00 53
www.ot-ceret.fr
Sunday 16th December
Grande Foire au gras and Marché de Noël
Sunday 23rd December
Christmas carols - church - 17h
COUSTOUGES
Info: Mairie Tél. 04 68 39 51 01
Sunday 2nd December
Marché de Noël Transcatalan : produce from both sides of the border.
ELNE
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 22 05 07
www.ot-elne.fr
Friday 30th - Sunday 2nd December
Feliç Nadal : Christmas market and fun at Father Christmas’s grotto
Sunday 2nd December
Children’s vide grenier
Friday 7th - Monday 10th December
Fête Patronale de la Ste Eulalie : Giant’s parade, sardanes, concerts, music and dancing.
ILLE-SUR-TET
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 84 02 62
www.ille-sur-tet.com
Sunday 2nd December
Tea dance with L. Gorce
Saturday 15th December
Fabrique de Noël at the Fabrica
MOSSET
Office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 05 38 32
Monday 24th December
Pessebre des Pastorets de Mosset : live nativity and Christmas carols
PERPIGNAN
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 66 30 30
www.perpignantourisme.com
Saturday 1st December
The turning on of the Perpignan lights will take place at 17 H.
Sunday 16th and 23rd December.
Christmas shopping : Perpignan shops will
be open for Christmas shoppers on Sunday
16th and 23rd December. There will also be
free parking in Wilson, Arago, Saint-Martin
and Catalogne carparks in the city centre..
Saturday and Sunday 15th -16th and 22nd – 23rd December
Choirs will sing carols in the town centre:
ELS CANTAIRES DE JUNEDA - male choir of 35 choristers
ORFEO LA LIRA - mixed choir of 50 choristers from Barcelona
CENTRE I ENERGIA – more than one hundred choristers
LA LLANTIA - male choir with more than 25 members.
Saturday 15th December
Christmas concert “Puccini di Gloria” - 20h30. - Palais des congrès (espace Grenat)
Celebrating both Christmas and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Puccini – opera, tenors, a bit of everything……..
Admission : 24 euros (1st set) and 21 euros (2nd set)
Sunday 16th December
BINGO at the Parc des Expositions - 20h30
Sunday 16th December – 7th January
LES PESSEBRES – nativity scenes at the Casa Pairal (Castillet) Open every day from 11h00 - 17h30, except Tuesday and Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Monday 17th - Tuesday 25th December
CARILLON DE LA CATHÉDRALE
The 46 cathedral bells will sound out Christmas melodies every evening
Monday 17th and Sunday 23rd December
Children meet Father Christmas at the foot of the Castillet for sweetie handouts - 15h - 19h.
22rd (17h00)-23th (17h00) -24th (21h00) December
LE PESSEBRE DE JORDI BARRE
Live nativity performance as Jordi Barre, famous Catalan singer heads 150 singers, dancers and musicians - Eglise des Dominicains
6th January
Cavalcade des Rois Mages (procession of the Three Wise Men
Gaspard, Melchior and Balthazar, the three kings who brought
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh to the baby Jesus, will parade
through the streets of Perpignan on horse and camel back, collecting
letters from children which should contain their wishes
for 2008 and will be read out at the Campo Santo. - 17h at place Arago
PRADES
Office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 05 41 02
www.prades-tourisme.com
Sunday 18th November
Foire au gras
Initiation into the Capoeira (Afro-Brazilian martial art, game, and dance created by enslaved Africans in Brazil during the 17th Century and involving percussion instruments, singing, and sparring)…
Saturday 8th December
Flower sale for the Téléthon. Sardanes.
Sunday 23rd December
Pessebre vivant - live nativity scenes sung and acted in Catalan by Els Pastorels del Conflent.
PRATS-DE-MOLLO / LA PRESTE
Office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 39 70 83
www.pratsdemollolapreste.com
Saturday 22nd December
Arrival of Father Christmas
RIA
Wednesday 24th December
Pessebre vivant - live nativity scenes sung and acted in Catalan by 60 ‘Pessebristes’.
RIVESALTES
office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 64 04 04
Sunday 2nd December
Blessing of the Christmas Muscat, sardanes and gegants.
SAHORRE
Mairie Tél. 04 68 05 53 16
Saturday 15th December
sardanes
SAINT-ESTEVE
Mairie Tél. 04 68 38 23 00
Saturday 9th December
Christmas market in the old village
SAINT-FELIU-D’AVALL
Mairie Tél. 04 68 57 80 12
Sunday 8th December
Vide grenier
SAINT-GENIS-DES-FONTAINES
Syndicat d’initiative Tél. 04 68 89 84 33
Exhibition all year in the galerie du Cloître des deux clochers
Monday 24th December
Live nativity scene and christmas church service at St Michel church - 20h30
SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-SALANQUE
Syndicat d’initiative Tél. 04 68 28 31 03
www.saint-laurent-salanque.com
Saturday15th –Sunday 16th December
Christmas market
SAINT-PAUL-DE-FENOUILLET
Office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 59 07 57
www.st-paul66.com
Sunday 16th December
Christmas concert with Jazz and Gospel band Santandrea – church – 17h
SALEILLES
Info: Mairie Tél. 04 68 37 70 70
Saturday 22nd December
Christmas songs - 17h at the church
THUIR
Info: Syndicat d’initiative Tél. 04 68 84 67 87
Saturday 1st - Sunday 30th December
"Il était une fois Noël à Thuir... Tales and legends from Russia.
Father Christmas is helped by the beautiful Snegorouchka all dressed in blue, and created, according to Russian legend by Jack frost (le Père Gel). Exhibitions, lectures, parades, Decorated windows, scenes of Russia………..
Sunday 9th December
Almond festival
VINCA
Info: Syndicat d’initiative Tél. 04 68 05 84 47
Sunday 2nd December
Foire de la St André : «Tramontane et salaisons»
Entertainment, fair rides, car display, market, music and of course Saint Nick await you in Vinça on Sunday
…..and up in the mountains.... Le Capcir et la Cerdagne.
LES ANGLES
Info: office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 04 32 76
www.les-angles.com
Saturday 15th –Sunday 16th December
Opening Sud Ouest Pyrénées Snowboard Tour
Monday 24th December
Pessebres exhibition - Maison Petchiques
18h: Torch lit descent of the slopes and arrival of Père Noël with « Dameuses de Fuego » (snowploughs of fire) - presents handed out at the Cour du Castell, ‘setting alight’ of the Château, complimentary « Xocolatada » (hot chocolate) - Place du Castell.
24h: Christmas mass at the Eglise St Michel
Tuesday 25th December
Free mandarins handed out throughout the day!
Wednesday 26th December
Live nativity scenes
Monday 31st December
Torch lit descent of the slopes, fireworks and hot chocolate
Saturday 5th January
Cavalcade des rois - The procession of the three kings, Gaspard, Melchior and Balthazar, who brought Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh to the baby Jesus, guided by the star of Bethlehem.
BOLQUERE / PYRENEES 2000
Info: office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 30 12 42
Terminal des loisirs 04 68 30 39 70
www.pyrenees2000.com
Monday 24th December
From 14h onwards – Christmas market - avenue du Serrat de l’Ours, in Pyrénées 2000
From 19h onwards – a Christmas show with son et lumière – torch lit descent ending in the arrival of Father Christmas on his sleigh. Presents for the children and firework display
EYNE / ESPACE CAMBRE D’AZE
Info: Mairie Tél. 04 68 04 78 66
Syndicat d’initiative du Cambre d’Aze : Tel. 04 68 04 08 01
www.cambre-d-aze.com
Sunday 16th December
Grand prix du Cambre d’Aze
Monday 24th December
Christmas show
FONT-ROMEU
Info: office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 30 68 30
www.font-romeu.fr
Monday 24th December
Great Christmas show
FORMIGUERES
Info: office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 04 47 35
www.formigueres.com
From Saturday 22nd December
Various events and entertainment throughout the resort. Contest at the Snowparc, torch llit descents…..…
Monday 24th December
Father Christmas will abseil down from the church bells. Complimentary hot wine and chestnuts.
MONT-LOUIS
Info: office de tourisme Tél. 04 68 04 21 97
www.mont-louis.net
Monday 10th December
Christmas market
PORTE PUYMORENS
Info: Mairie Tél. 04 68 04 82 41
From Saturday 22nd December
Snowboard competition
Torch lit descent of the slopes, hot wine and chocolate.
SAILLAGOUSE
Info: Syndicat d’initiative Tél. 04 68 04 72 89
Thursday 6th – Sunday 9th December
Christmas market
UR
Info: Mairie Tél. 04 68 04 81 91
Sunday 23rd December
Christmas market