ANGELA
BIRD'S
What to do and see within 90 minutes of
WHAT'S ON IN NORTHERN FRANCE
August 2008
(entries in red indicate new additions)
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PLEASE NOTE This website is really just a
supplement to Angela Bird's guidebook, |
The listings on this site are supplied in good faith, gathered by
the author from various sources. However it is always wise to check details with organisers or
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Until 31 Aug |
African Safari: Exhibition of sand sculptures Some 80
lorryloads of sand from a quarry in |
La Digue (seafront) near end of Rue St Jean, Le
Touquet 62. |
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Until 21 Sept |
« Amiens, la cathédrale en couleurs
» The summer
illuminated show, at nightfall, bringing to life the wonderfully-carved
medieval sculptures on the West Front of the cathedral. Not to be
missed! Daily: June |
Cathedral, |
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Until 21 Sept |
Néogothique en Montreuillois |
Musée Roger Rodière,
Chapelle Sainte-Austreberthe |
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Until 28 Sept |
Autour d'Eanger Iving Couse Exhibition of photographs by an American artist–a
member of the |
Musée de la Marine, Etaples
62 |
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Until 2 Nov |
Eugène CHIGOT (1860-1923) This painter, from Valenciennes, was the instigator of the famous
“School of Etaples”, a group of artists from all over the world who were
drawn to set up their easels around the bay of the Canche in the late 19th
century. Works by Chigot as well as by other artists of the group. |
Musée du Touquet, Le Touquet 62 |
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Until 16 Nov |
L'autre
Allemagne (1914-1924) : rêver la paix Exhibition devoted to German writers and artists who denounced the
inhumanity of World War I and dreamed of a more peaceful world. |
Historial de la Grande
Guerre, Péronne, 80 |
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Musée Quentovic, Etaples,
near Le Touquet 62 |
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Until 16 Nov |
Fendre
l’Ombre 2008 Strange wooden figures sculpted by Christian
Lapie are scattered about the grounds of the former abbey. Mon-Fri |
St Riquier, nr Abbeville, 80 |
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Until
31 Dec |
Dans les pas
de Francis Tattegrain, Bernard Clarisse Works in the claqssical tradition of art by
a contemporary painter. |
Musée Opale-Sud, Berck-sur-Mer 62 |
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Until
31 Dec |
Dans les
pas de Francis Tattegrain, Jacques Damville Paintings by a contemporary artist who shows
landscapes, people at work, in realistic style. Damville has recently turned
to ceramics, creating a series of seascapes on enamelled plaques. |
Musée Opale-Sud, Berck-sur-Mer 62 |
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8-13 Aug |
Festival de Valloires Wonderful classical concerts given in the 18th-century chapel of
the Abbey of Valloires. |
Abbaye de Valloires, Argoules, near
Montreuil.62 |
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15 Aug |
Blessing of the Sea A parade of fishing and pleasure boats
goes out to see to lay a wreath in memory of missing sailors. On same date
each year. |
Petit-Fort-Philippe, near Gravelines.59 |
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Late Aug |
Patate Feest Dozens of scarecrows
are dotted around the picturesque |
Esquelbecq, near Wormhout 59 |
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30, 31 Aug |
Fête du Flobart An entertaining weekend organised around the
local fishing industry and especially the quaint little open boats of this
part of the coast, known as “flobarts”. |
Wissant 62 |
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