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Festival of Saint-Louis of Sète
Fête de la Saint-Louis
Sète, France
Aug 20 - 25, 2026ExpectedSource
Sète's annual patronal festival held over six days in late August around the feast of Saint Louis (25 August), centered on joutes nautiques languedociennes — traditional Languedoc water jousting — on the Cadre Royal section of the Canal Royal. White-clad jouteurs compete in categories culminating in the Grand Prix des Lourds (Heavyweights Tournament), accompanied by boat parades, hautbois and drum processions, concerts, street entertainment, popular games, swimming races across Sète, bodegas, and a closing fireworks display from the brise-lames. The tradition dates to the inauguration of the port of Sète on 29 July 1666 under Louis XIV.
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Cadre Royal
Sète, France
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Festival of Saint-Louis of Sète
Fête de la Saint-Louis
Sète, France
Sète's annual patronal festival held over six days in late August around the feast of Saint Louis (25 August), centered on joutes nautiques languedociennes — traditional Languedoc water jousting — on the Cadre Royal section of the Canal Royal. White-clad jouteurs compete in categories culminating in the Grand Prix des Lourds (Heavyweights Tournament), accom...
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Sète's annual patronal festival held over six days in late August around the feast of Saint Louis (25 August), centered on joutes nautiques languedociennes — traditional Languedoc water jousting — on the Cadre Royal section of the Canal Royal. White-clad jouteurs compete in categories culminating in the Grand Prix des Lourds (Heavyweights Tournament), accompanied by boat parades, hautbois and drum processions, concerts, street entertainment, popular games...
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Sète's annual patronal festival held over six days in late August around the feast of Saint Louis (25 August), centered on joutes nautiques languedociennes — traditional Languedoc water jousting — on the Cadre Royal section of the Canal Royal. White-clad jouteurs compete in categories culminating in the Grand Prix des Lourds (Heavyweights Tournament), accompanied by boat parades, hautbois and drum processions, concerts, stree...
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