Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Fête de la Véraison, 40 ans de création (1985-2025)

From Friday 1st to Sunday 3 August 2025 at 10 am.

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Event in Châteauneuf-du-Pape :

Knights and fine ladies, minstrels and jugglers, merchants and tavern owners invade the village streets for three days of celebrations and performances.
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Workshops, shows, historical reenactments, processions and short plays about everyday life, transport visitors back to days of yore. In the tradition of fairs and festivals from bygone days, the large market hosts over one hundred stalls, straight out of the Middle Ages.

Buy your collector glass !
Buy your glass at the entrances and taste the Châteauneuf du Pape in the cellars, at the Grand Fontaine and all other wine tasting places.

Craft Market
Throughout the craft market, discover calligraphers, writers, makeup artists, beekee¬pers, but also jewelry and ornaments, armor, incense, hypocras, delights, charms and beads, minerals, medieval clothes, witches and dragons...

The Program
The Fête de la Véraison is proud to present a program specially designed to amaze young and old alike.
- Place de l'Eglise (church square): small farm, animal discovery, medieval tavern, concerts,
- Place des Campements: La Cour Pontificale, Le Lion des Flandres, the companies La Coterie du Renard and Dominium Vulpis, the chivalric initiation course with the Cie du Paladin, the Taverne Panisso,
- Stroll: Les Baladins de Méliador, Les Gueux du Dauphin, Les Faunes d'Arteflammes, La Milice de Sembadelle,
- Music: Belugane, le Claymor Clan, Saboï, les Compagnons du Gras Jambon.

New products :
The Gueuleton des Alpes will be there for gourmets who like their food cooked on a spit, a brazier or a giant BBQ smoker!

Friday, August 1 from 10:00 am
Saturday, August 2 from 10:00 am
Sunday, August 3 from 10:00 am

- Medieval market with more than 100 stalls
- entertainments and workshops
- street shows, baladins and jugglers
- ambulances and music
- small educational farm
- children's worship
- wine tasting at the barrel, the fountain, the market and the cellars
- medieval taverns and village restaurants
- open tasting in the cellars 10:00-19:00

Highlights :
Friday:
11:00 Inaugural Parade of Pope Clement VI and his Pontifical Court
9:00 pm "Voyage en Dyonisie" show by Cie Saboï

Saturday:
11:00 Parade of Pope Clement VI and his Pontifical Court
9:30 pm Concert by Les Gras Jambons - Place de la Fontaine

Sunday :
11:00 Parade of Pope Clement
9:00 pm Closing parade with all the troops
9:30 pm 40th anniversary fireworks display

Prices for the weekend
Single admission: 5 euros per bracelet,
Tasting admission: 10 euros per wristband and glass for wine tasting in moderation.

Pre-sale at the tourist office
Tasting admission: 6 euros from 01/07 to 31/07.

Free access for under-18s.
Parkings gratuits / Free parking lots
Village shops open all weekend.

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Dates and times

From Friday 1st to Sunday 3 August 2025 at 10 am.

Languages spoken

  • English
  • French

Prices

Full price: 5 to 10 €.

Free entry for children < 18 years.

Methods of payment

  • Bank/credit card
  • Check
  • Cash

Contact

Dans les rues et sur les places
84230 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Tel : View number 04 90 83 71 08
E-Mail : Afficher le mail accueil.chateauneufdupape@paysdorange.com
Website : http://www.poptourisme.fr/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/villedechateauneufdupape

Coordinates

Longitude : 4.831512
Latitude : 44.056232

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This page was produced with the help of theOffice de tourisme Orange Châteauneuf