Calendar
9-10 September - Brocante et Antiquités
Two-day flea market. To go bargain hunting, walking, strolling and why not, to discover a unique item
La Bourboule
11 September - Blues concert - Off Six
From 6 until 7 pm and from 10 pm until midnight in the Casino
Le Mont-Dore
11 September - Musette musique
At 5 pm in Café Petit Paris
Le Mont-Dore
12 September - Manouche musique
At 5 pm in Café Petit Paris
Le Mont-Dore
12 September - Ultra Trail du Sancy
Challenge Montrail: 44 miles, 4.000 m of climbing
Trophée Casino Mont-Dore: 21 miles, 1.800 m of climbing
Challenge Running Conseil: 4 miles, 1.090 m of climbing
Walking tour: 11 miles, 1.090 m of climbing
Centre de Promotion des Loisirs Verts et Routiers
Le Mont-Dore
13 September - Sancybérie
French Russian musique and dance festival
www.sancyberie.com
Thermes du Mont-Dore
16 September - Brocante
Le Mont-Dore
17 September - Accordeon Jazz concert
Maulus at 5 pm in Café Petit Paris
Quartet Maulus
Le Mont-Dore
18 September - African rock music, blues and reggae - Azume
From 6 until 7 pm and from 10 pm until midnight in the Casino
Le Mont-Dore
18-19 September - La Transvolcanique
2-day MTB-event. Day 1: 53 miles with 2,160 meters of climbing. Day 2: 56 miles with 1,690 meters of climbing
More information
Blanzat - Le Mont-Dore - Blanzat
19 September - South American music
At 5 pm in Café Petit Paris
Le Mont-Dore
19 September - Spectacle folklorique
Folklore spectacle in the outdoor theatre or at the icerink (depending on the weather)
Le Mont-Dore
23-26 September - Volcanic Blues Festival
Concerts of different types of blues music. Nice pictures of a previous edition to get in the mood can be found at the site of a local photographer.
www.volcanic-blues.com
Le Mont-Dore
2 October - Spectacle Théâtral : L'amour, l'amour, l'amour
Theatre show by the group Compagnie Show Devant
Le Mont-Dore
3 October - Spectacle folklorique
Folklore spectacle in the outdoor theatre or at the icerink (depending on the weather)
Le Mont-Dore
10 October - Spectacle folklorique
Folklore spectacle in the outdoor theatre or at the icerink (depending on the weather)
Le Mont-Dore
17 October - Spectacle folklorique
Folklore spectacle in the outdoor theatre or at the icerink (depending on the weather)
Le Mont-Dore
23 January - Trail hivernal du Sancy
Running competition at the Sancy-massif over 12,5 miles with 800 meters of climbing or 19 miles with 1.400 meters of climbing
www.cplvr.com
Le Mont-Dore
29 January - Auver'Glace
Meeting of practitioners of winter sports. This event is for everyone from beginner to expert, hikers and climbers. The Auver'Glace are various workshops to mountaineering techniques to discover or improve.
Pied du Sancy, Le Mont-Dore
26 February - Coupe du Massif Central de ski alpinisme : La Mathusalem
3 events: 580m run and climb, a trail of 1 hour and a sprint. Start: bottom of the ski slopes, parking Les Chomets at 6 pm.
More information
Station du Mont-Dore
26 February-5 March - Festival Sancy Snow Jazz
22th edition of this unique festival. Unique because of its programming exclusively New Orleans and traditional jazz. 8 days and 8 nights of Hot Jazz to listen and dance to.
In addition to live entertainment in bars, restaurants, discos… animation in the streets, parades to get Le Mont-Dore and the Massif du Sancy swinging.
www.sancy-snowjazz.com
Le Mont-Dore
5 March - Ice fishing
Opening of the fishing season at the Lac du Guéry. Weather permitting, an unique event in France: fishing through holes in the ice. Seated on the edge of a hole - as an Inuit – looking for trout and other fish species.
Lac du Guéry
22-28 March - French National Ski Championships
Super-Besse