Villa Karli

Throughout the whole year, traditional dances, religious fêtes, exhibitions, festivals, artisan fayres and concerts take place across the region.

The Feria de Beziers, which takes place from 11th to 15th August every year, is an unmissable event for those in the vicinity. As the biggest festival in the south of France, the Feria de Beziers attracts in excess of one million visitors each year.
Attractions include concerts, folk dances, street music, equestrian shows and a fantastic procession of floats in the town centre. whilst at Les Arenes, a bullfight ensues.
For 5 days, the streets, squares, gardens and courtyards are full of people enjoying themselves with music, entertainment and endless tables of food and drink.

Sète is famous for water jousting, les joutes languedociennes, which is an important component of the local heritage, and take place in the Canal Royal from April to September.
In Sète there is a jousting school for children and a museum of the history of water jousting in the Languedoc. Water jousting was traditionnally a fishers and dockers' sport but every good (male) citizen of Sète must have climbed on the tintaine at least once in his life. Those who dared do it say that it is something extremely impressive.

In mid October, there are numerous wine festivals across the entire region to celebrate the new season's wine. The Fête de Vendanges in the village of Ouveillan, about 15km from Narbonne and a similar distance from Beziers, is a festival to celebrate wine and local crafts, is a wonderful weekend of festivities, parades, carftsmen and craftswomen plying their trades, wines, folklore and music.