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Festivals in France

The French love a good festival, so naturally you can find them throughout the country. Whether it's pop, rock, electronic or any other music genre you're looking for, France has it all! To give you an idea of what kind of festivals there are, we made you this list. Join the party!

Electrobeach Music Festival

Location: Le Barcarès, Perpignan, France

Website: electrobeach.com

You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking for a festival with a line-up consisting of some of the world’s best dj’s. Besides that, the location is amazing and you can expect bright and sunny days. Prepare yourself for a party you’ll never forget!

The closest big city to Le Barcarès is Perpignan. Trains from all over the country, and also from Barcelona in Spain, arrive here multiple times a day.  

Main Square Festival

Location: La Citadelle, Arras, France 

Website: mainsquarefestival.fr

What started out as a small event, has grown to be one of the biggest festivals in France today. From upcoming French artists, to well known artists from all over the world. Main Square Festival is an event for everyone.

The train station of Arras is connected to other cities by many trains. From Paris it takes 50 minutes by TGV train, from the station it is 1 km to the site.

Rock en Seine

Location: Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris, France

Website: rockenseine.com

Of course we weren’t going to forget to name a festival in the capital of the country: Paris has so much to offer! Besides rock, you can enjoy many more music genres like pop, hip-hop, electronic and indie.

The festival takes place in a parc just outside of Paris. You can get to the parc by metro (line 10), tram (line T2) or bus (lines 52, 72, 126, N12 and N61). 

Les Eurockéennes

Location: Belfort, France

Website: eurockeennes.fr

Les Eurockéennes takes place on a peninsula, in the middle of a beautiful national park. You can spend 4 days in this amazing environment, accompanied by great artists and newly-made friends.

Take a train to Belfort, from Paris this is a 3,5 hour train ride. From Belfort there are shuttle busses that take you to the festival grounds.

Explore France with Interrail

Keen to go to one of these festivals in France? Why not get an Interrail France Pass? It'll get you closer to an epic event, and you'll be free to explore more of France by train.