Votive Festival in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

2024 Votive Festival programme (subject to change):

- 20TH SEPTEMBER
• 8.30pm: Place Jules Pélissier
Traditional opening concert of the Votive Festival with the Harmonie ensemble

- 21ST SEPTEMBER
Entertainment by the Peña Camargua
• 9am: Artillery salute
Lac de Barreau: Lunch - Grills
• 10.30 am: Lake Barreau
Festival of 5 gaso
Manades: Colombet, Conti, Arlatenco, Gillet. Gardians saints rémois
• 11.30am: departure from Lac de Barreau, arrival at the Barnier Arena:
4 long abrivado with the Colombet, Conti, Arlatenco and Gillet herds.
• 1pm: Barnier Arena
Aperitif with musical entertainment. Light catering on site
• 9.30pm: Jan-Léger Stadium
Pyrotechnic show - In the event of bad weather, postponed to 28 September (offered by the municipality)
• 8pm - 11pm: Church square
Grand Bal with the Alméras orchestra
• 10pm - 1.30pm: BODEGA at the Barnier Arena

- 22ND SEPTEMBER
Hosted by the Peña de Saint-Etienne-du-Grès
- 9am: Artillery salute
Barnier arenas: Grilled lunch with the Abrivado bullfighting club
• 10:30 am: Tour de Ville
Traditional abrivado di Biou: 6 bare-horn bulls led by 6 gardians from the Munos manade
• 2.45pm: Arènes Chomel-Coinon - Comité des Fêtes
Three bulls from the Caillan manade
Shaved by students from the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence shaving school
• 3.30pm: Chomel-Coinon Arena
Camargue race counting towards the Trophée des As ‘40th Souvenir Pierre Gon and 2nd Souvenir Henri Baculard’.
With the bulls: Maximus Bon, Roucas Maihan, Jocrus F. Guilliérme, Tire-Peu Caillan, Duc J.C Blanc, Frigolet Saumade.
Guest shavers: Y. Zekraoui, L. Danna, V. Marignan, F. Martin, I. Oukharti, E. Bernard, Teggy
Prize-giving ceremony on the track


- 23RD SEPTEMBER
Hosted by the Peña de Saint-Etienne-du-Grès
• 9am: Artillery salute
• 9.30am: Manade Gros - Les Paluds, route de Mollégès
Lunch in the meadow
• 11am: Departure from Manade Gros, arrival at Barnier arena
Long abrivado with the Manade Conti
• 12.30pm: Barnier arena
Saint-Rémois aperitif
• 3.30pm: Chomel-Coinon bullring
Camargue race counting towards the Trophée de l'Avenir ‘17th Trophée Espoirs’.

- SEPTEMBER 24TH
Led by the Peña Camargua
• 10.30 am: Boulevard Gambetta
Encierro de Tau by the Manade Robert H.
• 3.30pm: Arènes Chomel-Coinon
36th Tau d'Or Camargue Race
With the 8 best Tau of the season
To buy tickets: please refer to the ‘Pricing information’ section.

- 25 SEPTEMBER
Town Centre - Children's Day
All day Reduced-price funfair
• 5pm: town centre
Children's abrivado offered by the fairground owners