Avène
On Thursday 12 November, from 5 to 7 pm, the atrium of the Eau Thermale Avène hotel hosts a market of local producers and craftspeople, with tastings and sales of jams and wines from local producers. Free entry, open to all; cash only. Information: +33 4 67 23 44 45.
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1 letter a month, the first at the end of October: what’s on during the autumn half-term (Toussaint), addresses around the Thau lagoon and walk ideas. Free.
On Thursdays 22 and 29 October, from 4 to 6 pm, the Conservatoire du littoral warden takes visitors, binoculars in hand, along the paths of the Orpellières Natura 2000 site, with its salt marshes, meadows, dunes and beach. Tickets start at €9 (free for under-6s); booking through the Béziers Méditerranée tourist office.
For its 12th edition, the Cap Brassens festival offers a week of concerts, open stages and talks at Le Dancing (Brassens Village), the Espace Brassens and the town’s libraries. Highlights include an Occitan-themed opening day, a complete Boby Lapointe performance and a jazz day; evening concerts cost €12 and many events are free.
From Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, the Cap d'Agde sailing centre and port host the Opti Cup: sailors born between 2011 and 2017, from France and abroad, race in Optimist dinghies. The event is on the French Sailing Federation calendar.
What to do this weekend? Autumn & half-term
On Thursday 29 October at 8:30 pm, at the Salle Léo Ferré, Jazz'Orb hosts the "Bang Bang" quartet, a tribute to the swinging jazz born in New York in the late 1960s, with Gabriel Fernandez (saxophone), Erik Lohrer (guitar), Emmanuel Beer (Hammond organ) and Thomas Doméné (drums). Booking required on 07 82 48 67 54.
On Friday 6 November at 6:30 pm, the Lectures Vagabondes association and the town of Bédarieux welcome novelist Gisèle Bienne at the contemporary art centre for the release of "L'Escalier sans marche" (Actes Sud). Free.
In the heart of the Haut-Languedoc, the lanes of Olargues host a large market of regional craftspeople and producers, creative workshops and family activities, with hot chestnuts and the Chœur du Jaur choir. A fireworks display lights up the Champ des Horts on Saturday at 8pm and the museum opens over the weekend; entry is free.