Bédarieux
On Saturday 17 October at 8:30 pm, the Harmonie bédaricienne hosts Les Trompettes de Lyon at the Salle de la Tuilerie, with a programme ranging from orchestral and operatic classics to French chanson and musicals. Wine tasting and food from 6:30 pm; entry €12, free for under-15s.
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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.
The festival opens on 10 October with a “La Traviata, from Dumas to Verdi” gala at the Foyer des Campagnes. The week continues with “Sacre Mozart” by the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, a Little Prince musical tale, a lyric gala, a jazz night and the master-class final concert on the 18th; the two Apér’Opéra events are free.
For its 13th edition, the festival offers six concerts across Montpellier, Guzargues, Gignac, Le Rouet and Saint-Martin-de-Londres, with a carte blanche for Argentine lutenist Eduardo Egüez. It closes on 18 October at 5pm in the church of Saint-Martin with Jean-Marc Andrieu and Les Passions; full price €20, reduced €15.
For its 3rd edition, this free photo trail displays work by more than 30 photographers in some 20 venues, including the Saint-Nazaire cathedral cloister and the Musée Fayet. A contest also features 15 amateur photographers from Occitanie, and visitors can vote for their favourite.
What to do this weekend? Autumn & half-term
On Wednesday 14 October at 8:30 pm, three musicians from the Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie perform Bach's Goldberg Variations at La Tuilerie, in Dmitri Sitkovetsky's string-trio arrangement. Free introduction at 7:30 pm; ages 7 and up, €7 to €15.
On Friday 16 October, from 6 to 8 pm, the Valquières community hall in Lunas-les-Châteaux hosts a film screening and talk on the Eurasian otter, in partnership with LPO Hérault. Entry €10, free for under-12s; places are limited.
For this national event of the Vignobles & Découvertes network, the Canal du Midi–Saint-Chinian destination is running activities in Saint-Chinian, Cruzy, Quarante and Assignan. Highlights include the Grand Dîner des Vignobles on 16 October (from €60) and a bike ride through the Saint-Chinian vineyards (from €20, bookable online).