Wine festival, pool party, guided tour… What to do in and around Toulouse this weekend?
By Maxence Dourlen
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The 33rd edition of the Fronton Saveurs & Senteurs Wine Festival, a guided tour of magical Toulouse, the finals of the Coupe de France de Beach Volleyball… Here is our selection ofouting ideas to do at Toulouse and to surroundings for this penultimate weekend of August.
#1. The Fronton Flavors & Scents Wine Festival
It is one of the most anticipated events of the year in Upper Garonne. The Saveurs & Senteurs de Fronton wine festival started yesterday and will continue all weekend in the Fronton area. This gastronomic festival offers an overview of the region’s terroir.
This year for its 33rd edition, Saveurs & Senteurs expects more than 30,000 visitors for this weekend of festivities. Thirty domains will be present to taste nearly 200 different cuvées. This is the event not to be missed this weekend.
#2. A guided tour on the history of magic in Toulouse
This is one of the nice events of this late summer in Toulouse: discover the Toulouse of magic through a guided tour accessible from 7 years old. A magician will guide you in the footsteps of magic in Toulouse (museum of old Toulouse, arcades and Capitole theatre) before teaching you the names and tricks of the figures of magic in the Pink City. This magician guide will complete this visit with magic tricks of which he has the secret.
#3. The finals of the French Beach Volleyball Cup
Beach volleyball is coming to Toulouse this weekend. The pink city hosts the men’s and women’s finals of the French Cup for beach volleyball clubs from August 19 to 21. In the program : 24 teams, 4 pitches and 3 days of high-flying competition. The meetings will take place on the outdoor Beach Volley grounds of CREPS Toulouse.
Saturday August 20, 2022, the play-offs and quarter-finals will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, August 21, from 10 a.m., the semi-finals of the competition will take place, before the kick-off of the women’s final scheduled for 2 p.m. The men’s is scheduled for 4 p.m.
#4. A Hitchcock classic outdoors
It’s open-air cinema season in Toulouse and its surroundings. This Saturday, August 20, 2022, the Cinémathèque de Toulouse is showing one of Alfred Hitchcock’s classics: “Cold Sweats”. See you at 9:30 p.m. this Saturday to discover or rediscover the legendary performances of James Stewart and Kim Novak.
#5. The 31 Notes d’été festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary!
Highlight of the artistic and tourist summer season in Haute-Garonne, the 31 summer notes festival combines culture, heritage and tourism by offering concerts, shows, tourist and cultural visits and exhibitions throughout the department. This year, it celebrates its 25th anniversary, from August 5 to 28!
This weekend, meet at Montrejeau for cultural visits from 10 a.m. at the farmers’ market, then from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. for a guided tour and tasting at the Apiary of Marylou. At 3.30 p.m., a guided tour is also organized at Stained Glass Workshop of Mount Royal.
In the evening, the Brass Rogers will set the mood for the guinguette break at 7:00 p.m. before handing over to the group Derli de Wally and their mood songs at 9:00 p.m.
Several activities are also on the program on Sunday:
• Lareole : virtual reality circus experience by the group Hold On, at the château, at 11:00 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 3:45 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. A demonstration of extreme juggling is also scheduled at 5:30 p.m. by the LPM company.
→ No romantic-saturated show-concert is scheduled at 6:15 p.m. by the troupe Les Dégingandés.
→ Tourist and cultural visits to the castleat 2.30 p.m. (discovery of the fauna and tasting of local products), 3.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. (visits to discover the history of the castle).
→ Exhibitions by Jane Evelyn Atwood, photographer) and Lucien Veillard, painter.
• Toulouse : show of puppets on the Maison Nougaro barge at 11.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. by the Neshikot company.
→ Tourist and cultural visits from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the barge.
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