Chestnut Festival

Animal parade
Departure at 11am from the Tourist Office to the Place de Gaulle, accompanied by the animals of the Haut-Pays.

Chainsaw sculpture
An original and fascinating skill! All afternoon, Patrice LESAGE, here for the first time in Cagnes-sur-Mer, will share his talent as a chainsaw sculptor!

Local produce and craft market
Chestnuts, honey, olive oil, cold meats, cheeses, jams, gingerbread, autumn fruits, local crafts... The market stretches around the Place de Gaulle and all the way to the Cours du 11 Novembre!

Free chestnut tasting
1 tonne of chestnuts will be roasted in public in the Place de Gaulle for free tasting from 12 noon.

All day long, in the Place de Gaulle, Rue Giacosa and Cours du 11 Novembre, you'll be entertained by groups from the Haut-Pays region: ‘Lo Cepon’, ‘La Banda dou Pra’ and ‘Escapado’.

Free entertainment for families
Ecological rides and games
The beautiful wheel
Ecological and solidarity-based wooden merry-go-round, fun and intergenerational.
Place de Gaulle, 10am to 1pm and 2.30pm to 5.30pm

L'Orgarêve et ses joyeux nuages, a ‘parent-powered’ merry-go-round that will delight children and surprise their parents!
Place de Gaulle, 10am to 12.30pm and 2.30pm to 5pm

Monsters Games
With driftwood and imagination, unusual games, games of skill and sound to discover with the whole family!
Cours du 11 Nov., 10am to 12.30pm and 2.30pm to 5pm

Educational farm
The farm animals are waiting for you! ‘Once upon a time, there was a farm’, a world to discover with workshops for children

making butter
planting, making seed bombs and sowing cards.
old trades’ stand
Kimangekoi’ and “Kimtouché” discovery games.
Place de Gaulle, rue Frédéric Mistral

Chestnut Festival 2018
Woodturning

Woodturning demonstration, spinning top making and children's colouring workshop.
Place de Gaulle.

Donkey and pony rides
Free activities for children up to 25kg:

donkey rides
2pm < 5.30pm: departure from rue F. Mistral pony rides 10am < 12.30pm and 2pm < 5.30pm: departure from rue des Palmiers (behind the Tourist Office). Trades of yesteryear Take a trip back in time to the daily lives of our ancestors to discover or rediscover their precious skills: Blacksmiths, washerwomen and ironers, grinders, criers and much more! Allée des Métiers d'Antan - Avenue Renoir, from 10am to 5pm. Lacemakers of Cagnes-sur-Mer Place de Gaulle, from 10am to 6pm. Woodturner Bernard CAILLET ‘New Place de Gaulle, from 10am to 6pm. Daube and polenta Partner restaurants in the town centre will be preparing the traditional daube and polenta and offering it as a dish of the day for the single price of €15. Don't forget to book your table! Electric Café - 04 93 20 88 29 - Café de la Place - 04 93 22 54 90 La Merenda deï Gagnenc - 09 82 37 28 37 - Brasserie des Halles - 04 92 0