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
Barreau lake: Lunch - Grilled meats
• 10.30 am: Barreau lake
Festival of 5 gaso
Manades: Colombet, Conti, Aelatenco, Gillet. Gardians of Saint-Rémy
• 11.30am: departure from Barreau lake, arrival at the Barnier Arena:
4 long abrivado with the manades Colombet, Conti, Aelatenco, Gillet
• 1pm: Barnier Arena
Aperitif with musical entertainment. Light refreshments on site
• 5pm: Main boulevards
Old trades parade (to be confirmed)
• 7.30pm: Church square
Aperitif concert with the orchestra
• 10pm: Ball with the Alméras orchestra

- 22ND SEPTEMBER
Entertainment by the Peña de Saint-Etienne-du-Grès
• 9am: Artillery salute
Barnier Arena: Grilled lunch with the Club Taurin l'Abrivado
• 10.30am: Main boulevards
Traditional Biou abrivado: 6 bare-horn bulls led by 6 gardians from the Munos manade
• 2.45pm: Chomel-Coinon Arena - Comité des Fêtes
Three bulls with protected horns from the Caillan manade
Raseted by students from the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence raseteurs school
• 3.30pm: Chomel-Coinon Arena
Camargue bull race counting towards the Trophée des As "39e Souvenir Pierre Gon et 2e souvenir Henri Baculard"
With the bulls: Maximus, Bon, Roucas, Mailhan, Pouderous, F. Guilliérme, Tire-Peu, Caillan, Duc, J.C Blanc, Frigolet, Saumade, Vanier, St Pierre
Guest raseteurs: Y. Zekraoui, L. Danna, V. Marignan, F. Martin, I. Oukharti, E. Bernard, Teggy
Prize-giving ceremony on the ring
• 9.30pm: Alpilium room
Glam Stars Cabaret evening with the Alméras orchestra (to be confirmed)
Free admission offered by the Comité des Fêtes

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

- 24TH SEPTEMBER
Entertainment by the Peña Camargua
• 10:30am : Boulevard Gambetta
Encierro of Tau bulls
• 3.30pm: Chomel-Coinon Arena
Camargue bull race "36ème Tau d'Or"
With the 8 best Tau of the season
Ticket purchases: please refer to the "Indications Prices" section

- 25TH SEPTEMBER
Town centre
All day Fair with reduced rates
• 5pm: town centre
Children's day
Comité des Fêtes with the Poney-Club du mas de Laudun
In memory of Gérard Krikorian
Children's abrivado offered by the fairground owners