ANGELA BIRD'S

WHAT'S ON IN THE VENDEE
February 2009
(entries in red indicate new additions)
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PLEASE NOTE This website is really just a
supplement to Angela Bird’s guidebook, The Vendée (left), which
gives full details |
The listings on this However it is always |
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Until 22 Feb 2009 |
Creches
animées Wonderful displays of animated nativity scenes in model-village
settings and landscapes of all kinds.
Daily 2-6.30pm. 5€, children
3€, under 10 free. |
Maison de l’Art, Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche |
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Until late Feb
2009 |
Le
Bénin et ses royaumes Large exhibition on the
west-African country of Benin, which has close links with the Vendée. |
Historial de la
Vendée, |
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31 Jan-late Feb |
Vendée-Globe
village reopens The tented
village, containing boutiques of nautical paraphernalia and information on
this gruelling round-the-world yacht race is open for three weeks in
anticipation of all the yachtsmen and –women returning to port. |
La Chaume, near Les Sables d’Olonne |
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Exhibition: Paul-Emile Pajot et son temps
(1873-1929) Works by one of the self-taught fishermen-painters
of La Chaume, whose precisely-rendered images of tuna-fishing sailing boats
and storm-tossed wrecks can usually be seen in the attics of the museum. Tues-Sun
2.305.30pm. 4.60 euros. |
Abbaye Ste-Croix, Rue de Verdun, Les
Sables-d’Olonne |
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mid Feb |
29ème
Salon Régional Antiquaires et Belle Brocante
Quality antiques fair at La Roche’s exhibition centre. 9am-7pm. |
Parc Expositions des Oudairies – Route de Cholet,
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15 Feb |
3e Bourse
des Collectionneurs Collectors’
fair, with stamps, postcards, coins, books and documents on sale. |
Salle du Havre, Olonne-sur-Mer (next
to Super U store) |
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Circuit des Plages Prestigious cycle race through the Vendee’s seaside resorts.,
finishing in St-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie |
Various venues (tel: 02 52 55 47 84). |
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21, 22 Feb |
Chocolats et
viennoiseries musicales : Vienne 1806-1826 Concert of music by
musicians of the Simphonie du Marais, a well-known, Vendée-based baroque orchestra, under the direction of
Hugo Reyne. The programme features
music for the traditional Hungarian instrument the csakan, a cross between a
flute and a walking-stick, composed by `Heberlé, Krähmer, Mozart and Scholl. 4.30pm.
Admission 16 euros, children 13€ |
La Grange, Logis de la Chabotterie, St-Sulpice-le-Verdon,
near La Roche-sur-Yon (tel: 02 51 42 19 39). |
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