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Posted on 16 August 2022

Activities and festivals at altitude all summer long 

Summer festivities are not exclusively reserved for seaside resorts. Quite the opposite! Indeed, the mountain villages have many surprises for you from June to September. Entertainment, sports, music and family events await you during your stay in the most beautiful destinations of the French Alps. One more reason to spend a family holiday at the top! 


Cosmo Jazz Festival - Chamonix

On the music side... 

The mountain keeps the pace in summer! Whatever your musical style, you'll find what you're looking for in the massifs. Every year Chamonix hosts the CosmoJazz Festival, an event conceived by André Manoukian which offers concerts at altitude with breathtaking panoramas, impromptu performances by artists in a cable car cabin, in an alpine meadow or even in a rack train carriage, as well as shows in the heart of the Haute-Savoyard village. Also in Haute-Savoie, Samoëns is planning a rich musical programme during the summer season with emerging artists of national or international stature for its F'estival Les Pépites. In Savoie, the villages of La Plagne promise open-air concerts every Wednesday evening from July to September to liven up your evenings. Electro, jazz, brass band, rockabilly, rap... Musi'Plagne presents a wide variety of groups or singers who enthuse all generations. 
 

Chamonix - Marathon du Mont-Blanc

On the sports side...

The mountain continues to be synonymous with sport throughout the summer, for the greatest pleasure of those who love sporting challenges. Take part in or attend the Mont Blanc Marathon in Chamonix, the Tignes Trail in the heart of the high altitude resort, the Diamant VTT in Les Saisies, the E Bike Festival in Val d'Isère and Tignes, or the Mad'Trail in Valmorel. National and international sporting competitions also punctuate the daily life of the French Alpine resorts, such as the Climbing World Cup, the Tour de France, the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship, etc. 


Au bonheur des mômes - Le Grand-Bornand

On the family side... 

To make your family holidays memorable, the resorts organise events for children. Le Grand-Bornand is particularly well known for its "Au bonheur des mômes" festival, the European meeting place for live shows for young audiences.  During a whole week, multiple leisure activities are offered: theatre, mime, puppets, artistic workshops, reading time... 
In the mountain villages, both during the day and in the evening, there are always a variety of activities accessible to families: ciné drive in Contamines-Montjoie, Beaufort festival in Les Saisies, 1800 or lake festival in Tignes, Samoëns American Festival... Come back from your favourite resort with great memories! 

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