Festivals near Carcassonne

Perched on its spur above the river Aude, Carcassonne holds a card few cities can match: a UNESCO-listed medieval citadel ringed by double walls, whose crenellated towers turn into a stage for live music every summer. It is here, in the open-air Théâtre Jean-Deschamps tucked between the ramparts, that the Festival de Carcassonne unfolds — seven weeks of concerts, French chanson and major international names under the July sky, capped by the famous fireworks that set the old Cité ablaze on Bastille Day. Few settings in the whole Languedoc are quite so cinematic.

Beyond the ramparts, the season carries on across Occitanie, from the neighbouring Tarn — where Jazz à Burlats brings jazz to a village nestled by the river Agout — to the summer stages scattered between the Montagne Noire and the vineyards. To help you find your way, FestT works out your FestiScore — how well a lineup matches your favourite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date. An easy way to spot, at a glance, the events that truly fit your taste, in Carcassonne and right across the region.