The Celery Festival 2024 in Achères (78): music, animals and activities for the whole family!

Ready for a weekend off the beaten track in Achères? On October 5 and 6, 2024, head for the Intégraterre urban farm in this Yvelines (78) commune to celebrate the 61st edition of the Celery Festival!

Celery festival, potato festival or turnip festival, it's all the same ... The event, created in the 1960s by the tourist office, was set up mainly to compete with the municipality's Pentecost village festival. Join us on Saturday at the guinguette, entertained by the Bal Swing orchestra, from 7.30 to 11 p.m., and on Sunday for a full day ofentertainment for the whole family!

On the program? Produce stalls and food stalls (sausage and French fries, gourmet pastries and local specialties), dance demonstrations, and musical entertainment with two concerts, including one by l'Estival. Don't miss the painting competition and the award ceremony for flowering balconies at 4 p.m.!

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Families will be delighted to discover the bee stilt walkers, the Branch Man and Mother Nature, and a small ecological flower carousel. And don't forget the living farm with the transhumance of geese and the "Meet and care for a pony" workshop with Epona Club Nature.

Sunday program for the Celery Festival in Achères :

• Two concerts, including one by l'Estival
• Throughout the day, a painting competition with members of the Ombres et Lumières association, with prizes awarded on stage before the final concert at 4:00 p.m.
• The stilt-walkers Abeilles
• The Branch Man and Mother Nature
• A small ecological flower carousel
• A large living farm and transhumance of geese.
• Events and workshops organized by Intégraterre
• Meet and care for a pony" workshop with Epona Club Nature