What is in season in Avignon, and what to order when the market changes.
SpringIn season now
- Fraise de Carpentras
- Strawberries from the Comtat plain around Carpentras, mainly Gariguette, Cléry and Ciflorette, are picked from late February to mid-July, and Carpentras holds its Fête de la fraise in mid-April.
- Green asparagus
- Asparagus from farms around Greater Avignon reaches the markets from early March, mostly the green kind, sold by the growers themselves on Vaucluse market stalls through the spring.
Festivals this seasonFête de la Vigne et du Vin7-8 May 2027
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Hotels in Avignon, 7-8 May 2027
SummerIn season now
- Cerise des coteaux du Ventoux
- The first French cherry to win protected status, in June 2021, the Ventoux cherry is on sale from the first days of May until mid-July, grown on the slopes of Mont Ventoux and the Luberon.
- Melon de Cavaillon
- Cavaillon's melons made their name in the 19th century when the railway carried them to Paris, and the town celebrates them in early July with Melon en Fête, held on 3 and 4 July in 2026.
Festivals this seasonBan des Vendanges des Côtes du Rhône28 Aug 2027
AutumnIn season now
- Vendanges and the new Côtes du Rhône
- The Rhône harvest opens with the Ban des Vendanges on Place du Palais at the end of August, and on the third Thursday of November Millévin pours the new Côtes du Rhône vintage on Place de l'Horloge.
- Bien Bon food week
- In mid-September Bien Bon fills Greater Avignon with a week of chef dinners, farm visits, a food-truck contest and the Opéra Bouffe dinner show at the Opéra Grand Avignon.
WinterIn season now
- Black truffle
- Tuber melanosporum is traded every Friday morning from mid-November to the end of March at the Carpentras truffle market in the Comtat, and eaten locally in omelettes and scrambled eggs.
- Gros souper and the thirteen desserts
- The Provençal Christmas Eve meal, the gros souper, is a meatless spread of cardoon gratins, fish or snails and wild herbs, and it ends with the thirteen desserts.
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