Fantastic December, it’s the time to get together with family and experience the magic of Christmas in Besançon: Christmas markets, concerts, street shows, events … A France Bleu Besançon partnership.
The city of Besançon offers you a “Fantastic December” with many activities to find the atmosphere and friendliness of Christmas. Come taste, listen, admire and enjoy the Christmas markets, illuminations, concerts and street shows, meet Santa Claus. In this month of December, Besançon invites you to experience a magical and magical Christmas.
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On the program of Christmas festivities in Besançon
- Until December 23: every weekend street performances will invite themselves in the city center. Crazy bellboys, magical characters, toy parades will welcome visitors and take them to discover the various entertainment spaces departing from Place du 8 Septembre.
- Until December 20: a mobile music scene pulled by horses will run through the main entertainment areas and will host a trio or quartet of musicians every weekend: departure from Place du 8 Septembre.
- Until December 23: Santa Claus and his team will roam the streets in a horse-drawn carriage transformed into a sleigh. From December 1 to 23 from 3 p.m .: Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Departure: Place du 8 Septembre. So that children can leave their letter to Santa Claus, his letterbox is installed at Place de la Révolution. Father Christmas will respond to all mail sent before December 20.
- Every weekend and from December 20 to 23: “Watchmaking know-how” show by the company Le Cri du Moustique, Granvelle promenade at 4.30 p.m.
- December 15 and 21: “Gingerbread and snowballs, the Christmas of Barbarine”, discover the city lights in a different way by letting yourself be carried away by the stories of a guide-lecturer and his accomplice Barbarine, with his organ, his songs and his fantasies.
- Christmas markets: Christmas market for creative artisans repairing actors with original and local gift ideas (until December 23, promenade Granvelle), solidarity Christmas market (until December 19, place de la Révolution)
- And also the ephemeral store on rue Battant, Christmas cruise along the water, etc …
Download the full program here or visit the Fantastic December website in Besançon: