La Colle sur Loup: 20 years already that each end of summer has a date with its past.

Across all generations, an increasing number of visitors are rediscovering what was once part of our ancestors’ daily lives, the forgotten gestures, the craftsmanship of yesteryear: some with nostalgia, all with fascination.

At the turn of an alley or on site, accompanied by folk dances, an entire village turns back the clock.
From the blacksmith to the school mistress, including the knife grinder or the constable, ancient trades are celebrated in the cheerful atmosphere of fairs of old.

20 years already… A beautiful anniversary for La Colle sur Loup with even more activities to make the 2012 celebration of traditional crafts an unforgettable moment.

Rose de Mai Hall

“Reconstruction of grape harvest scenes”
 Association Sei Colencs

Tourist Office

10am Meeting for the Marriage parade,

Exhibition “The Artisan’s Gesture” by the Images et expressions association

Exhibition of a beehive by “BeeApi” (fee required)

Dance Hall

Exhibition of model
agricultural tools and scenes of life from the past (M. Soulard)

St Jacques Church

11am Gregorian Mass for the trades

12pm to 7pm Permanent exhibition of ancient objects (chasubles, statues, religious instruments…)

2pm to 4pm Guided and commented tours of the Church

Place de Gaulle

from 10am: Pagnol’s vignettes, The Laundresses, The Card Game, 10:30am to 11am Traditional music, The Temptresses and the Priest, The Lover, The Old-Time Wedding, Folklore Dances, Scene of the Thief, Musical Animation of Old Bicycles, Scene of the Balcony at La Paillère,
Paume Game.

Rue Clemenceau

Distillation of alcohol and lavender water with an alembic, the barber, the basket weaver, the rose grower, the wood turner, etc.

Scene of the Balcony at La Paillère at 11:45am

Rue Foch

Old cars, the portrait artist, stone cutters, the buglers, the priest, the school mistress, the laundresses, the wool spinner, the farrier, the blacksmith, etc.
Rue Klein

The lace makers, the knife sharpener, old motorcycles, the stone cutter, the artistic blacksmith, wool carding, farm animals, etc.

Rue Joffre

Visit to the sesame mill

Rue Laurenti

Visit to the bread oven

Paume Game

The glassblower, the blacksmith, sheep shearing, honey extraction

Giant old games, the farm and its animals

Free workshops for children: “the little modeler” clay work, “strand of wool” wool work, “the fairy Capeline” felt hat making

Old-Time Quiz for children

Carousel and pony rides (fee required)