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Brest Christmas Market |  Place de la Liberté
Dec 2009 (annual)
Head down to the Place de la Liberté for some festive cheer this December - the vin chaud (hot spiced wine) is bound to be flowing at Brest's annual Christmas market. |
Festival Fanfares |  Le Quartz
May 2010 (annual)
Festival Fanfares is an annual celebration of popular and folk music, from brass bands to the traditional songs of Eastern Europe, held at Le Quartz in Brest. Visit the Quartz website for details of this year's line-up as they are announced. |
Astropolis Dance Music Festival |  Brest
Aug 2010 (annual)
Brest celebrates 20 years of rave with its five-day Astropolis Dance Music Festival. Venues, including La Carène, attract big-name French DJs as clubbers come out in force to party away the long summer nights. |
Thursdays in the Port |  Port de Commerce
Jul - Aug 2010; Thu only (annual)
Every Thursday in summer, the town of Brest invites holds a colourful carnival in the port. Restaurateurs set up stall serving local delicacies and there's a selection of live music, from reggae to typical Breton music, known as Fest Noze. |
Brest Short Film Festival |  Le Quartz
Nov 2010 (annual)
The annual Brest Short Film Festival screens over 250 shorts by filmmakers from across Europe. Some 36,000 film buffs hit Le Quartz theatre each year as producers, writers, directors, actors and technicians meet and mingle. |
Oceanopolis |  Océanopolis
Daily
The vast Oceanopolis aquarium in Brest offers a brilliant day out for a family or marine-minded individual. There are 42 different aquariums of varying sizes (from 50,000 to 1 million litres), designed to reflect the diversity of the world's oceans. |
Centre Atlantique de la Photographie |  Centre Atlantique de la Photographie
Daily; not Mon
Created in 1996 through the initiative of a group of Breton photographers - the Centre Atlantique de la Photographie in Brest is a centre for photographic excellence and creation that presents around eight exhibitions every year. |
Oceanopolis | Océanopolis
Daily; not Mon
Situated in Brest on the western tip of France, Oceanopolis is Europe's premier Ocean Discovery Park. Split into three areas, you can amble between the polar, tropical and temperate pavilions and enjoy the dozens of aquariums, along with exhibitions and shows that take place throughout the day. Each year, Oceanopolis has a new theme. In 2006 it is Fabulous Sea Monsters. |
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