TV channel France 24 has published a short list of ten recommended festivals both in France and abroad. Links on their list go to TV news reports about these festivals on their website.

The lucky festivals are:

• Garden festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire, France

• Forde’s Folk Music Fest, Norway

• Festival of Avignon, France

• Musilac festival, France
  

• Arles Photography Festival, France

• Jordan Festival, Jordan

• Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland

• The Jazz in Marciac Festival, France

• Saint-Céré Festival, France

• The Vezelay Festival, France