MEDIEVAL FAIR AT THE HEART OF AUVERGNE

Name: MEDIEVAL FAIR AT THE HEART OF AUVERGNE
Start: 2017-07-23
End: 2017-08-11
Location: Souvigny, France

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

For the 21st year now, the association Souvigny Grand Site invites a group of volunteers to get involved and carry out a remarkable one-week medieval event. This event attracts and hosts more than 30,000 visitors each year. It is a wonderful opportunity for volunteers to discover the costumes and traditions that are a part of French medieval culture.

💼 What the programme involves

You will take part in the preparation, as well as in the daily animation of several stands. During the fair, you will be asked to dress-up in medieval costumes, and to prepare the pauper soup, or to wait the tables during the banquet. At the end of the festival, you will help with clearing the location. You will be involved in all phases of the process: assembly, animation, disassembly and clean up. Attention, this will be a very intense week of work. This workcamp is a challenging experience which will require a lot of energy and flexibility. Certain evenings, the stands will be open until midnight!

🏠 Accommodation on site

In a dormitory. Food will be provided, and meals will be prepared by rotating groups of volunteers. In the afternoons, you will eat with the other festival volunteers.

📍 About the location

Souvigny, located 10 km from Moulins-sur-Allier. You will have time to explore the region on the last week of the workcamp. During the weekends, you will mostly be occupied by the fair, but you will be able to take advantage of the activities at the fair.

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📅 Available sessions

SJ50

23/07/2017 → 11/08/2017

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–90 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

03210 Souvigny, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:13 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

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📞 Contact us

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+32 2 888 67 13

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🗣️ Languages spoken

English French