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  • Folklore and Tradition

Join this historical fair celebrating the skilled workers and entrepreneurs who made the fame of the Comines region through time.

Don't be surprised: one of the local traditions is to throw ladles along the procession path and on the Grand Place...

Program

A new theme is adopted every year: watch this space for the next one, to be announced soon! The celebrations come with a medieval market, a procession a funfair, a concert, activities galore...

Two weekends

This year, the historic Festival of Ladles will be preceded by a weekend of festivities linked to chivalry:

  • knight training
  • falconry demonstration
  • knighthood
  • workshops to be an apprentice knight
  • fire show with horses 

 

 

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Event planned for the month of October 2024 (1)


(1) Dates and programme may be subject to change.

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