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Amiens Festival – jazz and music from elsewhere
From 11 to 27 March, the 29th Amiens Jazz Festival will be presenting over 50 great concerts for your enjoyment.
The festival has been a major feature of the Amiens music scene for nearly 30 years.
The “jazz and music from elsewhere caravan” will be making its way around Picardy from 11 to 19 March.
A book market under the station’s atrium
Appointment on Saturday, April 3rd
The town of Amiens is organising a market devoted to old or used books, comics, magazines, records, CDs, engravings, posters, postcards, etc.
Great Spring Flea Market in Amiens
On Sunday, 25 April 2010, Amiens will wake up in the festive atmosphere of its traditional spring réderie, or flea market. The Amiens flea market (or junk clear-out) has turned into the second biggest event of its kind, beaten only by our Lille neighbours’ braderie, with over 80,000 visitors.
71st Trade Fair of Picardy from 5 to 13 June in Amiens
The 71st Trade Fair of Picardy is open every day from 5 to 13 June at Megacité in Amiens. Many activities will be proposed.
Amiens, the cathedral in colours
From June 15th to September 19th 2010
At twilight, the saints, apostles and other figures carved in the stone of the frontage since the 13th century find a new life through a polychrome lighting.
The stained glass gallery in Amiens
Located between the cathedral and rue des trois cailloux, the stained glass gallery exhibits one of the largest collections of stained-glass windows in France.
Picardy : New Guide du Routard 2009/2010 Destination
The indispensable Guide du Routard has published a new guide devoted to Picardy. Sticking to its pocket size, the volume devotes around 30 pages to Amiens and the surrounding area, highlighting Amiens’ main attractions as a tourist destination.
"The Picardy I Love" Collectors’ Issue
Amiens, the capital of Picardy, is singled out in the Post Office’s new collectors’ postage stamp issue entitled: "The France I Love".