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Events in and around Morzine
5th 6th June - Poussine’ chicken fair
Morzine’s traditional chicken and country fair.
5th 6th June - The opening of the Kona bike park in Les Gets.
12th 13th June - Montriond Mountain Football tournament
Saturday: 11.30am: Veterans’ tournament
6pm: Gala match (featuring former pros from OM vs a Nice all star team).
After the game: giant tartiflette for all (tickets available on the day
19th 20th June - Bike festival
This weekend dedicated entirely to the bike with fun for all the family.
19th June - Music festival in St Jean D’Aulp
20th June The Morzine-Vallée d'Aulps Cyclosportive race.
28 & 29 June 5th edition of The Pass’Portes du Soleil MTB Festival
In the last weekend of June more than 3000 MTB riders are gearing up to celebrate the start of the summer season in the Portes du Soleil.
2nd – 4th July Les Gets XIeme Rally Mountain.
Harley Davidson and US cars meeting : free and for every body
Freestyle Show, quad, green motobikes presentation, concerts...
The 4th Chatel Mountain style on a track created especially for the event of 300 m long ,160 m of difference in level ,100 m wide and completely reshaped by the Châtel's Bike Patrols and RadicalFilms (Kranked)Riders.
11th/12th 13th July - Tour de France 2010
11th July Tour de France arrives in Avoriaz
5.00pm Tour de France arrives in Avoriaz. Relayed via giant TV Screen to the square by the Morzine Tourist office.
7.00pm Free live concerts throughout the streets of Morzine organised in conjunction with the local bars and restaurants.
9.00pm The Football World Cup final on the giant TV screen in the square by the Morzine Tourist office
12th July Rest day and Celebrations Live.
13th July Start of the Morzine-Avoriaz departing from the Place de l’Office du Tourisme in Morzine.
14th July - Morzine-Avoriaz cycle race
Saddle up for the Morzine/Avoriaz road bike climb.
21st -24th July - 3rd Lind’Art Festival
23rd – 25th July Fise Experience
Avoriaz hosts the Extreme Sports Experience Festival.
Spectacular freestyle BMX contest featuring the best riders in the world and freestyle motocross show featuring the top riders.
24th – 25th July - 4th round of the UCI-MTB-Worldcup in Champery.
24th – 25th July - Farwest in Les Gets
Official competition of Western horse rinding.
24th 25th july - 4x4 trial at Les Prodains (by the cable cars).
28th – 30th July The World of Morz’na
The festival where imagination becomes reality. Magic, amazing creatures, anything is possible with workshops, gentle walks, interactive shows.
7th August - Montriond Fete Du Lac
8th August - La Fête des chars
Annual celebrations of Mozine's past.
Avoriaz Grand Show Freestyle Motocross show
9th -13th August Zen week.
A week of gentle pampering and relaxation!
yoga, sophrology, meditation, qi kong, relaxation, tai chi, well-being Afghan walking and hiking.
14th August Rail des Hautes Forts
A 43km long mountain race with a 3200m ascent.
16th – 20th August Food lovers week.
A week in which to discover the flavours of the mountains. .
22nd August Couratt' De Nyon fun run.
A race from the foot of the mountain to the top of Nyon.
2nd – 5th September 62nd Mont-Blanc Rally
The French Automobile Championships' Mont Blanc-Morzine Rally comes to town.
Regular events throughout the summer
Visit the cheese dairy - Cheesemaker Nicolas invites you to his dairy in Morzine every Wednesday and Thursday at 9am to see the all the stages of cheesemaking. Meet at the Alpage dairy on the Thonon road near the tourist office.
Visit the Slate Mine - Franck Buet, a young slate miner, invites you to his mine in Prodains valley at ''Ardoisières'', where you'll also find his workshop. All the stages in slate tile production are explained, as well as the history of mining in the valley.
Local heritage tour - for history-lovers, Pays de Savoie guide Bernadette Marullaz offers plenty of insight into Morzine's past in a tour starting in the church square every Thursday at 10am.
Circus skills workshop - for all children who like the circus, a special circus skills workshop will be set up in the tourist office square.
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