FESTIVALS
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Every year, since 1921, GIVET is animated by the joyful passage of a parade of costumated children.
This feast takes traditionally place the last but one sunday of june and assembled the majority of the children of the nursery and primary schools of the town.
It's a joyful feast, colourful, animated, where the children are the heros !... They merit it, don't they ? ...
This commercial fair takes place every year the 11thof november. In majority situated in the "Notre Dame" quarter (little GIVET), it attracts thousands of visitors coming from all the region (and farther).
Every year, its success is ensured by the participation of about 450 commercials coming from all FRANCE.
The origin of the Onion Fair get back to 1530. During this period, a fair already took place the sunday before the Saint-Martin's day (today the 11th of november).
Organised on the quay of the Meuse, GIVET Saint-Hilaire side (Big GIVET). The gastronomic specialities are in the foreground and animations are proposed during all the day, especially on the Meuse.
The commando training centre organises every year an open day. Demonstrations of military exercices, various animations (first flight, shooting, simulations, etc ...) are proposed. Traditionaly, the evening before this day is dedicated to a costumate retrospective of the military history of GIVET, then to the shoot of a fireworks on the elevations of the Charlemont fortress.
