The Brive Fair
You'll find children's rides, duck fishing, rifle shooting, thrill rides, simulators... and many other attractions of all kinds that usually keep the heart of the town beating for young and old alike.
Dates for 2025:
The Foires Franches will return on 7 June and will take place for 2 weeks on the Place du 14 Juillet and in the Jardins de la Guierle, for the enjoyment of young and old alike. (The Foires Franches will end on 22 June).
On the programme:
- 54 fairgrounds and 77 trades and rides await you at the Foires Franches
- Fireworks: 7 and 22 June at 10.30pm
- ½ price day: dates to come
- Opening times: Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2pm to midnight and Fridays and Saturdays from 2pm to 2am. (Please note that times may vary depending on the attractions, the weather or the number of visitors).
List of rides at the Foires Franches :
List pending
History of the Foire Franches de Brive
Brive's free trade fairs go back a long way: a letter of patent from King Louis XV dated 6 June 1768 endorsed the request from the people of Brive to hold a free trade fair on 17, 18 and 19 June on the Guierle. Later, in 1905, an article in the newspaper La Croix de la Corrèze reported that more than 140 wagons were needed to transport 7,500 visitors to the fairs!
Today, after more than 250 years of existence, the fairs remain one of the high points in the life of our town, but the merry-go-rounds have replaced the wool and cattle merchants!
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