--- title: "Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons 2027: dates, programme & getting there" description: "The third Saturday of March, Châtillon-sur-Seine. Châtillon-sur-Seine chases away winter with a carnival parade, clanging cauldrons and Crémant de Bourgogne." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-du-cremant-et-tape-chaudrons lang: en updated: 2026-10-01 generated: 2026-10-09 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/events/fete-du-cremant-et-tape-chaudrons.png --- # Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons > Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons: Châtillon-sur-Seine chases away winter with a carnival parade, clanging cauldrons and Crémant de Bourgogne. On the third Saturday of March, Châtillon-sur-Seine celebrates the coming of spring and its local Crémant de Bourgogne in a single colourful day. The Tape-Chaudrons combines the town carnival with a wine festival: floats parade through the streets to music, and the Crémant is poured at tastings. ## Key facts - Type: Wine festival - Châtillon-sur-Seine - 1 h 27 from Beaune - When: The third Saturday of March. The 2027 dates are not announced yet. - Nearby: [Châtillonnais Museum and the Vix Treasure](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-du-pays-chatillonnais-tresor-de-vix) - Official website: [tourisme-chatillonnais.fr](https://tourisme-chatillonnais.fr/fr/decouvrir/fetes-locales) - Where: Châtillon-sur-Seine · Côte-d'Or - Location: 95 km north of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.8607, 4.5749 - From Beaune: ≈ 1 h 27 · 124 km - €320 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) ## History According to local tradition the custom goes back to the 5th century and the Burgundians, when people beat hard on cauldrons to chase winter away and hurry the arrival of spring. The Châtillonnais is the northern Crémant country of Burgundy. Its vineyard of about 250 hectares spreads across 23 communes along a 120 km Route du Crémant, and Crémant de Bourgogne makes up 85 per cent of the local wine and 20 per cent of the region's Crémant. ## What to expect Expect a parade of floats and music through the town centre, costumes, noise and good humour, with Crémant tastings along the way. It is a lively local carnival rather than a formal wine fair, and a cheerful introduction to the sparkling wines of the Châtillonnais. ## Tips for the day Check the programme with the Châtillonnais tourist office before travelling. Châtillon is about 1 hour 45 minutes from Beaune; add the Trésor de Vix at the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais and the Douix spring, and let your driver bring you home after the tastings. ## Did you know? The Tape-Chaudrons is said to date back to the 5th-century Burgundians, who banged on cauldrons to drive winter away. ## Around Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons What to combine with Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons on the same day, nearest first. ### Other events in March 2027 - **Runs Friday 26 February – Sunday 7 March 2027** · [Carnaval de Chalon-sur-Saône](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/carnaval-de-chalon-sur-saone): Ten days of parades, brass bands and the burlesque Gôniots, ending with the burning of Old Carnival. (Tradition · Chalon-sur-Saône) - **Usually a weekend in early March.** · [Journées Gourmandes de Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/journees-gourmandes-marsannay): A long-running spring food fair at the northern gate of the Route des Grands Crus. (Food & markets · Marsannay-la-Côte) - **Usually the Saturday and Sunday of the Hospices de Nuits sale weekend, in early to mid March.** · [Salon des Vignerons de Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-des-vignerons-nuits-saint-georges): Forty Nuits-Saint-Georges growers pour their wines on the weekend of the Hospices sale. (Wine festival · Nuits-Saint-Georges) - **Usually the Saturday of the Hospices de Nuits sale weekend, in early to mid March.** · [Semi-marathon de Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/semi-marathon-nuits-saint-georges): A half marathon through the grands crus, run on the weekend of the Hospices de Nuits sale. (Sport · Nuits-Saint-Georges) - **Usually a Sunday in late March or early April.** · [Trail du Tacot](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/trail-du-tacot-gevrey-chambertin): A village trail race from the vines of Gevrey-Chambertin up to the cliffs above. (Sport · Gevrey-Chambertin) - **Sunday, 14 March 2027 (Expected dates, not yet confirmed)** · [Vente des Vins des Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/hospices-de-nuits-wine-auction): The Côte de Nuits' own charity wine auction, held each spring since 1961. (Wine auction · Vougeot) ### Nearby - **The last Saturday of October.** · [Fête de la Truffe impériale](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-de-la-truffe-imperiale-chatillon-sur-seine): Burgundy truffles, truffle dogs and cooking contests with an imperial twist at Châtillon-sur-Seine. (Food & markets · Châtillon-sur-Seine) - **Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Venise au Palais](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/venise-au-palais-ancy-le-franc): Venetian carnival costumes parade through a Renaissance palace designed by an Italian architect. (Culture · Ancy-le-Franc) - **Monday, 16 November 2026 – Tuesday, 16 February 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Noël à l’abbaye de Fontenay](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/noel-a-l-abbaye-de-fontenay): A giant crèche, illuminated gardens and a Christmas market at a UNESCO-listed Cistercian abbey. (Christmas · Marmagne) - **Sunday, 18 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Marché de la Saint-Simon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/marche-de-la-saint-simon-flavigny): Flavigny's great autumn fair, with crafts, farm produce and aniseed sweets in the lanes of a hilltop village. (Food & markets · Flavigny-sur-Ozerain) - **Saturday, 28 November 2026 – Sunday, 10 January 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Exposition de crèches et féerie de Noël](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/exposition-de-creches-flavigny-sur-ozerain): About ninety nativity scenes light up the windows of a medieval hilltop village through the Christmas season. (Christmas · Flavigny-sur-Ozerain) - **A weekend in May.** · [Fêtes médiévales de Semur-en-Auxois](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fetes-medievales-de-semur-en-auxois): A weekend of medieval fantasy, music and a banquet beneath the towers of Semur-en-Auxois. (Tradition · Semur-en-Auxois) ### Things to do - [Châtillonnais Museum and the Vix Treasure (Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, Trésor de Vix)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-du-pays-chatillonnais-tresor-de-vix), 1 km away: Home of the Vix krater, the largest known metal vessel from Western classical antiquity. - [Douix Spring (Source de la Douix)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/source-de-la-douix), 1 km away: A powerful karst spring bursting from a limestone cliff in the heart of Châtillon-sur-Seine. - [Forests National Park (Parc national de forêts)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/parc-national-de-forets), 17 km away: France's newest national park, created to protect vast lowland forests of oak and beech. ### Restaurants - [Château de Courban](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/chateau-de-courban) (14 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred country-house orangery in the far north of Côte-d'Or, on the edge of the national forest park ## Questions about Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons ### When is Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons 2027? The 2027 dates of Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons have not been announced yet. Usual timing: the third Saturday of March.. The organiser publishes them on tourisme-chatillonnais.fr. ### Where does Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons take place? Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons takes place in Châtillon-sur-Seine (Côte-d'Or). ### How do you get to Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons from Beaune? Châtillon-sur-Seine is about 1 h 27 from Beaune by road (124 km). The easiest way is a private driver: from €320 for the whole car, up to 4 guests, with no parking to find and nobody at the wheel after a glass of wine. ### Can we book a private driver for Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you enjoy Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons and drives you back. For the busiest weekends, book a few weeks ahead. → [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) ## Book - [Book a driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:vix): No parking to find, no one left as the designated driver: everyone enjoys a glass. Your driver waits and drives you back: no parking to find, and everyone can enjoy a glass. ## Sources - - - - [The full events calendar](https://www.cote-privee.com/events) --- Canonical page: