Franche-Comte Region

The Franche-Comte region is in Eastern France and includes the French section of Jura Mountain range. The region is famous for its Gruyere cheese.

Belfort, a city located in a gap between the Vosges and the Jura Mountains is known for the music festival held in the city each May. The Festival International de Musique Universitaire (FIMU) has about 2500 musicians. The students are from various countries around the world. They give more than 250 concerts during the three day festival. The music ranges from classical to jazz. The concerts are free and performed at various venues in the city.

One of the most beautiful historic cities of France is Besancon. It is near the border with Switzerland. The art gallery is one of the best outside of Paris. There is a lot to attract visitors to the including museums, an aquarium, and a zoo along with numerous parks and centers for the performing arts.

One of the oldest and most prestigious classical music festivals is held each year in Besancon, the Besancon Franche-Comte Music Festival. The city is host to other music festivals such as the Musiques de Rues Festival (street music) in October, the Franch-Comte Country Festival (country music) in August, the Jazz en Franche-Comte Festival in June and Herbe en Zik Festival (French rock and variety) in May.

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