Editorial place profile
Sault Lavender Festival
At a glance
Sault Lavender Festival celebrates lavender-growing heritage through harvesting demonstrations, producers, crafts and traditional activities. Its annual 15 August setting is associated with the end of harvest, with meals booked separately.
Practical details
- Location
- Sault racecourse
- Annual tradition
- 15 August, at the end of the lavender harvest
- Completed organiser edition
- 39th edition, 15 August 2026
- Meal
- Separate reservation; next-edition terms unconfirmed
Choose lavender-growing heritage
Ventoux tourism describes Sault’s 15 August celebration as the closing festival of the harvest. Harvesting and cutting demonstrations or competition, producers’ stands, craft activity and traditional displays connect the day to the work and culture of lavender cultivation.
It is different from Ferrassières’ festival at the opening of the season. The Sault date does not promise fields in full flower. Follow local field-access rules and obtain permission before entering cultivated land or picking plants.
Sources: Ventoux tourism: Sault lavender harvest festival and activities
Separate the programme from lunch and transport
The Lavandes en Fête organiser’s 39th-edition page identifies Saturday 15 August 2026, offers its own plans and warns that obsolete plans circulate. Its lunch required a separate reservation through the Sault tourism office, with food trucks also described.
Tourism information describes a racecourse setting and shuttle arrangements. Use the intended year’s official programme for parking, transport, admission and paid activities; a shuttle described as free does not establish free entry to every part of the festival.
Sources: Lavandes en Fête: Sault’s 15 August 2026 festival, Ventoux tourism: Sault lavender harvest festival and activities
Use the organiser’s new edition notice
The completed 2026 programme is useful background for the event’s identity. A 2027 programme or ticket offer was not established by the reviewed organiser page. Before making a special trip, obtain that edition’s times, access instructions and meal reservation details.
Sault’s tourism office is the published contact route for the separately booked meal. Use the current organiser or tourism information rather than an old map, price or reservation opening copied into a future itinerary.
Sources: Lavandes en Fête: Sault’s 15 August 2026 festival, Ventoux tourism: Sault lavender harvest festival and activities
Planning questions
Will the lavender fields be in full bloom at the festival?
Not guaranteed. Tourism describes Sault’s 15 August festival as an end-of-harvest celebration; flowering and field work vary.
Is lunch included with a general festival visit?
The 2026 organiser required a separate lunch reservation. Check the next edition’s meal, admission and transport terms.
Contact and published information
Where this place fits
Sources and review dates
- Ventoux tourism: Sault lavender harvest festival and activities — Official destination tourism — checked 2026-10-28. Annual 15 August tradition; year-specific programme, admission and transport require confirmation.
- Lavandes en Fête: Sault’s 15 August 2026 festival — Festival organiser — checked 2026-10-28
Author and corrections
Sarah Haddad is responsible for this profile. It is based on the published sources cited here; no firsthand visit or independent service test is claimed.