Every summer the folk of Souvigny hold a medieval fair. It lasts for 3 weeks or so and there is a great variety of activities. Ovens are lit and bread baked, there is a 'burger' stall (not as medieval as it might be!) You can change your Euros into medieval coins but it's not essential.
There are loads of hand crafted jewellery stalls as well as leather work, woodwork, metal work, bakery stalls.
All the participants, stall holders etc wear medieval garb and many visitors hire costumes for their visit. There are several costume hire stalls.
You can find people demonstrating making armour using a brazier with bellows. There are medieval games to play and folk of all ages enjoy them.
check out the websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvigny
There are street musicians and if you're lucky there will be a concert
of medieval music or a special exhibition of medieval manuscripts.
One of the peculiarities of French life is very evident here.
Everything shuts for lunch! In the UK everything would be open during
the lunch break, especially for a special event, but that's France! So
don't arrive till after 2pm when everything starts to open again!
