Marseille feast announced
Marseille Provence Gastronomie just unveiled a 2026 program that includes a giant bouillabaisse banquet and a street‑food festival at the foot of La Major—big regional flavours front and center. Expect large-scale, public food events aimed at drawing spring tourists and spotlighting Provençal dishes. (madeinmarseille.net)
Billetterie for the MPG 2026 season opens on June 1, and organizers say the programme will run from May through September with an expected turnout of “several tens of thousands” of visitors. (lamarseillaise.fr) The Dîners Insolites will be staged across the Bouches‑du‑Rhône from July 1 to July 31 under artistic direction of chef Emmanuel Perrodin, with about twenty dinners planned and ticket prices estimated between €80 and €100 per person. (lamarseillaise.fr) The Street Food Festival stops are fixed: Parc Jourdan in Aix‑en‑Provence from June 18–20, and the Esplanade Jean‑Paul II (La Major) in Marseille from September 10–12, with the Marseille site laid out over roughly 6,000 m² and featuring around forty stands. (madeinmarseille.net) MPG is launching a first‑time Banquet Bouillabaisse on September 9 at the Esplanade Jean‑Paul II, expected to seat nearly 400 guests for a communal dinner running from 18:00 to 23:00. (mpgastronomie.fr) Provence Tourisme and the Département des Bouches‑du‑Rhône are the lead organisers of MPG, and the operation is being presented with an explicit sustainability brief—Provence Tourisme says it is ISO 20121 certified and will push reusable tableware, waste sorting and local sourcing. (mpgastronomie.fr) Advance ticketing pages for the Banquet Bouillabaisse and other MPG events have been posted on the official MPG site, with a dedicated billetterie section and a promise that ticket sales for headline events will open soon. (mpgastronomie.fr)
