Sarlat Truffle Festival
Sarlat Truffle Festival takes place Mid-Jan 2027 weekend (dates TBC; 2026 edition ran Jan 17 - 18) in Sarlat-la-Caneda, France. The dress code is Warm winter layers, coat, scarf and sturdy shoes for cold cobbled streets. Free to attend; budget up to 80 EUR per person for hospitality and extras.
A midwinter homage to the Perigord black truffle in one of France's best-preserved medieval towns: a certified truffle market, chef demonstrations, truffle-hunting displays with trained dogs, and producer stalls filling Sarlat's golden-stone squares. It is the atmospheric, unhurried counterpart to Alba's white-truffle circus. January cold, wood smoke and tuber melanosporum - the Dordogne at its most seductive.
- When
- Mid-Jan 2027 weekend (dates TBC; 2026 edition ran Jan 17 - 18)
- Where
- Sarlat-la-Caneda, France
- Dress code
- Warm winter layers, coat, scarf and sturdy shoes for cold cobbled streets
- Cost
- Free to attend; budget up to 80 EUR per person for hospitality and extras.
- Weather
- 2 - 10C, cold damp Dordogne winter; frost possible
- When to book
- Book truffle-menu tables and workshops via the tourist office when the programme publishes in Dec; lodging a few weeks out
- Getting there
- BVE (Brive-Vallee de la Dordogne), about 50 min drive to Sarlat
- Where to stay
- Plaza Madeleine & Spa (the town's polished classic), La Villa des Consuls (boutique rooms in the medieval center), Hotel de Selves (comfortable value with a garden)
- Official site
- https://www.sarlat-tourisme.com
How to attend
Wandering the market and demonstrations is free - just arrive in the old town for the mid-January weekend, confirmed each December by the Sarlat tourist office. Paid truffle-tasting menus and workshops are booked through participating restaurants and the tourist office programme. The 2026 edition has passed; plan for the 2027 weekend.
The truffle market and demonstrations in the old town are free with no ticket; paid tasting menus are arranged directly with Sarlat restaurants and the tourist office.
Insider tip
Watch the trained truffle dogs demonstrate a hunt, then buy from the certified market stalls where every truffle has been inspected - never from unofficial sellers in the lanes.
Get inside Sarlat Truffle Festival
Booking matters here: book truffle-menu tables and workshops via the tourist office when the programme publishes in Dec; lodging a few weeks out. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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