The weekly market is held every Sunday morning and a fish market is organized from Tuesday to Sunday in the morning. A night market is offered on Friday evenings in July and August.
The Vauban tower fireworks are organized by the Bayeux Intercom Tourist Office every Friday evening, in July and August.
The Port Festival is held every year in August.
Every five years, in August, the municipality organizes its blessing of the sea, seeing the House of Fires decorated in memory of the missing sailors.
At the beginning of November, let yourself be seduced by the Taste of the Sea festival which pays homage to the scallop and other seafood products.
La Grande Refonte des Deux Amis
- From 17 to 19 may 2024
- Quai Baron Gérard
- Boats can have many lives, but this sailing heritage is fragile. - Les Deux Amis, the one and only trawler barque in Calvados, needs to live again and sail the Normandy coast. - We'd like to tell you the story of this ship, to talk to you about our future voyages, and to open your eyes to the sea. Join us in bringing this boat back to life !
EXPOSITION - N'Oublions Jamais
- From 27 may to 2 june 2024
- Galerie du Quai, Quai Baron Gérard
- As part of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the association Généalogie ma Passion is paying tribute to the resistance fighters of Port en Bessin. This exhibition tells the story of Port en Bessin during the Second World War, the beginnings of the Resistance in France and the networks in the Bessin region. By studying the Alliance network and the Mouvement Libération Nord, it presents the portraits and destinies of Porters who took part in the Resistance, and in particular that of Georges Thomine, who was executed along with 86 Resistance fighters on the morning of June 6,1944, in Caen prison.
CONFÉRENCE - Sur les pas des Résistants du Calvados et de la Manche en Relation Avec les Services Secrets à Londres Pour Préparer le Débarquement
- On 28 may 2024
- Quai Baron Gérard, Salle des fêtes
- This talk, led by Ghislain Quétel, son of a Resistance member of the Louvel group, answers the question : is the Normandy Resistance, with its links to the London-based Secret Service, fiction or reality ? He draws on authentic plans for the Atlantic Wall found in an attic in Caen in 2017, which reveal the relationship between the resistance leaders of Colonel Rémy's OCM-Centurie and the London secret services.
Embrasement de la Côte à Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
- On 1 june 2024
- To mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, the entire Normandy coast will be ablaze as night falls. Starting at 11:30 pm, 21 fireworks displays will highlight the major D-Day sites and pay tribute to the veterans who fought for freedom.
Dans les pas du 47 Commando des Royal Marines
- On 6 june 2024
- Parking principal, à côté du blockhaus, rue 231 Brigade Britannique
- On D-Day, the men of 47 Commando landed on Gold beach, near Asnelles, then set off on a 20 km march behind enemy lines, with the aim of liberating Port-en-Bessin. - Accompanied by the current 47 Commando, we'll follow in their footsteps and tell the story (in English and French) of their epic mission and the courageous actions of the French community who helped them. We'll start with a memorial service in Asnelles and make several stops along the way, including one for a picnic in the grounds of the magnificent Abbaye Sainte Marie de Longues. - Transport from Port-en-Bessin to Asnelles is provided before and after the walk. Places are limited, so booking is essential.
The Festive Brass of Myrtle Beach
- On 6 june 2024
- Place Georges Seurat, Quai Baron Gérard
- As part of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, 30 musicians from the Festive Brass of Myrtle Beach (Florida, USA) will perform pieces for brass band.
Grand Défilé de Véhicules Pour la Libération de Port en Bessin-Huppain
- On 7 june 2024
- Autour des bassins, Quai Baron Gérard
- Starting at 4pm, historic military vehicles, both light and heavy, will parade around the Port en Bessin-Huppain basins. At the end of the parade, the vehicles will be displayed on Place Georges Seurat. The re-enactors will be on hand to chat with visitors until 6pm.
Port-en-Bessin Liber'tea Party
- On 9 june 2024
- Quai de Gaulle
- As part of British D-Day Week, static display of around 100 historic D-Day vehicles, in the heart of the first oil port of D-Day. - Musical stages : Jazz band, Pipe band, French songs.
Balade à la Découverte du Mont Castel
- On 11 july 2024
- Carrefour entre rue René Hommet et chemin des Artilleurs
- Come and discover the richness of the landscape and the fauna and flora. - (1-2 km/2h) - Level 2
