- True to its tradition of natural trading hub, Villefranche-de-Rouergue attaches particular importance to its markets:
- Every Thursday morning, the langue d'oc pace instead Notre Dame, where the weekly market combines the diversity of local produce: foie gras, confit, sausages, cheeses, poultry, cakes, rissoles, and aligot Aveyron veal. .. A feast for the eyes and taste buds.
- In summer, the night markets of producer countries animate the spaces.
- In Villefranche, the summer is a succession of classical music or jazz in prestigious venues such as Chartreuse Saint-Sauveur, the abbey of Loc-Dieu, the collegiate church of Notre-Dame or the St-Jean.
- Festivals:
- Everyone sings in Aveyron against cancer: early July, a festival of French variety.
- Musical Nights: late July, a festival of chamber music.
- Festival in country house: the second week of August, theater and street entertainment ...