Pfifferdaj : the fiddlers' festival

The Fête des Ménétriers, Alsace's oldest festival, perpetuates the ties between the lords of Ribeaupierre and the minstrels they protected. Every year, this authentic festival, a popular encounter with the Middle Ages, takes place every first Sunday in September.
The Pfifferdaj is a medieval festival that pays tribute to the guild of minstrels (minstrels, musicians, acrobats, etc.), a guild that had its headquarters in Ribeauvillé and was under the protection of the lords of Ribeaupierre in...