 Since 2005, the city hosts the festival Hestiv'oc which is the grand festival of Occitania.The University of Pau, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, also often hosts concerts and cultural events.The Association of the Palois and Béarnese in Paris, "La Garbure", was founded around 1890 by a Béarnese pharmacist who went to the capital to open a shop on Boulevard Haussmann.