on ruedutango.fr . Then, from June 9 to July 6, comes another summer biggie -- the Festival of Marseille -- given over mainly to contemporary dance but also including music and theatre. Performers show up from all over the planet, not least, this year, from Japan. Manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka is the subject of a perhaps unexpected stage show, featuring dance, video and, we are assured, calligraphy. Elsewhere, Strindberg gets a dance re-working by the Swedish Ballet Cullberg and Sasha Waltz and guests re-visit Schubert. Details, venues and tickets on www.festivaldemarseille.com . The Old Port covers itself in a certain amount of pomp from June 14-17 when dozens of traditional sail-ships turn up for the Voiles du Vieux Port regatta (www.voilesduvieuxport.com). This is a fine chance to get to grips with a more graceful form of sea-faring -- or, at least, to see how others do it. The following two Thursdays and Fridays -- June 21 and 22, 28 and 29 -- boast free outdoor concerts at the Parc Bagatelle. Musique  Bagatelle (www.mairie-marseille.fr) lays on classical fare on the first two nights, jazz on the second two -- all of a high standard and all for free. But there's competition across town for the above jazz events from the electro, rock and hip-hop thrashing of Marseille's first Rock Island Festival (June 28-July 1, www.marseille-rockisland.fr ). This will be colonising the Entrecasteaux fort (that's the top bit of the St Nicolas fort, near the Old Port) with a diet of live