La Givaudine honours George Sand with a programme of Berry’s traditional dances in Plaimpied-Givaudins. The group’s repertoire includes bourrées from Haut-Berry and Bas-Berry alongside polkas and waltzes. Its practice brings dance together with hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes and diatonic accordion, sustaining the folk music and movement associated with the region.
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Berry’s Traditional Music at Le Plaix
Bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy and fiddle carry the story of popular music across Berry, Bourbonnais, Nivernais and Marche. The exhibition at Le Plaix examines the vitality of these traditions and the regions that helped preserve their instruments. Its rural heritage setting places Berry’s music in conversation with neighbouring repertoires, giving familiar sounds a wider cultural geography.
O’Tridal and Guests: Breton Music Celebration
O’Tridal celebrates a decade of concerts and festoù-noz with artists who have shared the trio’s musical journey. The guest bill includes Denez, Startijenn, Blue Glaz and Plantec, alongside Talec & Noguet, Tymen & Kerveillant and Toupin & Nollet. Breton music rooted in the region and open to wider influences shapes the gathering in La Forêt-Fouesnant.
Gou’Mikel Breton Festival
Celtic circles from Riec-sur-Bélon and Moëlan-sur-Mer join the Gou’Mikel programme organised by Pregomp Asambles. Moëlan au vent’s accordionists, Lagadenn singers, children from the Kermoulin bilingual school and the Aven & District Pipe Band also take part. Traditional games and a mini fest-deiz invite people to join the activities alongside the performances.
Dremmwel and Guests: Breton Music Concert
Dremmwel revisits a repertoire shaped by Breton dance music and original arrangements. Bagad Cap Caval, Ismael Ledesma, Hervé Lesvenan and Sylvain Jamault join the band as guests, widening the instrumental line-up. Storyteller Patrik Ewen recounts the group’s history, from fest-noz gatherings and pubs to concert and theatre stages.
Sonneurs Noceurs with Roland Becker
Musician and researcher Roland Becker traces the history of Brittany’s sonneurs through sound and visual archives. His lecture follows the developments that shaped Breton traditional music and the lives of its instrumentalists. Becker also serves on the scientific committee for Musée du Faouët’s exhibition on sonneurs as portrayed by artists.
Le Camber Traditional Music Concert in Sérent
A bombarde and three saxophones share the ensemble at Le Camber’s traditional music concert in Sérent. Guitar, bass and drums complete the line-up, bringing contrasting instrumental colours to the performance. The group comes from the Questembert School of Traditional Music and plays as part of Sérent’s Journées Européennes du Patrimoine programme.
Pardon de Saint-Paul Aurélien
Banners accompany the procession for Pardon de Saint-Paul Aurélien in Saint-Pol-de-Léon. Cathedral worship is followed by a parish gathering with bagad music, crêpes and games for children and adults. An exhibition introduces parish artists through paintings, books and calligraphy, while stands present the community’s different activities and organisations.
Fest Noz avec Plantec
Electronic music and a light show accompany Breton dancing at Fest Noz avec Plantec in Quimperlé. Electrad, Herriwenn, Plantec and Riwall Harjay make up the amplified musical programme. The Tomahawk collective organises the fest-noz, with mussels and chips and a refreshment stand available alongside the dancing.
Fest-Deiz in Plouguernével
Son an Dore, Kastelodenn, Alex and Gaby provide the music for Plouguernével’s fest-deiz. Danserien Bro An Doré is the association behind the gathering, organised with Son an Dore. A fest-deiz is a participatory form of Breton social dancing, with the musicians accompanying people together on the dance floor.