Les Mardis de Portez brings open-air concerts to Plage de Portez in Locmaria-Plouzané. The programme moves across traditional Breton sounds, French chanson and international music, giving each evening a different musical colour. The beach setting and public dance atmosphere make the series a recurring summer meeting point where local leisure and live performance overlap.
Tag: folk-music
Fest Noz de Lochrist in Le Conquet: Breton Celebration
Fest Noz de Lochrist brings traditional Breton dancing to the coastal town of Le Conquet. Alphonse Raguénès and Logann Vince, Skipailh Hirwazh and Faltazy provide the music for the gathering. The programme centres on dancing together to live accompaniment, with the named groups sharing the fest-noz bill.
Les Escales Musicales in Perros-Guirec: Kerloi Duo
Etienne Kerbaul’s clarinet and Julian Loiseau’s diatonic accordion form a tightly woven Breton dance duo. Their long collaboration across Côtes-d’Armor lets melody and pulse move as one, building the lift and repetition that guide dancers through a set. The Escales Musicales appearance keeps that regional practice in the open air, centred on instrumental dialogue, collective movement and living fest-noz technique.
Celtic Nights in La Forêt-Fouesnant: Traditional Music
Celtic Nights in La Forêt-Fouesnant centres on traditional Breton music and dance. Cercle Celtique Ar Bleuniou Kignez from La Forêt-Fouesnant and Korollerien Benoded from Bénodet bring staged dance and local repertoire into the same evening. Crêpes and refreshments keep the gathering informal, while the circles place costume, choreography and regional music at the front of the programme.
Festival Plinn du Danouët in Bourbriac: Folk Culture
Festival Plinn du Danouët centres on the musical and dance tradition associated with the Bourbriac area. Ringers and singers meet beneath the stone hall as dance competitions test both repertoire and ensemble precision. Boules contests and stews cooked for the gathering add the communal rhythm of a country festival, keeping performance close to food, play and local participation.
Fest Noz in Kerhostin: Breton Night Celebration
The Kerhostin fest-noz brings Breton music and dance to Place Maufra in a free public gathering. Dancers meet around the repeated steps and paired rhythms that define the fest-noz tradition, with folk repertoire shaping the evening. Its modest scale is part of the appeal: a neighbourhood square, live music and shared dance make Breton culture visible without staging it as a museum piece.
Ringers in Brittany: Artistic Expression
The biniou and bombarde duo takes centre stage in Les sonneurs vus par les artistes en Bretagne. At Musée du Faouët, more than 120 artworks, objects and documents explore the musicians who made this pairing emblematic of Breton traditional music. Guided visits and workshops for different ages extend the exhibition’s view of sonneurs through artistic representations.
Duo Jaffré / Lucas in Trémel: Breton Heritage
Duo Jaffré / Lucas brings singer Élodie Jaffré and harpist Awena Lucas together around songs of Basse Bretagne. Their repertoire includes gwerzioù, sonioù, kan ha diskan and dance tunes from Centre Bretagne and Pays Vannetais. Voice and harp meet in a programme drawing on the traditional songs of these Breton territories.
Fest-Noz in Dinan: Traditional Music Night
This Dinan fest-noz places traditional Breton dance and music in the Quartiers d’été programme. Eris, a Rennes trio with Mannaïg Le Guével, brings Haute-Bretagne influences into a contemporary sound, while C’hwibu Luc’h Trio connects Breton and Irish tunes. Refreshments and catering support the social side of the evening, but the heart remains the shared dance floor and its regional repertoire.
Fest-noz in Treffiagat: Breton Dance Celebration
Fest-noz remains one of Brittany’s clearest living dance forms, and this gathering keeps that practice close to Saint-Fiacre. Kan Atao, Ar Bleizi Nevez, Duo Peron-Jaouen, Kantrerien and other musicians anchor the evening in sung and instrumental dance repertoire. Food and an outdoor setting support the main purpose: people learning rhythm, steps and community by joining the floor.