This guided exhibition visit focuses on sonneurs, the biniou and bombarde players who have long set Breton gatherings in motion. Paintings, photographs, drawings, engravings and sculptures reveal how artists responded to the musicians’ sound, presence and social role. Seen together in Le Faouet, the works connect instruments, costume and collective memory, showing why these paired players became such enduring figures in Brittany’s visual culture.
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Moby Dick Distillery Heritage Visit
Moby Dick distillery presents Breton craft through plants, copper stills and slow double distillation near Pointe du Raz. The visit explains spirits made from cultivated or gathered botanicals, from whisky and gin to lambig and liqueurs. The heritage visit connects rural botanicals, traditional distilling methods and contemporary experimentation on the Pointe du Raz coast.
Grand Bazar Musical
Vinyl, instruments, posters and musical oddities fill Grand Bazar Musical in Romans-sur-Isère. La Phonie Furieuse pairs electric guitar with a Persian daf, while Stegonaute builds a musical siesta from games consoles and effects pedals. Backstage tours accompany the performances and second-hand stalls at this free event organised by La Cordo and the Conservatoire de Valence Romans Agglo.
European Heritage Days: Flemish Paintings
Jean Claude Saby leads a free European Heritage Days visit to Montfaucon-en-Velay’s twelve Flemish paintings by Abel Grimmer. Painted on wooden panels, the works combine episodes from the life of Jesus and parables with rural life in Flanders. The cycle follows the seasons, bringing religious and everyday subjects into the same collection.
Hospital Heritage Protection at the Hospices de Beaune
Jérôme Combeau, Head of Security, and Bruno François, Head of Collections, take visitors behind the scenes of the Hôtel-Dieu. Their visit-meeting explains how the Hospices Civils de Beaune protect the historic monument and its collections. Discussion with the two specialists explores their professional practices and the cultural-property safeguarding plan.
European Heritage Days at the Saline Royale
European Heritage Days at the Saline Royale follows the buildings where salt workers lived and worked, with guides introducing Claude-Nicolas Ledoux and his architecture. An archive-based photography retrospective traces changing views of the saltworks from Pointevin to Fessy. Family games and immersive projections extend the programme to other UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Wine Heritage Tour in Nuits-Saint-Georges
Véronique explores Nuits-Saint-Georges from the winegrower’s point of view on this Tourist Office guided visit. The route introduces the Climats de Bourgogne and the local appellation, linking the town’s history to its vineyards. Old winegrowers’ houses, traditional architecture and Burgundian follies show how that history appears in the streets.
European Heritage Days in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
European Heritage Days opens the windmill at Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier for guided visits about its history and restoration. The programme explains the mechanism, millstone operation and the miller’s working life, alongside the miller’s house, washhouse and bread oven. Bakers make bread and pastries in the wood-fired oven on site, with local producers and craftspeople at a small market.
Wine Discovery Masterclass in Couchey: Tasting Techniques
This wine discovery masterclass in Couchey focuses on Burgundy tasting technique at Clos de Bourgogne. The programme includes a vineyard walk on the Marsannay and Côte de Nuits terroirs, with context on grape varieties, soils, biodiversity and the role of winemakers. A sensory tasting of six to seven wines follows the vineyard visit.
La Compagnie Bretonne Cannery Visit in Penmarch
La Compagnie Bretonne opens its Penmarch workshops for a close look at a family seafood-canning tradition carried through four generations. Visitors follow the practical stages of filling, crimping and preparing tins, learning how precise workshop skills preserve fish landed on the Breton coast. A tasting completes the visit, connecting industrial know-how and everyday labour with the flavours and maritime identity of the Bigouden area.