Saint-Malo welcomes the Route du Rhum fleet into its harbours before the race departs for Guadeloupe. Ultim, IMOCA, Class40, Ocean Fifty and vintage multihulls and monohulls gather at the quays, following a parade by part of the fleet. The starting village combines Breton and Guadeloupean celebrations, reflecting the Atlantic connection between the two regions.
Tag: maritime-culture
Les Boulinerien Sea Songs
Les Boulinerien of Plozévet bring a maritime song repertoire shaped by sea work, travel and coastal memory. Twelve singers and four musicians use djembe, saxophone, bagpipes, ukulele and diatonic accordion to arrange songs in French, Breton and English. The concert sits naturally in Pays Bigouden, where sailor song keeps language, harbor life and communal chorus close together.
Escales Photos in Mor Braz
Escales Photos extends the Mor Braz photography festival through the Quiberon Bay area, linking Plouharnel with Locmariaquer, Arzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer and Houat. The Plouharnel program places Bretagne Monochrome beside Nadia Ferroukhi’s island work, moving between black-and-white studies and sea-bound viewpoints. Yoann Segalen, Mickaël Pouliquen, Serge Picard and Irène Jonas turn Brittany into a subject of texture, coastline and contemporary gaze.
Guided Walk on the Abers Coast
The Maison des Abers – Ti an Aberiou walks visitors to the mouth of the Aber-Benoît and along the Saint-Pabu shore. The guide explains how the abers formed, what the port handled and how boats worked the channel. Seaweed harvesting by the goémoniers and the use of the fours à goémon are read on the ground they happened on. Endemic plants and animals appear along the way, and the commune’s own history, marked by wartime remains, is told.
Perros-Guirec European Heritage Days
Journées Européennes du Patrimoine in Perros-Guirec places maritime memory at the center of the town program. The old Ploumanac’h lifeboat recalls sea-rescue courage, while the semaphore and films on goémoniers and Sept-Îles lighthouse keepers point to coastal professions. Guided outings with Armor Navigation add the Perros shoreline itself as a heritage subject.
Heritage Days at Fort Cezon
Fort Cezon welcomes the public onto its tidal island to see the restoration work carried out by the association and meet the people sustaining the site. The visit reveals a defensive monument whose character is inseparable from the sea, the tides and the Aber Wrac’h landscape. A concert by La Bricole brings working-port songs into that setting, extending the day from built heritage to the voices of sailors, fishers and dockside communities.
Breton Oyster-Farming Visit in Carantec
This guided visit enters the working oyster farms of Carantec to explore one of the Bay of Morlaix’s defining maritime traditions. A professional guide explains the cultivation cycle, the coastal environment and the practical knowledge behind oysters raised in the bay. The experience concludes with a tasting on site, linking the techniques seen among the beds to the flavour of a product deeply associated with Brittany’s shore and food culture.
Atelier d’alguier en cyanotype
Breton coastal seaweed becomes both specimen and printing tool in this hands-on cyanotype workshop. Participants arrange natural algal forms on light-sensitive paper, then use the monochrome process to make deep-blue botanical images with each frond and branch held in sharp silhouette. The session joins marine observation, photographic craft and the living textures of Plouguerneau’s shore, producing a personal alguier rooted in local sea flora.
Fete de la Sardine
Fete de la Sardine in Saint-Guenole ties food, harbour life and Breton music into one port celebration. Grilled sardines, sea shanties by Gwen Aod, the Stones Land Pipe Band and a grand fest-noz with Jean-Charles Guichen, War-Sav and Zonj give the event a strong maritime and dance identity. It also supports memory work around the Square Tower, rooting festivity in place.
Huitres Voiles et Compagnie
Huîtres, Voiles et Compagnie gathers Locmariaquer around oyster farming, traditional boats and harbour hospitality. Crews arrive to oysters, bread, butter and white wine, while sea shanties, Breton music, folk dance and an oyster-shucking contest animate the port. Growers and the festival committee serve shellfish, far breton and other local dishes, turning maritime work and Morbihan food culture into a waterfront celebration.