Basket weaving, handmade toys and wild-plant tasting are among the workshops at La Harmoye’s producers’ market. The gathering concludes a biodiversity inventory at Vanessa Verger’s farm, connecting the programme with the surrounding living environment. A fest-noz follows the market, with Breton dancing, refreshments and wood-fired pizzas.
Tag: traditional-dance
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.
Ar Boutoù Nevez Breton Dance Classes
Ar Boutoù Nevez introduces Breton dancing in Roscoff through classes for newcomers. The association began with four friends at the bar de la Marine, where its first lessons took place on the pétanque ground. Its Breton name means ‘new shoe’, and its history includes appearances at Gouel Rosko and the Fête de l’Oignon de Roscoff.
NoBorder Hors les Murs in Plozévet
NoBorder Hors les Murs brings three distinct approaches to dance music into Plozévet. Rennes duo Gregailh pushes the hurdy-gurdy through distortion, electronics and percussion; Eris amplifies songs and traditions from Upper Brittany; Garenne pairs baroque training with Massif Central fiddle practice. Hosted by L’Avel-Dro with Le Quartz and Bretagne(s) World Sounds, the bill connects fest-noz energy with experimental folk.
Bal Folk with Millesime 58
Perrine Privas leads two dance workshops for Millesime 58’s gathering in Étoile-sur-Rhône. One introduces folk dancing; the other teaches the Carnaval de Lanz from the Basque Country and Brittany’s Kostarhoet. LUMBAGO Folk supplies the music for the bal, while soupe au pistou is available to eat there or take away by advance reservation.
Bal folk AlulA
Bal folk AlulA opens the dance floor in Nançay to complete beginners and experienced folk dancers alike. Steps are explained throughout the gathering, allowing newcomers to join the same circles and partner figures as regular participants. That inclusive approach keeps the emphasis on shared movement and active participation, so beginners learn within the same communal patterns as regular dancers. Light refreshments support the sociable atmosphere and give dancers a place to pause, talk and return to the floor. Organised by the Association Promotion et Animations Rurales de Nançay, the gathering reflects how rural associations sustain folk repertoire through practical teaching, collective rhythm and the simple pleasure of dancing together within Nançay’s welcoming rural community hall setting.
Bals Champêtres au Jardin
Bourges XIXe, the K’Danse group, brings country dancing into the formal garden at City Hall, close to the cathedral. The tree-shaded setting makes the garden part of the performance, placing historical movement within a civic landscape away from a conventional stage. Different sessions draw on the world of Empress Eugénie, the Art Nouveau era and the age of George Sand, giving each sequence of dances a changing cultural frame. The public is invited to watch and enjoy the dances in an open, sociable atmosphere. Across those themes, the group’s focus remains the physical vocabulary of the period and the pleasure of shared outdoor performance. The program turns a central Bourges garden into a meeting point between urban heritage, historical imagination and living dance practice.
Festi’Coat Concert in Le Faouët
Danserien an Ellé starts Festi’Coat with an introduction to Breton dancing in Le Faouët. Lulu’s Trio follows with traditional and folk music, while Lucie Sky plays piano covers and her own compositions. Les Glochos add their humorous songs to the concert programme, before DJ Landry takes over for the closing set.
Deus’ta! Breton Culture Festival
Deus’ta! sets Breton language, dance and stage music at the centre of a Brest festival led by volunteer cultural networks. Fest-deiz and fest-noz sessions sit beside bagad sound, dance workshops, contemporary groups such as Red Cardell and Plantec, and stands devoted to Breton games and associations. The festival forms a dense portrait of living Breton culture, from spoken language to dance-floor practice.
Breton Music Session in Saint-Brieuc
Telenn and SKV Sonerien Ha Kanerien Vreizh shape this recurring Saint-Brieuc session around gavotte, an dro and plinn repertoire. Musicians work from shared themes, then the room opens into Breton tunes carried by players, singers and dancers. Ti ar Vro gives the gathering a language-house setting, linking practice, transmission and fest-noz dance culture.