Category: events

This Plouigneau workshop introduces young children to galettes bretonnes through a simple hands-on activity at Écomusée Ker Dreger. Children cut the dough with cookie cutters, watch their galettes bake and taste the result with their families. The activity places kitchen gestures, local cereal culture and museum learning within easy reach of young participants.

Gwennyn’s Immram: Odyssey carries Breton identity through a Celtic pop-rock language shaped for the stage. Her voice is joined by Patrice Marzin on guitar, Manu Leroy on bass and Ronan Rouxel on violin and mandolin, giving the songs both drive and acoustic colour. Sung culture and contemporary arrangement meet in an artist whose work has carried Brittany across European stages while remaining anchored in its language and musical imagination.

This Lamballe-Armor writing workshop is led by author Ella Balaert. The session gives participants a guided framework for producing text, exchanging ideas and working from place-based inspiration. Its cultural value is modest but concrete: a local literary practice shaped by an identified writer and hosted in a Breton town setting.

Volubile Folk Festival in Guissény brings Patxi Garat and Sylvain Duthu to the Scène Volubile. Patxi carries Basque songwriting and language memory, while Duthu, known through Boulevard des Airs, brings a poetic French folk voice. Directed by Gérard Pont, the encounter gives the festival a cross-regional folk identity rooted in live song and coastal Brittany.

Qui veut des Kouign Amann? is a musical tale about friendship, travel and the search for Brittany’s famous butter cake. Sophie brings an adventurer’s energy to the songs and characters, while Yann supplies guitar and comic counterpoint. Their pursuit of the kouign-amann turns a regional food emblem into the playful thread of a family story performed by Cie Asterion.

Endro brings Celtic harp and guitar together in a close musical dialogue at Guilvinec. Klervi Rouyer and Neven Le Pennec shape pieces around travel and the sea, combining delicate melody with the harp’s lower register and the guitar’s rhythmic colour. Improvisation opens their Breton and Celtic foundations to touches of jazz, funk, South American and African sound.

Pardon de l’île Callot begins with the tidal passage from the island and continues with worship at its chapel. The procession brings participants across a maritime landscape where access and religious practice remain closely linked. A free fest-deiz at Salle du Kélenn follows with Louis Abgrall, Michel Jammet and Lariden, extending the pardon through Breton music and communal dance.

Pardon de Saint Egat follows the Breton pattern of chapel devotion followed by communal sociability. Mass gives the celebration its sacred centre, then a shared meal and a church concert extend the day into hospitality and music. In Plouégat-Guérand, the modest scale is part of the pardon’s character, joining memory, sacred place and village gathering within one local ritual.

Pao Bran performs a Breton music programme in Matignon, and the concert plays under the town’s Halles. Music’Halles is the series it belongs to, and the Halles give it the room. Breton music fills the programme, which the bill announces as a Breton evening. Food and drinks are available on site, alongside the concert itself.

Professional guide Michèle François leads this visit to the oyster farms of Carantec in the Bay of Morlaix. The tour explains oyster cultivation and ends with a tasting on site. A game booklet for children is available on request from the Carantec Tourist Office, where reservations and payment can also be arranged; booking online is another option.