Topic: events

  • Concert Emezi in Ploudalmézeau: R&B Fusion

    Emezi brings Perynn and Élise together with multi-instrumentalist Tudi Cariou in Ploudalmézeau. The group blends R&B pop with Breton-language expression, and its name means said she in Breton. Voice, language and contemporary regional music give the concert a clear identity beyond a standard pop performance.

  • Mercredis Musicaux in Le Conquet: Summer Celebration

    Mercredis Musicaux in Le Conquet brings Breton music and dance initiation into a recurring summer gathering. Tamm Tan provides the musical pulse, while Danserien Beg ar Louarn introduces participants to Breton dance steps. The format links live sonority, public learning and harbour-town sociability in a compact evening programme.

  • Food Tour in Saint-Brieuc: Local Tastings

    The Saint-Brieuc food tour combines local history with a generous sequence of tastings across the city centre. Crêperies, fishmongers, cheesemakers, chocolate shops and other specialists introduce their products and the knowledge behind them. A guide connects each stop with the gastronomic identity of Brittany, creating an itinerant meal shaped by conversation and regional flavour.

  • Festival des Filets Bleus: Free Concerts – 15 August

    This Festival des Filets Bleus programme day shows Concarneau’s celebration through costume, Celtic circles, embroidery, Breton language and stage music. The Kement Tu performances, headdress fitting, talks and concerts connect craft, dance and civic festival life. Children, makers, musicians and speakers keep the port town’s social and visual heritage in active circulation.

  • Tonnellerie Lefloc’h Tour in Lannion: Barrel Crafting

    Tonnellerie Lefloc’h opens Benjamin Lefloc’h’s Lannion workshop to visitors interested in Breton barrel-making. The tour follows noble wood from selection through shaping and assembly into barrels for cider, wine and eaux-de-vie. Demonstrations, decorative pieces and sustainably managed timber reveal a rare regional craft where ancestral gestures serve contemporary producers.

  • Danse bretonne in Ploudalmézeau: Traditional Steps

    Danse bretonne in Ploudalmézeau is led by the Dansal e Gwital association at the port. Participants learn traditional steps to local instrumental sounds, with the session open to beginners as well as experienced dancers. The outdoor harbour setting gives the workshop a strong place identity, joining dance transmission, music and the maritime edge of the commune.

  • Femmes et Phares Conference in Lanildut: Women’s Impact

    Femmes et Phares studies women’s roles in lighthouse history from Lanildut, a commune strongly tied to the Iroise coast. The conference places maritime work, family life and coastal memory beside the technical history of lights. Its angle is specific: it looks at women often kept outside the official lighthouse narrative while keeping the subject anchored in Breton seafaring culture.

  • The Secret of the Last Templar in Lizio: A Quest

    Le secret du dernier Templier et la quête d’Hercule uses Lizio’s streets as an interactive heritage trail. Players follow Professor Hercule Baudouin’s notebook, symbols and clues to investigate a legendary Templar presence through observation and deduction. Built heritage becomes an active field of observation, inviting families to read the village as a map of clues and stories.

  • Festival des Filets Bleus: Free Concerts – 13 August

    This day of the Festival des Filets Bleus combines maritime and Breton cultural markers in a dense public programme. Sea shanties, embroidery workshops, costume exhibitions, rescue demonstrations, Bagad Bro Konk Kerne and a fest-noz keep the festival tied to both port life and regional performance. Music, craft and maritime memory come together as a vivid portrait of Concarneau’s civic festival.

  • Night Market in Clohars-Carnoët: Local Crafts

    The Clohars-Carnoët night market brings local producers and craft makers together in a coastal commune. Stalls highlight handmade objects, regional know-how and non-food creations made by artisans from the area. The relaxed evening setting gives visitors time to meet makers directly and discover the small-scale production behind each piece.