Jean-Michel Le Méhauté gathers Breton coiffes and costume pieces as objects of textile skill, family memory and terroir identity. Embroidery, folded fabric, color and hairstyle show how each community marked belonging through dress. The Saint-Jacut exhibition treats the collector as a passeur de mémoire, shaped by conversations with elders and by the pleated coq headdress of the Emerald Coast.
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Rando Noz Gourmande & Fest-Noz
Rando Noz gourmande & Fest noz begins as a community walk organised around Saint Joseph School in Crach, with food breaks placed along the route. The evening shifts into fest-noz, where Tam Glaz anchors the gathering in Breton dance music. Hiking, shared tables and circle-dance culture meet in a format that feels rural, sociable and closely tied to local school life.
Mémé K7 at Arth Mael
Mémé K7 brings the Kreiz Breizh Akademi into a concert built around the voices of women from Lower Brittany. Under violinist Pierre Droual, ten musicians work with collected songs, timbres and shifting moods, giving older material a sharper stage language. Breton song meets Basque and eastern colors in a performance where archive, memory and future-facing orchestration hold the same pulse.
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.
Arth Mael Samain Night
Arth Mael’s Nuit de la Samain uses dance to mark the threshold between the light and dark seasons. Le Mange Bal folds Breton, Occitan and Auvergne traditions into electronic textures, while Planchée works from Upper Brittany repertoire toward trance, swing and partner dances. The Samain frame connects fest-noz practice with an older Celtic calendar, giving the night a ritual as well as musical edge.
Presqu’île Breizh Across Quiberon Bay
Presqu’île Breizh brings Breton music and dance together across Quiberon Bay in a celebration shared around the peninsula. The Breton invitation Daet Da Zañzal—enter the dance—places collective participation at the centre of the festival. The dates cover three days, and admission is free, while the detailed programme has yet to be announced. The gathering spans the bay through regional musical traditions, social dance and cultural links between peninsula communities. Its identity comes from movement, sound and participation across several days. Participating venues and performers remain forthcoming, so practical plans can be checked against the organiser’s programme closer to the festival. Presqu’île Breizh is rooted in Breton dance culture and the communal energy of the peninsula, leaving room for later announcements while keeping the regional theme clear.
Aboard a Breton Trawler
Conférence “Une campagne à bord d’un chalutier” centres on Jean-Paul Mathelier’s time aboard fishing boats. His photographs capture Breton sailors through work gestures, deck routines and suspended moments at sea. Held in the Marinarium context, the talk connects image-making with maritime labor, giving the fishing port’s memory a human and visual scale.
Le Bal des Enflammés
Le Bal des Enflammés mixes mechanical spectacle with Breton music and night-festival atmosphere. Classic and luxury cars sit beside rides and demonstrations, while Sonerien Du, Ampouailh, Diskar and bagadoù from Morbihan and Côtes-d’Armor bring the sound of fest-noz and bagad culture. Food stalls add rougail, grilled meats and crêpes, making the gathering a broad Pluméliau-Bieuzy celebration.
Nizon Patronal Festival
Fête patronale de Nizon gathers several strands of village life around Pont-Aven: music under the big top, fairground games, country-style food and sporting contests. The Breton Horse Festival gives the weekend a rural anchor, while boules, pétanque and local concerts keep the format close to parish-festival tradition. The patronal feast is shaped by livestock, associations and Breton small-town sociability.
Cap Danse: Dirau by Bilaka
Bilaka’s Dirau takes its title from a Basque word for what endures while transforming. The collective works from Basque dance steps and rhythms, letting walking become choreography and silence become movement. In Tourc’h, the Cap Danse program places Arthur Barat, Zibel Damestoy, Ioritz Galarraga and Oihan Indart in a piece where tradition moves through contemporary physical energy.