L’Assemblée des Bourdons draws from Breton culture and dance, especially traditions of Upper Brittany, to create a contemporary choreographic work. The Pied en Sol company works with breath, step and voice, supported by deep viola da gamba sound and traditional singing. Inherited dance is treated as a living vocabulary, open to new movement, sound and stage forms.
Topic: events
Pardon de Sainte Barbe
Pardon de Sainte Barbe belongs to the Breton chapel tradition, where procession, fountain and mass form a compact sacred route. In Plouharnel, the gathering makes the bond between local devotion and landscape visible around Sainte Barbe. Its importance is not in spectacle but in continuity: a community repeating a gesture of faith, place and memory.
Gouel Sant Roch Pardon
Gouel Sant Roch links a Catholic pardon with Breton village celebration at Saint-Roch chapel. The rite moves from mass to the fountain, where small fern crosses recall the hymn dedicated to Saint Roch. Mignoned Sant Roch frames the day with food, craft stalls, fest-deiz and the Kelc’h Keltieg Rostren circle, keeping Plounévez-Quintin’s devotional and dance traditions in the same gathering.
Moby Dick Distillery Heritage Visit
Moby Dick distillery presents Breton craft through plants, copper stills and slow double distillation near Pointe du Raz. The visit explains spirits made from cultivated or gathered botanicals, from whisky and gin to lambig and liqueurs. The heritage visit connects rural botanicals, traditional distilling methods and contemporary experimentation on the Pointe du Raz coast.
Miss Bretagne Election
The Miss Bretagne election is a regional stage event built around representation, performance and the public image of Brittany. Candidates from the four Breton departments appear before the audience in a production tied to the wider Miss France route. The evening turns regional representation into a public performance, selecting the candidate who will carry Brittany’s name onto the national stage.
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.
Les Estivales in Le Guilvinec
Les Estivales brings Le Guilvinec’s open-air gatherings together around Breton dance music and food shared beside the fishing port. Bal Floc’h and Ollu Tad a Mab shape the concert with a repertoire made for communal listening and movement. Fish soup, mussels, sardines, kouigns and other association-served dishes place the evening firmly in the working seafood culture of the Pays Bigouden.
La Saison du Kiosque
The Harmonie des enfants de la Joyeuse performs in Romans-sur-Isère as part of La Saison du Kiosque, within the Les Escales Estivales programme. The concert raises funds for Agir Contre le Cancer, known as ACC26. The association is based in Romans-sur-Isère and supports people affected by cancer and their families.
NADAU in Le Puy-en-Velay
The voice and pen of Michel Maffrand. An unexpected encounter between the Landes bagpipes and electric guitar, traditional Occitan song and modern sounds.
Dimanche des peintres et sculpteurs
Painters and sculptors exhibit outdoors in Romans-sur-Isère at Dimanche des peintres et sculpteurs. Organised by the City of Romans, the fifth edition brings experienced amateurs and professionals together to present their work to visitors. Galleries in the historic centre also open their doors for the occasion.