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Festivals and major events in Finistère
Febuary
Mardi Gras Carnival
During the week of shrew Tuesday (Mardi Gras).
Contact : Office de Tourisme de Douardenez, Tél. 02 98 92 13 35, tourisme.douardenez@wanadoo.fr, www.douardenez-tourisme.com
Mid-March to mid-April
Botanic
Every year, the fields in Plomeur are awash with the colours of spring with stunning floral sculptures representing some of the worlds most famous monuments. Among the species of flowers grown, there are tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, iris, anemones, dahlias and gladiolus.
Contact : www.ouest-cornouaille.com
April
Celtic Folklore Festival
Contact : www.printemps-de-chateauneuf.org
Festival Panorama à Morlaix
Alternative Music Festival
This music festival takes place over 4 days . A modern and creative festival it features a large panorama of up and coming new artists in popular musical areas such as rock, Electro and hip-hop. Numerous concerts and shows in different areas of the town.
May
Street Entertainment
More than 150 shows spread out over 28 areas of the region of Morlaix along the theme of street theatre and entertainment. For all ages.
Contact : www.artsdanslarue.com
June
Comic strips
A friendly and informal Festival where amateur and serious comic strip fans come together during a week-end in a world where comic strip heroes, their authors and their fans are at one.
Contact : www.festival-bd-brest.fr
July
Traditional Breton Folk/Music Festival
Concerts, festou-noz, traditional dances, Breton theatre (in Breton) ancient traditional sailing boats , Breton games and sports, children's entertainment... This festival is a real showcase for the vitality of Breton and Celtic culture .
Contact : Festival Kann al Loar, Tél. 02 98 30 30 45, http://kann.al.loar.free.fr
Fête des Brodeuses à Pont l'Abbé
Traditional Breton Folk/Music festival
During a week-end, more than 1 300 traditional Breton costumes are on show, over thirty Celtic dance groups and international folk groups come together. Shows, parades, concerts...
Contact : Fête des Brodeuses, Tél. 02 98 82 37 99, www.pontlabbe-lesconil.com
Festival de Cornouaille à Quimper
Traditional Breton Music/Dance Festival
Celtic and folk festival with events taking place throughout the town during a week. The shows, concerts and events which make up this magical festival brings together hundreds of musicians and literally thousands of dancers, and is a wonderful experience for all the family !
Contact : www.festival-cornouaille.com
Festival Les Arts dînent à l'huile à Douarnenez
Arts, Crafts/ Cultural Festival
On the trace of the sardine (the fish most associated with the port of Douarnenez) and the imaginary which surrounds it. This festival is an invitation to discover the different cultures it passes in the course of its migrations. Concerts, shows, exhibitions... every year the festival plays host to a new sardine port from around the world.
Contact : www.lesartsdinent.com
Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
International and French music festival
Four days of concerts, in the heart of the green and magnificent site of Kerampuilh. The festival attracts renowned international stars as well as some well known French artists with something to satisfy everyone's musical tastes, entertainment, the very best of the local Breton groups as well as new talents discovered in the smaller festival/ competition -des Jeunes Charrues.
Contact : www.vieillescharrues.asso.fr
Festival Goueliou Kastell Paol
Folk festival
A week long festival : fest-noz, folk dance groups, Breton games, local produce market, the artichoke festival...
Contact : www.saintpoldeleon.fr
August
Art de la rue
Contact : www.artsdanslarue.com
Onion festival in Roscoff
Gastronomy
The onion trade really took off in the 1830's thanks to the onion merchants Johnnies', who crossed the English channel to sell their onions door to door. This major festival celebrating the pink onion honours their memory over two days and celebrates these onions which are still grown in the traditional way and remain the pride and joy of the local townspeople..
Contact : www.roscoff-tourisme.com
Fête des Filets Bleus à Concarneau
Fête folklorique
Created in 1905 to come to the aid of the local fishermen and their families during the sardine crisis, a traditional Breton folk festival which takes over the town over a few days: shows, sporting events (Breton games, traditional Breton wrestling), traditional dancers and musicians...
Contact : http://filetsbleus.free.fr
Festival du Bout du Monde à Crozon
World music
A major festive and cultural event in Finistère, making Crozon an important location during the holiday season for world music. Discover new voices, different sounds, and original rhythms from lands far away .
Contact : www.festivalduboutdumonde.com
Mondial'Folk de Plozévet
World Music Festival
This festival takes place during a week, 800 artists from all over the world come together to introduce us to their culture, origins and music...
Contact : www.mondialfolk.org
Festival des Gens du Moulin à Arzano
Theatre and music
Theatre, concerts, performances, exhibitions, dancing and refreshments... in an enchanting and pastoral site on the banks of the river of Scorff.
Contact : http://lesgensdumoulin.free.fr
Semaines Musicales à Quimper
Classical Music
For two weeks in August the town of Quimper plays host to performers and ensembles of international renown for over ten concerts... A must for all music lovers !
Contact : www.semaines-musicales-quimper.org
September
Nautical event
This boat race takes place every two years, sailing around the coastline of Brittany and inevitably the coast of Finistère. You can admire the fleet in the ports used on the different stages of the race and admire the tactics of the numerous navigators during the regattas along the Breton coastline.
Contact : www.tourdebretagnealavoile.com
October
Jazz
A remarkable and surprising rendez vous' with all sorts of jazz musical entertainment for all jazz music lovers during a month in various venues in the town of Brest !
Contact : www.atlantiquejazzfestival.com
November
European Short Film Festival in Brest
Discover the new and talented European directors who will play an important part in the cinema of the future (fiction, animation, documentary, alternative). This festival also proposes films for a younger public, a panorama of Breton productions, projections translated in sign language( in French ) and with audio-descriptions for the visually impaired.
Contact : www.filmcourt.fr
December
Saint-Renan, Brest... have some of the biggest and prettiest festive Christmas markets in Finistère. Contact the tourist information centres for information about dates and locations .
29018 Quimper Cedex - Tél. 02 98 76 25 64 - Fax 02 98 52 19 19