The Programming
Sunday programming
9:30AM
AT 12:00AM
Singing March
"From the Guérande hillsides
in the White Country"
Athanor Cultural Center
Adults €4
Free for under 14s
11:30AM
AT 2:00pM
Aperitif Concerts
Duo BROU / COUTON
BLEJEAN Brothers &
Nicol as QUEMENER
Northern Boulevard
Free
2:30AM
AT 7:00AM
Parade & Shows
Shows
Breton Games
Exposure
Stands
Animations...
Northern Boulevard
Free
3:30AM
AT 8:00AM
Competition
SONERION 44
Snare Drum Soloist
Bagpipe Soloist
DUO
Trophy
BOB LA COOP
Northern Boulevard
Free
4:00AM
AT 5:30AM
Concert
Bombarde and Organ
Tanguy PACAULT &
Christophe LEFT
Church of St Aubin
Free
9:30 a.m.
Singing march
"From the Guérande hillsides to the White Country"
Singing march led by Les Veuzous de la Presqu'île and members of the Bro-Gwenrann Celtic circle
Duration: from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Meet at the ATHANOR Cultural Space parking lot,
Avenue Anne de Bretagne
Prices: €4 adults
Free for children under 14
3:30 p.m. SONERION 44 Competition
Sonerion 44, the Brittany Bell-Belling Federation, is once again organizing competitions during the Celtiques de Guérande. One competition is for drummers and qualifies for the final of the Brittany Championship in Pontivy in November, as well as a competition for couples (bombard/bagpipes, bombard/koz) and trios (bombard/bagpipes/drummer, bombard/koz/drummer). The Trio competition awards the Bob La Coop trophy.
Saint Michael's Gate
Free
Information and registration HERE
11:30 a.m. Aperitif concert
 Bléjean Brothers & Nicolas Quemener |  Brou/Couton |  Bléjean Brothers & Nicolas Quemener |
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 Brou/Couton |
11:30 AM
BROU / COUTON
Collectors of stories and songs and occasional cooks, singer Roland BROU and guitarist Patrick COUTON have earned a solid reputation as historians of Brittany’s oral tradition. They reinvent this tradition with new music and new interpretations. Whether as a duo or as part of groups such as ROQUIO and LE GRAND CARAQUIN, they evoke in their songs facts, anecdotes, and situations that reflect social and even culinary realities!
Twelve years after the album Complaintes et Chansons, they have recorded a new album, this time entirely devoted to songs from Nantes. What could be more natural from two natives of the city? So don’t think of Nantes only as a city of prisons, and forget the recent national controversy over an old airport project that went off the rails. Instead, listen to BROU and COUTON as they tell the tale of Nantes (An Naoned) through stories from long ago or just yesterday.
Here is Nantes through its port, its sailors, its ships, its slave traders, its legendary king, its murderers, its pork sausage (!)… Whether you stay on the dock or board the ship, there’s always a story from Nantes to shed new light on memory. BROU and COUTON have found the words, set them to music and even to images! For RYTHMES CROISÉS, Roland BROU tells us more. Follow the guide…
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Roland BROU / Vocals, Upper Brittany Songs
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Patrick COUTON / Acoustic Guitar
12:45 PM
Bléjean Brothers & Nicolas Quemener
Loïc Bléjean and his brother Ronan have been key figures in Irish music for over thirty years. Essential musicians on the Breton scene and members of many bands, it is as a duo that they fully express the energy and emotion of a music they learned in Ireland, alongside some of its greatest artists. They are now among the few French musicians regularly invited to perform and teach master classes in Ireland.
The Bléjean brothers perform live as a trio with their longtime friend, the legendary Nicolas Quémener (guitar, vocals), who has played with some of the most renowned Irish groups for decades. Their music, deeply rooted in tradition, shines with energy and the space they give to improvisation.
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Loïc BLEJEAN / Uilleann Pipes
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Ronan BLEJEAN / Accordion
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Nicolas QUEMENER / Guitar, Vocals
Boulevard du Nord
Free admission
2:30 p.m. Parade
Parade through the walled city.
Departure from Boulevard du Nord,
Then head towards Porte Vannetaise.
Go up the street to Place St Aubin.
Descent of rue Saint Michel
And arrival at Boulevard du Nord
3:00 p.m. Concert, Shows...
 Stered Ar Stangala |  Bro Gwenrann |  Banda Gaitas Herba Grileira |
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 Quic en Groigne Saint Malo |  Bagad de Rhuys |  Les Veuzous de la Presqu'île 1 |
 O Fiadeiro |  Collectif Guérande Malville |
Dance & Music Scene
Northern Boulevard
2:40 p.m.: The Veuzous of the Peninsula
3:15 p.m.: Bro Gwenrann Celtic Circle (children)
3:40 p.m.: Banda de Gaïtas Herba Grileira
4:00 p.m.: The singers of the Veuzous of the Presqu'île
4:20 p.m.: Guérande-Malville Collective
4:45 p.m.: Galician dance group O Fiadeiro
5:05 p.m.: The singers of the Veuzous of the Presqu'île
5:25 p.m.: Ensemble Stered ar Stangala
5:50 p.m.: Bagad de Rhuys
6:10 p.m.: Ensemble Quic en Groigne from Saint-Malo
6:30 p.m.: The Veuzous of the Peninsula
Breton Games with C'Houariou Bro Gwenrann
Festival Stand (information)
Dastum exhibitions,
Exhibitions of the Friends of Guérande
Kenleur Exhibitions
Breizh Exhibitions 5/5
Ironing of Headdresses
Bar, Restaurant, Crepes...
(Programming times subject to change)
from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Free
4:00 PM Concert
Concert in the Collegiate Church of St Aubin
Tanguy PACAULT & Christophe GAUCHE
A Bombarde and organ concert with talabarder (bell-ringer) Tanguy Pacault and organist Christophe Gauche form a duo in which the bombarde and organ blend magnificently. The two artists seek a permanent dialogue between the two instruments. It is from this heritage that they have drawn an exclusive repertoire.
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Tanguy PACAULT / Bombarde
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Christophe GAUCHE / Organ
In partnership with La Voix Des Orgues
Start 4:00 p.m.
Prices:
Free participation in support of La Voix Des Orgues