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Brittany’s main events

Conviviality and the sense of celebration: these are definitely part of Brittany’s DNA. Unusual, unmissable, sports or lyrical, dancing or gastronomic, discover our (small) selection of the main events taking place in the region. Everything that makes you want to keep going out, regardless of age and throughout the year!

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La Gacilly Photo FestivalLa Gacilly - 21st June to 3rd November 2024
Whether the shots are in black and white or in colour, green is always a major player at the Peuples & Nature Photo Festival in La Gacilly. Focusing specifically on the...
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Quai des Bulles FestivalSaint-Malo - 25th to 27th October 2024
This is certainly a date that has been circled in Brittany’s calendar of cultural events. The last weekend in October is when some 400 comic strip artists get together at the...
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©Rennes Yaouank 2022 Concert Eric Legret |Eric Legret
YaouankRennes - 8th to 23rd November 2024
A fabulous mixture of Breton, world and contemporary music, the Yaouank festival is famed above all for its last night, considered by many to be the biggest fest-noz...
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©Nicolas Joubard
TransmusicalesRennes - 4th to 8th December 2024
A leading light of the modern music scene, every winter for the last 30 years, the Transmusicales in Rennes, has given us a taste of the musical trends of tomorrow. Groups come...
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©Vincent Guillerm
Panoramas FestivalMorlaix - 4th to 6th April 2025
This spring, Brittany’s northern coast will be gearing up to host rap and electro for a musical weekend. This pioneering and trend-setting festival is staged in Morlaix, in the...
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©Jo Rouxel
Fête de la Coquille Saint-Jacques (Scallop Festival)Saint-Quay-Portrieux - 26th to 27th April 2025
Erquy, Saint-Quay-Portrieux and Paimpol are all known for their scallops and every year in April, they organise a festival in honour of their queen of the seas. Fishing trips,...
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©Benoît Stichelbaut
Gulf WeekGulf of Morbihan - 26th May to 1st June 2025
Over a thousand boats gather in Ascension week every two years to put on an extraordinary spectacle in one of most beautiful bays in the world.
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©Gwendal Le Flem
Art RockSaint-Brieuc - 6th to 8th June 2025
Organised every May, the Art Rock festival kicks off the season to a host of Breton festivals that have as many episodes as a hit TV series.
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©Yannick Le Gal
Etonnants Voyageurs (Amazing Travellers)Saint-Malo - 7th to 9th June 2025
For the last 20 years, the ‘grandchildren of Stevenson and Conrad’ have got into the excellent habit of meeting below the ramparts of Saint-Malo. Flying where its fancy takes...
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©Le Voyage à Nantes 2023|Martin Argyroglo
Le Voyage à NantesNantes - 28th June to 31st August 2025
This summer in Nantes, the green line is back again! Follow the contemporary art trail through the city, enjoying the unexpected ephemeral installations that await you at every...
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©Photographer.|Photo David Boschet
AstropolisBrest - 3rd to 6th July 2025
Every summer for nearly 20 years, there’s been a rave-olution in Brest. Astropolis brings together the ultimate in techno, for a festival that parties along at lightning speed....
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Vieilles CharruesCarhaix - July 2025
Whilst the line-up at the Vieilles Charrues changes every year, for over 20 years its recipe for success has remained the same with a mix of eclecticism and conviviality,...
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©Gaël Digard
Fête des Remparts (Ramparts Festival)Dinan - July 2025
Although its theme is the Middle Ages, the Fête des Remparts is nonetheless very much of its time. Everyone, whether young or not-so-young, can enjoy taking part in this...
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©Jacques Vapillon
Maritime FestivalDouarnenez - July 2025
Blowing up a storm! The unmissable Douarnenez Maritime Festival is making landfall again in Rosmeur harbour… something that only happens every two years! Put it in your diary:...
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Festival Le CornouailleQuimper - July 2025
Dedicated to the sheer richness and diversity of Breton culture, the Festival de Cornouaille is a cultural cornucopia, and even though it is now nearly ninety years old, this...
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