As part of the 8th edition of the Armada, around thirty concerts are scheduled with local artists and headliners.
For the past few days, sailboats and warships have invested the port of Rouen. A major popular festival, the Armada also offers many visitors free concerts and exhibitions.
From Earth, Wind & Fire to Black M
It was the crazy electropop band Deluxe and their famous mustaches who kicked off the festivities. In the first part, a local artist full of promise, Annabella Hawk. On the Waddington peninsula, it’s party time every day with three to four concerts scheduled per evening. Jazz, rock, soul, electro, rap, there’s something for all musical tastes, from 7 p.m. to midnight. Very varied styles with Norman talents but also stars of the French or international scene.
On Wednesday June 14, the public will be able to wiggle their hips to the standards of the American group Earth, Wind & Fire. Titles revisited by the group’s guitarist Al McKay. The next day, Thursday June 15, the legendary French hard rock group Trust will set the stage on fire. Change of mood with Amir on Thursday June 16th. Revealed by the tele-hook show The Voice, ten years ago, and confirmed by the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, the singer is now a staple of the French music scene. On the program for the same day, a big name in French rap: Black M, who will take the stage from 10:30 p.m. The French producer and DJ of electro pop The Avener will close this series of concerts on Saturday June 17, after the performance of the interpreter of My philosophyAmel Bent.
Two exhibits on ocean pollution
And definitely, the Armada 2023 gives pride of place to culture with three exhibitions related to the sea. The Saint-Ouen abbey church is hosting a series of portraits of sailors. These shots are signed Isabelle Lebon. The photographs are accompanied by texts by Christine Ternat. To discover until July 3, 2023.
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Two other exhibitions presented at the Pavillon des Transitions until November 30, 2023 are dedicated to plastic pollution and its impacts on the oceans. The first, called Bottled Ocean 2123, is an immersive exhibition by the Maori artist Georges Nuku who creates works from plastic and polystyrene recovered by the sea. His creations sublimate these materials so as not to ignore them and thus challenge ordinary mortals on their dangerousness. The exhibition Laminated oceans and seas offers a more didactic approach on the consequences of plastic on the seabed and the solutions to protect this ecosystem.
8th edition of the Armada, Rouen, until June 18, 2023