Breton music undoubtedly has its own festival: the Lorient Interceltic Festival. The 51st edition takes place from August 5 to 14, in the heart of Lorient. Shows, concerts, entertainment: the festival gets the city moving and highlights Breton culture.
Festival Director, Jean-Philippe Mauras presents this new edition to us under a resplendent sun.
The country of Lorient by bike
Columnist on France Bleu and YouTuber, Evan Adelinet is a personality who is talking about in the region! This enthusiast has opened a blog, Evan de Bretagne, where he goes to meet Bretons and Bretons by bike. During a tour of the country of Lorient, he recorded nine videos to tell the life of local personalities and to discover unusual places.
On the program: Hennebont, Larmor-Plage, Ploemeur, Bubry, Languidic, Cléguer, Inzinzac-Lochrist, Lorient and Inguinel.
Evan Adelinet tells you about his human adventure!
Giving boat sails a second life
President and co-director of 727 Sailbags, Nicholas Veto brings boat sails back to life. His project ? Transform the sails that are no longer used to brave seas and oceans into luggage and handbags, ready-to-wear and decorative objects.
By reusing the material of the sails, the creators extend the life of these canvases and highlight a unique know-how that conveys a whole host of values.
It is the collected veils that serve as inspiration to create new objects. Sewing level, the machines are those used for sailboats!
Employment and environmental enhancement
Optim’ism is an association committed to environmental and social transition. It acts in Lorient and the surrounding area by setting up various projects, including support for farms. With the course “Fais Pousser Ton Emploi”, the association has trained future farmers to be recruited in order to develop farms.
To talk about it, Paul Gaultier and Justine Moron of the association are in “Ma France, l’été”.
Also discover the local legend which is told to you by the association of the country of Lorient “Once upon a time”. This is the story of four comrades in a lie!