In 1996, the Interceltic Festival of Lorient was ranked among the most important festivals in Europe by the European Commission! The festival welcomes more than 750,000 people and 4,500 artists from Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Acadia, Galicia…etc.
For this 51st edition the guest of honor are Asturias : located in the heart of Green Spain, facing the Cantabrian Sea to the north and surrounded on their southern flank by mountains over 2,500 meters high, Asturias is a territory recognized in Spain as a Natural Paradise.
From from August 05 and for 10 days and 10 nightsLorient will live to the rhythm of inter-Celtic culture and the festival!
You can find the whole program here!
Jean-Philippe Mauras, artistic director of the festival is our guest to tell us about it!