The 2026 Lorient Interceltic Festival devotes each evening to a dinner-concert celebrating one of the Celtic nations. Traditional dishes, live music and local products turn La Taverne Celte into a gastronomic journey across the Atlantic. The Lorient Interceltic Festival is not limited to concerts or pipe-band parades. Culture can also be
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The Asturian presence at the Lorient Interceltic Festival —An Oriant— is never confined to the stages. Alongside musicians, dancers, filmmakers and visual artists, the Government of the Principality maintains an institutional space presenting Asturies to the French public as a destination with a distinctive identity. The stand provides tourism information
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At ten o’clock on the morning of Sunday, 2 August, the first flags began to move through central Lorient. Behind them came bagpipes, bombardes, drums, dance groups and ensembles dressed in the traditional clothing of their respective territories. The Grande Parade des Nations Celtes once again brought together more than
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Galician piper Manuel Seoane Sánchez was crowned winner of the 39th MacCrimmon Bagpipe Trophy on Saturday, 1 August. One of the Lorient Interceltic Festival’s longest-running and most prestigious instrumental competitions, the event once again brought together eight outstanding performers from the new generation of Asturian and Galician pipers, with four
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This year, the Lorient Interceltic Festival places Cornwall in the spotlight, a Celtic nation linked to Brittany by language, the sea and a rich world of legends.Cornwall comes to the 2026 Lorient Interceltic Festival with far more than its music, dances and seafaring songs. The Celtic nation featured in this
Leer más...The 2026 edition, dedicated to Cornwall, will bring together hundreds of artists from the Celtic territories from 31 July to 9 August. The Asturian delegation will celebrate forty years of institutional participation at an international showcase where music, heritage, gastronomy and cider form part of a shared Atlantic identity. The Breton
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A 150-strong delegation will take part in the 55th Lorient Interceltic Festival, dedicated this year to Cornwall, from 31 July to 9 August. This year, Asturias will celebrate four decades of institutional participation in the Lorient Interceltic Festival, one of the leading international gatherings of Celtic cultures. The Asturian delegation will
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The Asturies XXI Foundation has published a Japanese edition of the outreach book What Is Asturian Cider Culture?, a new tool for presenting Asturies’ cultural heritage in Japan ahead of SISGAJapan, to be held on 30 August at Tokyo’s Akihabara UDX Gallery.DOWNLOAD THE JAPANESE PDF / DOWNLOAD THE ASTURIAN PDF LA
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The workshop will take place in Xixón on Thursday, 23 July. Participation costs €10 and practical training will be provided by Wilkin Aquiles, Laura Ovín and Alejandra Vanegas. Places are limited and advance registration is required. The celebration will also feature live music by Jorge Menéndez from 8:30 p.m. to
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The first CIDEREU International Photo Contest has received around 350 entries from several European countries. The selected images will form part of a travelling exhibition developed within the European programme dedicated to apple and cider culture. LA SIDRA.- The first CIDEREU International Photo Contest closed its submission period with around 350
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