YFFINIAC
The "Bernard Hinault" Cycle Race.
The race, run over a distance
of 231 km (144 miles), takes participants through the hills and
dales of Côtes d'Armor.
PLANGUENOUAL
Pony-Trekking across Saint-Brieuc Bay.
An evening ride from Plérin to
Planguenoual. Torchlight procession followed by a Breton ceilidh.
DINAN to LANNION
La Costarmoricaine.
A cycle race for all, along a
route designed to reveal the "Armor" side of the area.
SAINT-BRIEUC
Summer Festival.
Street entertainment. Thursdays
and Fridays, July and August.
GUINGAMP
Pilgrimage to Notre-Dame de Bon Secours.
PERROS-GUIREC
Stage in the round-France yacht race.
PLEDELIAC
Nocturnes du Château de la Hunaudaye.
Musicians, storytellers and singers
revive the evening entertainments of old within the fortress.
CORLAY
Horse Racing.
2nd July. Flat race, steeplechase
and grand cross-country steeplechase.
GUINGAMP
Bugale Vreizh.
Breton Children's Festival.
LANNION
Trégor Photograph Festival.
MONCONTOUR
Nights in Armor.
An international festival of
Celtic music.
LAMBALLE - LA POTERIE
Old-fashioned Bread Festival.
MUR-DE-BRETAGNE
Festival of Traditional Arts.
11th - 16th July.
LANNION, PERROS-GUIREC, TREGUIER
Trégor Festival.
Classical music.
CORLAY
Horse Racing.
14th July. Flat racing, steeplechases.
One of the most famous racecourses in Brittany.
DINAN
International Celtic Harp Festival.
TREDREZ LOCQUEMEAU
National Guitar Competition.
Young guitarists play to a jury
of internationally-famous musicians.
LA CHEZE
Gallo Festival.
Entertainments based on the Gallo
language and culture: evenings of story and song, concerts, meetings,
beginners' courses in music, drama and dance etc.
SAINT-GOUENO
Hill Festival.
Folk festival with music from
far and wide.
COTES D'ARMOR
Summer Volleyball Competition.
VIEUX-MARCHE
Seven Saints Procession.
Moslem and Christian pilgrimage
and meetings.
CALLAC
International Cycle Race.
PAIMPOL
Beauport's Traditional Thursday Concerts.
Musicians and storytellers breathe
life back into Beauport Abbey.
SAINT-GELVEN
Nozic's Treasure.
Son et lumière in the heart
of Bon Repos Abbey.
LAMBALLE - MARQUE
Golden Gorse Folk Festival.
CORLAY
National Carriage-Driving Championships.
PLEDELIAC
Bread Festival.
LAMBALLE
National Horse-Jumping Competition.
LAMBALLE
International "Hill-Climb" Cycle Race.
SAINT-QUAY-PORTRIEUX
National and International Beach Volleyball Championships.
CHATELAUDREN and outlying districts
Light Safari.
A route interspersed with musical stops
and entertainments.
PERROS-GUIREC
Hydrangea Festival.
Traditional music and dancing.
BOURBRIAC
Fanch-Plin Festival.
Breton childhood festival with Mass
in Breton, Celtic harps, Breton wrestling, "Plin" dancing
competition etc.
LAMBALLE
Threshing Festival in St-Aaron.
GUINGAMP
Breton Dancing and St-Loup Festival.
One of the highlights on the Breton
dancing and music calendar.
HENANSAL
Old-Fashioned Threshing Festival.
LA PRENESSAYE
Querrien Pilgrimage.
This is the "Lourdes of Brittany",
attracting more than 50,000 pilgrims every year.
CONFORT BER'HET MANTALLOT
Traditional Breton and Irish Dancing.
TREGASTEL
24-hour Sailing Regatta.
Regattas on 420's. Special events daytime
and evening.
MONCONTOUR
Mediaeval Festival.
A day and night in another age
ROSTRENEN
Dans Fisel Festival.
Fisel song, dancing and music with
a competition attracting top Celtic music and dance clubs.
DINAN
Ramparts Festival.
The largest mediaeval festival
in Europe, held every two years.
LANVELLEC
Ancient Music Festival.
Prestigious soloists and ensembles
playing to an audience that comes back year after year.
SAINT-BRIEUC
Art Rock.
Rock, rock and nothing but rock in
drama, dancing, music, the arts etc.
COTES D'ARMOR
Laughter Month.
A whole month of comedy and good
humour throughout Côtes d'Armor.
QUEVERT
Apple Festival.
COTES D'ARMOR
Winter Tales.
Storytellers come to castles,
farmhouses and places steeped in magic and mystery to recount tales
that awaken idle fancies - not to mention a few tall stories.
COTES D'ARMOR
Drama Festival.
Theatricals, words, gestures,
facial expressions, silence.... it takes all of these to narrate
our history.
SAINT-BRIEUC
Carnavalrock.
Rock music and dancing in an
atmosphere that's really something else.
Scallop Festival.
Special events with the Brotherhood
of Scallops and Chablis Wine. Tasting of mouthwatering dishes.
COTES D'ARMOR
Favourite Music Festival.
Concerts of song, jazz, contemporary
and traditional music, blues, rock etc. throughout Côtes d'Armor.
TREGUIER
St Ives Procession.
Laywers' Pilgrimage. Third Sunday
in May. One of the most popular pilgrimages in Brittany.
GLOMEL
International Festival of Popular Clarinet.
Clarinettists from central Brittany
meet up with jazz musicians and traditional instrumentalists from
all over the world.
LAMBALLE (LA POTERIE)
Potters' Fair.
