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Music & Culture Festivals in Carhaix
Les Vieilles Charrues
Jul 15–18, 2027ExpectedLes Vieilles Charrues 2027
Run by Association Les Vieilles Charrues, with published dates and a real program.
Dates & details verified against: Official event site ↗
Why go
Les Vieilles Charrues is France's biggest music festival and one of Europe's most improbable: a town of 7,000 in rural central Brittany hosts around 264,000 people over four July days, with headliners on the scale of Katy Perry, Nick Cave, and Orelsan sharing the Kerampuilh fields with Breton culture, all run by a non-profit association whose proceeds fund the region's cultural life. It began in 1992 as a village joke, the old plows, and grew into a national institution without losing the community machinery: thousands of local volunteers still run it. The setting is the point: France's largest party in a place that maps barely mark.
When it runs
Four days in mid-July
- Jul 15–18, 2027ExpectedLes Vieilles Charrues 2027
Dates read confirmed where the organizer has published them, and expected where we've projected the recurrence. Always verify with the organizer before booking.
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What to expect
Four days in mid-July; the 2026 edition runs July 16-19 with more than 60 artists. Camping-based, Breton weather included: pack for sun and rain in the same afternoon. Tickets sell direct from the association.
Getting there & around
Rail to Carhaix via Guingamp or drive from Rennes or Brest; the festival runs shuttles and camping. Book tickets when they release, months ahead.
Where it happens
Carhaix, France.
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