For the ones in France (or who will be over there in August), there will be a Festival Acadien in St-Aubin-sur-Mer the week of August 10-15.

For the history buff, St-Aubin-sur-Mer is located at Juno Beach in Normandy. On the famous D day landing during WWII of June 1944, that village was liberated by the North Shore Regiment, which was a regiment that was comprised mostly of Acadians from the Acadian Peninsula (North East) in New Brunswick, Canada.

Therefore, the inhabitants of this village have decided to organize an annual edition of a Festival Acadien, where every year in August, they will invite many Acadian artists (mostly from Atlantic Canada) to come and perform. National Acadian day in Canada is August 15. I have attached a couple of links above on St-Aubin and the North Shore regiment for more details.

Thanks for that, Maz. Interestingly, that starts the weekend after Saulieu C&Z festival down in Burgundy.

BJ

Thanks Maz, I had never heard of this event. It sounds great. I might go.
And I have just learned that, besides Saulieu, another Cajun music festival will take place in July (link #1).

Christian

Très bien.
Great to see at Les Cadiennes, the Pine Leaf and Vishten will be playing. Vishten is an excellent Acadian band from Prince Edward Island. Worth to see.
I can't wait for my "semi-retirement" when I'll be visiting events like that all over the continents!

Looks good, Christian.

BJ

Oh yes ! I have heard this Acadian music only on records, so that would be a great opportunity to discover these bands on stage !
There is a website where the whole programme can be downloaded (link 1, then "télécharger le programme").

And for you it's even on your way back from Saulieu.

Christian