The pandemic has consequences in all areas, even that of Celtic music.
Celtic circles have taken to the road: deprived by the pandemic of their traditional rendezvous throughout the year, they are crisscrossing Brittany this summer to find the public, residents or holidaymakers.
“We suspected that the summer would once again be special because of the health context.
We therefore launched a traveling festival by changing municipalities every day, ”explains Mathieu Lamour, director of the Kenleur federation, which brings together more than 200 associations of circles, including twenty in the Paris region, and 22,000 members.
The “Kenleur Tour” has programmed 54 stages
Starting from Cancale (Ille-et-Vilaine) on July 12, the “Kenleur Tour” has scheduled 54 stages, always free, from the north of Finistère to the Loire-Atlantique coast via the interior, until the final, the August 22 in Guingamp (Côtes d'Armor) for the annual Saint-Loup festival.
Each evening is different: concert, costume parades, entertainment, but also Breton dance or embroidery workshops.
They are organized with local associations, circles or bagadou (united within their own federation, Sonerion, with around 10,000 musicians).
State funding for the first time
Usually, the life of circles and bagadou, like traditional singers, is punctuated by gatherings, trainings and competitions throughout the year, often attended by a large audience.
Without counting of course the summer festivals, in reduced format, or even deleted, since the spring of 2020. So many events, managed at a distance since the start of the pandemic, without contact with the public.
The “Kenleur Tour” is financed in equal parts by self-financing, by the Brittany region and, “for the first time”, by the Drac (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Culture).
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