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Friday 30th June to Sunday 2nd July
Plaine de la Filhole, 47200 Marmande.
Across the three music-filled days of this famed rock and urban music
festival located half way between Toulouse and Bordeaux, an array of
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international performers will take to the stage once again for the 2017
21st edition. The line-up for Garorock impresses festival goers year
upon year with the 2016 festival welcoming record numbers. More then
130,000 people converged on the fields on the banks of the Garonne
at Marmande to watch Muse, Disclosure and The Kills perform over
the four-day event. For 2017, the organisers have once again outdone
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themselves with artists such as Phoenix, London Grammar, M.I.A and
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Justice confirmed. www.garorock.com

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CULTURE CORNER

Tuesday 11th July to Saturday 5th August
Throughout July Titled ‘Musiques à 360°’, this year’s city centre summer festival pro-
Carcassonne, 11000. gramme brings together a wealth of local and regional performers in
Take one UNESCO World Heritage Site, add a whole month of ambitious homage to a variety of musical genres. The Auditorium Saint-Pierre
scheduled events and the result is a festival worthy of its exceptional loca-
tion. In the last decade, the Festival de Carcassonne has established itself at des Cuisines welcomes mandolinist Julien Martineau for ‘Paradis Lat-
the forefront of summer cultural meets in the South of France, welcoming in’, the Cloître des Jacobins hosts pianist Adam Laloum, the Trio Za-
crowds of more than 200,000 to its 120 shows throughout July. Music dig and the Quatuor Modigliani in concert whilst Jardin Raymond VI
concerts, opera, dance and theatre are all on the program with the majority FESTIVAL TOULOUSE D’ÉTÉ © Karine Lhémon provides an exceptional setting for the pop rock talents of Norma and
free to the public. www.festivaldecarcassonne.fr I Me Mine and the jazz sounds of The Headbangers. Incontournable.
www.toulousedete.org
LES DERFERLANTES Saturday 8th to Tuesday 11th July TEMPO LATINO ©Jorge Cano

Parc de Valmy, 66700 Argelès-sur-Mer.
The confirmed line-up at this music extravaganza in the south-
east corner of France is a who’s who of international talent.
Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th July
Across the four days of concerts on the Med coast, festival goers
Scène des Arènes, Vic-Fezensac, Gers.
will be serenaded by the likes of celebrated French singers Re-
A soul warming celebration of Afro-Caribbean and Latin music.
naud and Jain, rock legends Sting, Iggy Pop and Manu Chao,
2017 welcomes Puerto Candelaria, Calypso Rose and the
Midnight Oil from Australia and even US hip-hop group House
of Pain. Every musical taste is catered for from Dub to Calypso
extraordinary UNITY project with their unforgettable uptempo
and Punk to Jazz. Throw in a wooded setting a stone’s throw
Michael Jackson tribute concert. www.tempo-latino.com
from the beach, a variety of fresh food-trucks and bars and you
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JAZZ IN MARCIAC
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Friday 28th July to Tuesday 15th August
8 Place du Chevalier d'Antras, 32230 Marciac, Gers.
40 years of Jazz in Marciac is honoured with an extraordinary line-
illustration Sébastien Gravouil up: Norah Jones, Herbie Hancock, René Marie and King Solomon
Hicks are all confirmed artists at this electrifying festival in Gascony.
www.jazzinmarciac.com

AUG BEDATFEST

Saturday 19th August
Chateau du Bédat, Aignan 32290
Located between the villages of Aignan and Lupiac in the Gers country-
side, BédatFest presents an eclectic line-up of European artists in a festival
perfect for families. With local food and wine, an artisans market and dedicat-
ed Kids Zone (with bouncy castle, cake decorating and art competitions, fairy
trails and pony rides) the festivities start at 11.00 and continue until the wee
small hours until revellers take to their tents pitched for free in the grounds of
the Chateau. Go to www.bedatfestival.com before the end of June and use
code BEDAT for a ticket price of 15 EUR and a complementary glass of wine.

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