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The Festival de Cornouaille (or just Cornouaille Kemper) is an annual festival taking place in

Quimper Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography The ...

, a city in the south-west of

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

, a western region of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. The festival begins on the third Sunday of July and lasts for one week. It has been held since 1923 and is one of the biggest cultural events in Brittany. The festival puts forward the

Breton culture The culture of Brittany is made up of Breton culture, and Celtic culture. Brittany's strongest international connections tend to be in the United Kingdom, particularly in the Celtic groups of Cornwall and Wales, and in Canada. Brittany is the Eng ...

in its diversity and its richness. About 180 shows, concerts and animations take place in the day and in the evening in the urban heart of the city of Quimper: "a festival in the heart of a city and a culture".

History

From 1923

Reine de Cornouaille 2014 - Festival Cornouaille Kemper 2015

The festival was founded in 1923 as a sort of beauty contest ; The idea was to choose the most beautiful girl in the region and crowned queen of the festival . hair To the so-called Festival des Reines continued to dress the Breton bards Taldir, Jaffrenou and Botrel were present, as were the folk dancers Plozévet. After the pageant, accompanied by piano and violin, was a dinner for 300 guests, and the festival ended with a grand ball, where the gavotte was mixed with the Charleston. The festival continued in this form until 1947.

From 1945

The festival was not held during the Second World War but was revived after 1945. In 1947 the "Qeens Festival" was renamed ''Les grandes Fêtes de Cornouaille''. The first Fêtes was a four-hour folk festival, focusing on the Breton tradition. In 1948 a sixteen year-old girl was elected festival queen, provoking criticism from the Roman Catholic Church. As a result, in 1949 the practice of electing a festival queen was abandoned, and the festival changed to emphasize local folklore. In the same year the festival was expanded from one day to one week. During the 1950s, the festival developed into one of the most prominent celebrations of Breton culture. In 1992, the famous guitarist Dan Ar Braz, a native of Quimper, was asked to organize the festival's music. This resulted in the

Héritage des Celtes L'Héritage des Celtes (The Celts Heritage) is a 50-piece Pan-Celt band with musicians from Celtic nations, started by two Bretons in the town of Quimper ; the producer Jacques Bernard and the guitarist Dan Ar Braz. It started as a gathering of f ...

project, which brought together seventy Celtic musicians. This collaboration resulted in a number of albums under the name "Heritage des Celtes".

Lineups

2016

* Tuesday 19 : Laurène et Louis, Ronan Le Bars with guests ( Dan Ar Braz, Sylvain Barou and Stéphane Eicher), Colline Hill, Lina Bellard, Tymen / Kerveillant Quintet * Wednesday 20 : Maria Desbordes, Bagad Cap Caval et le Phil'Armorik Orchestra, Dremmwel, Duo Rivière / Lagadic, Aroze * Thursday 21: Gabriella, Doolin', Dañs Er Jeko, Tanaw, Jo Van Bouvel * Friday 22 : Red Cardell,

Alan Stivell Alan Stivell (; born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a French, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically ...

, Sylvain Giro, Groove Boys, Amieva * Saturday 23 : Cyber Fest-noz, Kement Tu, Trio EDF, Voix du sud, Ars'Ys, NIJ, Gwenc'hlan * Sunday 24 : Kemper en Fête,

Soldat Louis Soldat Louis are a French rock group originally from Lorient, who mix the traditional music of Brittany with typical rock music instruments - electric and acoustic guitar, drum kit, etc. - as well as the traditional bagpipes ( ''biniou braz'' in ...

, Dj Blue

2015

* Tuesday 21 : Dan Ar Braz, Yann Honoré, Soïg Sibéril * Wednesday 22 : Angélique Ionatos et Elisa Vellia,

Nolwenn Korbell Nolwenn Korbell (; born 3 February 1968 in Quimper, Finistère), is a French Breton singer-songwriter. Best known for her songs in Breton, with her musicians or in a duet with guitarist Soïg Sibéril, she released four albums, regularly perfo ...

, La Grande Tribu (tribute to

Youenn Gwernig Youenn Gwernig (10 May 1925 – 29 August 2006; born in Scaër, Douarnenez) was a Breton-American poet, writer and singer. He was a painter, sculptor and a TV presenter on the French channel France 3. He was born in 1925 in the town of Scaër ( ...

) * Thursday 23: Miossec, Outside Duo, Safar * Friday 24 : The Celtic Social Club, India Noz (Ollivier Leroy & Eostiged ar Stangala), Kreiz Breizh Academi 5 * Saturday 25 : Kement Tu, Les Goristes, Dasson (Dominique Molard), national championship of Breton pipe bands (third category), Cyber fest noz * Sunday 26 : Kemper en Fête, fest deiz/fest noz

2014

* Tuesday 22 : Susheela Raman, Annie Ebrel, Joa Trio Armel an Hejer, Roland Conq Quartet, Oktopus Kafe, Dastum evening * Wednesday 23 : Olli and the Bollywood Orchestra,

Merzhin Merzhin ("Merlin" in Breton language) is a rock band from Landerneau, in Brittany, formed in 1996 by six friends of high school. Their music is characterized by the displayed energy and by the uncommon use of instruments in the standards of the ...

, Brieg Guerveno, Maracu'Jah, Sharluber, Ludo Mesnil * Thursday 24 :

Denez Prigent Denez Prigent (; born 17 February 1966 in Santec, Finistère) is a Breton folk singer-songwriter of the ''gwerz'' and '' kan ha diskan'' styles of Breton music. From his debut at the age of 16, he was known for singing traditional songs '' a ca ...

, Clarisse Lavanant, Bagad Penhars/Kolektif Istanbul, David Krakauer, Pavan Takin, Roland Becker * Friday 25 :

Didier Squiban Didier Squiban (born 23 September 1959 in ''Ploudalmézeau'' (Finistère)) is a French pianist and composer. His musical work is a combination of traditional Breton music, jazz improvisation and classical romanticism and has added the piano to ...

and The Brittany symphony orchestra, Gwennyn, Krismenn solo, H , Arneo * Saturday 26 : Sinead O'Connor, Vishtèn,

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, Blackwater, War'l leur Dance championship, national championship of Breton pipe bands (third category), Les Gabiers d’Artimon * Sunday 27 : Red Cardell, Kemper en Fête, fest deiz/ fest noz

2013

* Tuesday 23 : Carlos Núñez,

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"L’Insoumis Disuj", Breizharock, New Celeste, Vincendeau-Felder Quartet * Wednesday 24 : Salif Keita, Barzaz, Konogan an Habask & Pevarlamm KH, Kerden en Awel, "Jeu à la Nantaise" collective, Kejaj * Thursday 25 : Goran Bregović,

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, bagad Melinerion "Melin’art Orchestra", Serendou, Startijenn "El-TaQa", Ampouailh * Friday 26 : Steve Hackett "

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Revisited II 2013", Gérard Delahaye,

Cécile Corbel Cécile Corbel (born 28 March 1980, in Pont-Croix, Finistère, France) is a French and Breton singer, harpist, and composer. She has released five albums of original music and worked for Studio Ghibli as a composer for its 2010 film, ''The Borro ...

Les Ramoneurs de Menhirs Les Ramoneurs de menhirs are a Breton Celtic punk group formed in 2006. Its members include Éric Gorce on the bombardon, Richard Bévillon on the bagpipes, the traditional vannetais singer Gwenaël Kere and Loran, guitarist from the group ...

, Dièse 3 & Parveen Khan, Landat-Moisson "E-Leiz" * Saturday 27 : The

and festival ( Dan Ar Braz &

Bagad Kemper Bagad Kemper (using the Breton name for the town of Quimper) is one of the oldest bagad, Breton pipe bands. Formed in 1949, its first president was none other than Loeïz Ropars, renovator of the Fest Noz (dance party) and kan ha diskan singer (Bre ...

) "Celebrations" , Mànran, Jean-Charles Guichen Group, "Encore, bagad Brieg", "Kement Tu" (Breton nationional dance championship), Loened Fall * Sunday 28 : Murray Head, Kemper en Fête, fest deiz/ fest noz, Cyber fest-noz n°15

2012

* Tuesday 24 : Gabriel Yacoub & Marie from Malicorne, Sharon Corr, Ronan Le Bars, "Sin Antesia" (Faustine Audebert), Trio EDF, Spoum (fest noz) * Wednesday 25 :

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( Jethro Tull), Bagad Roñsed-Mor, Armel An Hejer, Les frères Guichen, Raggalendo, Arvest ( fest noz) * Thursday 26 : Loreena McKennitt, Eostiged ar Stangala "Tud Fiction", Les Goristes, Breabach, "Blue & black Zebra" (Hamon-Martin), Esquisse (fest-noz) * Friday 27 : Red Cardell-

"Fest-Rock", Soïg Sibéril,

, "Alan Kelly Gang" ( The Chieftains,

, Guidewires), TiTom, "Mor Kreizdouar Porjekt" (Sylvain Barou - Stelios Petrakis) * Saturday 28 :

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Sonerien Du Sonerien Du is a group of Breton music adapted for the dances in Fest Noz. The group was born in 1972, in Alan Stivell's trail, harpist of the Celtic Revival. Driving force of the Breton culture, the group crossed periods of concerts and'' festo ...

Graeme Allwright Graeme Allwright (7 November 1926 – 16 February 2020) was a New Zealand-born French singer and songwriter. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s as a French language interpreter of the songs of American and Canadian songwriters such as Leona ...

, Julien Jaffrès, "Kement Tu" (Breton nationional dance championship), national championship of Breton pipe bands (third category) * Sunday 29 :

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& The No Smocking Orchestra, "Kemper en Fête"

2011

* Monday 18 : Ars’ys and Jef Le Penven * Tuesday 19 :

James Blunt James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount; 22 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army, he served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. After l ...

Erik Marchand Érik Marchand (born 1955) is a Breton traditional singer and player of the treujenn-gaol (Breton clarinet). Although born in Paris, his family was of Breton origin, hailing from Quelneuc, Brittany. Influenced by the music of Manuel Kerjean, ...

Kreiz Breizh Akademi 3, Krissmenn, Gilles Le Bigot Group, Ar Vro Bagan "Divroa", Hiks * Wednesday 20 : Gilles Servat, Avalon Celtic Dances, Brian Finnegan & Kan, Guidewires, Siam, Hamon Martin Quintet * Thursday 21 :

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Donal Lunny Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...

-Sylvain Barou-Padraig Rynne, « Heol, la Bretagne en héritage », Mandala, Kelien * Friday 22 :

Nolwenn Leroy Nolwenn Le Magueresse (; born 28 September 1982), known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy (), is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actress. Originally classically trained (violin and opera singing), she rose to fame after winning the second ...

, Bagad Penhars & Co.,

Dom Duff Dominique Le Duff (born 20 August 1960) is a Breton singer-songwriter. Early life Le Duff was born in Plouescat in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Dom Duff was raised on his parents coastal farm and learned both ...

, Francis Jackson Project, Ampouailh, * Saturday 23 : « N’Diale » with Foune Diarra Trio & Jacky Molard Acoustic Quartet, « Afro Breizh » of Dounia compagny, « Quimper en danses », Lleuwen, Pat O’May Group, Orion, Kement Tu championship, Bour-Bodros Quintet * Sunday 24 : « Kemper en fête »,

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2010

* Saturday 17 : Fest noz with Skolvan, Kendirvi and Darhou, « Quimper en danse », Les Pirates * Sunday 18 : Pascal Jaouen fashion show, David Pasquet Group * Lundi 19 :

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, Les Goristes, Jamie McMenemy 4, Alain Le Goff, Bayati, Spontus, * Tuesday 20 : Roger Hodgson sins Supertramp, Gwennyn, Jean-Luc Roudaut, Soïg Sibéril et Jamie McMenemy, TiTom, * Wednesday 21 :

, Les trompettes du Mozambique, « Le jeu à la Nantaise », Penngollo * Thursday 22 : « Autour de la guitare celtique », Red Cardell, Gweltaz Ar Fur, Aodan, « Heol, la Bretagne en héritage », Kejaj * Vendredi 23 : Bagad Cap Caval, Trio EDF, Arz Nevez and Roland Becker, « Heol, Brittany in legacy », Wig A Wag, Talar * Saturday 24 : Carlos Núñez, Kataje, Amzer-

Yann-Fañch Kemener Yann-Fañch Loeiz Kemener (April 7, 1957 – March 16, 2019) was a traditional singer and ethnomusicologist from Brittany, born in Sainte-Tréphine, Côtes-d'Armor, France. Known in French as Jean-François Louis Quémener. He took part in rev ...

, Aldo Ripoche and Dièse 3, Teada,

, Kendalc’h « Breizh Omega, the world of the possible » * Sunday 25 : « Dances and music from Brittany »,

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, bagad and circle dance Beuzec Cap Sizun, Pipe bands concert, Carré Manchot

2009

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, Rokia Traore,

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, Gabriel Yacoub,

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Trio,

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Louise Ebrel, Gwendal, Hamon Martin Quartet, Loened Fall, Follen, Patrick Ewen, Sylvain Barou trio, Lors Jouin & Soïg Sibéril, Octopus Kafe, Gwenaël Kerléo, Izhpenn12, Capstern, Raggalendo, Groove Boysfeat Bagad Landi et Inner Chimp Orchestra, Katé-Mé, Karma, Awen Magic Land

2008

* "Night of Celtic Stars" (30 years of Keltia Musique), Loreena McKennitt,

Urban Trad Urban Trad is a Belgian folk music group, consisting of both Flemish and French speaking people and a close connection with Galicia. Members *Yves Barbieux: flutes and Galician bagpipe *Veronica Codesal: vocals *Soetkin Collier: vocals *Sophie ...

, Red Cardell,

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, David Hopkins,

, Iwan B, The Churchfitters, David Pasquet Group, Plantec, Hiks, Djiboudjep, Choir of the World's End, Georgian Legend, Les Goristes, Sylbat, Le Chant des Sardinières, Pascal Jaouen parade, Robert-Noguet Quartet, Ozan Trio, Le Diabl' dans la fourche, Sloï, Yann Raoul, Skilda, Lagad Tan, Comas and Alain Genty, Bill Ebet, Abadenn Veur

Notes and references

External links

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