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Get ready for the sixth
edition of the Let’s French… Festival of French Music!
7 days of concerts and
screenings around Dublin
with a wide selection of French music from the most contemporary
Folk and Pop to the famous French Chanson!
The festival opens on Thursday 16 June at the Mercantile
with the performance of
Stranded
Horse, a French artist who brings a
dreamlike quality to his acoustic melodies and vocals.
On Saturday 18 June, a special “Basque
evening” takes place at Dublin Castle
with
Alegera, a brass
band from Bidart (Biarritz) flown in for the occasion. Basque
culture will be celebrated through their traditional music and
typical food and drink from the region with a free tasting.
On 19 and 20 June, the IFI presents two one-off
special screenings of French films in which music and rhythm
play a very central role:
Rubber
by Quentin Dupieux and
Les
chansons d’amour by Christophe Honoré.
The South William welcomes
Amsterdam Beat Club on Tuesday 21 June,
the date of La
Fête de la musique, for
an unforgettable night with an un-beat-able Cocktail of the very
best Vintage Music from Swingin' Sixties Sounds to Ska music!
The Alliance Francaise opens its doors on Thursday 23
June for a unique concert of French chanson with the famous
singer
Agnès Bilh – a
musical Trip to France guaranteed!
And finally, to close the festival, Let’s French... is
proud to present two singers representing the “nouvelle scène
française” at the Village on Saturday 25 June. The
evening begins with the performance by
Claudine Muno
and The Luna Boots followed by
Tété, one of the
most prolific Pop/Folk French singers of the last ten years.
This is his first performance for a Dublin audience…A show not to be
missed. |