Stopover in Sète 2024: Corsican, Sardinian groups or German choir… the best moments of the musical program

Escale à Sète se vit aussi en musique. DR

Stopover in Sète, from March 26 to April 1! During the festival, visitors will be able to discover the sailboats, workshops, games… to the rhythm of traditional songs and instruments. Discover the highlights of the musical program.

Like the bagad of Lann-Bihoué, Escale à Sète will welcome in 2024 nearly 60 international groups of music and songs linked to the work of fishermen, sailors, coopers, dockers, carpenters… A complete spectrum of seafarers' musical culture.

These groups meet the public on the quays, in bars, on board boats, and perform on stage with a repertoire essentially based on collections of traditional music and songs. A large part of the program is offered without sound, in bars, on the quays and on boat decks to allow the visitor to be part of the party.

Su conzeru Antigu

This is a unique stopover for the Italian band Su conzeru antigu, which will stopover in Sète during this 2024 edition. And you shouldn't miss this crew of traditional musicians who perpetuate the Sardinian maritime repertoire around Frederica Lecca. This concert is also an invitation to discovery, to the sound of the launeddas, a polyphonic wind instrument typical of Sardinia made of sections of reeds of different lengths.

Tuesday March 26, 2 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Commandant Samary. Tuesday March 26, 8 p.m., main captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Thursday March 28, 3:30 p.m., large captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Friday March 29, 12:30 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Commandant Samary. Friday March 29, 3:30 p.m., Criée car park. Saturday March 30, 2 p.m., Italy stand on the Quai d’Algiers. Saturday March 30, 5 p.m., main captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Saturday March 30, 8 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Commandant Samary. Sunday March 31, 12:30 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Commandant Samary. Sunday March 31, 3:30 p.m., large captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Monday April 1, 11 a.m., Don du Vent boat stage, Quai République. Monday April 1, 2 p.m., Quai du Maroc. Monday April 1, 5 p.m., Criée parking lot.

Also read: Stopover in Sète 2024: boats, agenda, practice… everything you need to know about the official Midi Libre guide

Walk to the South

Matteo Mauriello had already come in 2016 with his father Giovanni, founder of the legendary Nueva Compagnia du Canto Popolare. He returns today with Promenade a Sud, a new generation of musicians who transport us to the Amalfi Coast.

Tuesday March 26, 6:30 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Commandant Samary. Wednesday March 27, 12:30 p.m., Don du Vent boat stage, Quai République. Wednesday March 27, 3:30 p.m., Italy stand, Quai d'Alger. Wednesday March 27, 8 p.m., main captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Thursday March 28, 2 p.m., Quai du Commandant Samary. Thursday March 28, 8 p.m., Quai République.

Blaue Jungs Chorale

The famous German Navy Choir is sure to make some noise during the six-day festival. The musical formation of the Blaue Jungs – understand in French “The boys in blue” – made the trip from Bremerhaven, near Bremen, with around a hundred musicians and singers.

Founded in 1960, the choir will share the stage with another emblematic group, the Bagad Lann-Bihoué. Located on the naval base of the same name, near Lorient, this bagad of the French navy is a formidable ambassador of Breton folk music.

Tuesday March 26, 12:30 p.m., captaincy stage. Wednesday March 27, 3:30 p.m., rue Savonnerie. Thursday March 28, 8 p.m., main captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Friday March 29, 5 p.m., main captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Friday March 29, 8 p.m., Don du Vent boat, Quai Réplique. Saturday March 30, 2 p.m., large captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Saturday March 30, 6:30 p.m., Don du Wind, Quai République. Mass on Sunday March 31, 10 a.m., Théâtre de la Mer.

Le Tre Sorelle

They take their name from the famous popular song of the "Fishing of the Ring", of which every region of Italy has a version. Building on the popular success experienced in 2018, Les Trois Sœurs returns to distill pizzica and wild tarantellas to the rhythm of the chitarra bandete. Atmosphere guaranteed.

Thursday March 28, 2 p.m., Don du Vent stage boat, République quay. Friday March 29, 12:30 p.m., main captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Friday March 29, 3:30 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Commandant Samary. Friday March 29, 8 p.m., Criée car park. Saturday March 30, 12:30 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Commandant Samary. Sunday March 31, 3:30 p.m., rue Savonnerie. Sunday March 31, 6:30 p.m., Criée car park.

Eppò

The emblematic Corsican group Eppò is making its comeback at Escale à Sète. The recipe has not changed. Lots of energy and a good dose of traditional Corsican music, coming directly from the port of Bastia. A musical and human project imbued with island roots, imagined in a primarily scenic and visual spirit.

Tuesday March 26, 8 p.m., main captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Wednesday March 27, 11 a.m., Don du Vent boat scene, Quai République. Thursday March 28, 12:30 p.m., large captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Friday March 29, 2 p.m., large captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Friday March 29, 8 p.m., Criée car park. Sunday March 31, 2 p.m., Criée car park. Sunday March 31, 6:30 p.m., main captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc.

A Brigata San Martinu

The Corsican delegation, guest of honor at the festival in 2024, embarks in its suitcases at Brigata San Martinu. Around the emblematic collector-singer Christian Andreani, this crew performs the traditional repertoire of the Isle of Beauty.

Saturday March 29, 8 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Commandant Samary. Mass on Sunday March 31, 10 a.m., Théâtre de la Mer. Sunday March 31, 3:30 p.m., Quai d'Alger. Sunday March 31, 8 p.m., large captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc.

Lou Dalfin

They define themselves as "smugglers of Occitan music since 1982", for our greatest pleasure! Lou Dalfin – "The Dolphin" – famous Italian group from the valleys of Piedmont, will make you love Occitan culture. How ? Thanks to a supercharged maritime repertoire, inflated with the hurdy-gurdy and the diatonic accordion, but also with the electric guitar…

Saturday March 30, 12:30 p.m., large captaincy stage, Quai du Maroc. Saturday March 30, 3:30 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Maroc. Sunday March 31, 12:30 p.m., Criée car park. Sunday March 31, 5 p.m., Pandora stage boat, Quai du Commandant Samary. Sunday March 31, 8 p.m., large captaincy stage, quay from Morocco.