Two bullfights in Saint-Gilles in August with Andrés Roca Rey in the spotlight

Saint-Gilles réalise un joli coup avec la venue de la star Roca Rey. Midi Libre – MiKAEL ANISSET

The Saint-Gilles feria in Gard will take place over the last two weekends of August. The cartels were revealed this Friday, May 24.

With an architecture different from previous editions, the feria de Saint-Gilles (Gard) was announced this Friday, May 24 in the early evening, which, in August, will extend over two weekends . For the visual aspect of these days, it was the Nîmes matador Jonathan Veyrunes, established for several years in Andalusia, who signed the official poster. Initially, the feria will occupy the afternoons of August 24 and 25.

El Rafi in chief of lidia

For the first paseo, on Saturday, in front of the French cattle of Blohorn, place for the matadors who have recently (or even recently) received the alternative. With Lidia El Rafi as leader, the cartel will bring together Christian Parejo and Solal. The next day, Sunday August 25, the young aspiring bullfighters will be in the spotlight with the final of the traditional bolsín of Nîmes Metropole, the selection events of which will occupy the calendar of the municipalities concerned throughout the spring and summer. ;rsquo;summer. But the Toro Pasión empresa composed of Julien Miletto and Pierre-Henry Callet, at the head of the Saint-Gilles arenas, has reserved for aficionados a second bullfight with a particularly attractive cartel.

The star Roca Rey

In front of bulls wearing the colors of the Rocío de la Cámara ganaderia, Thomas Joubert (author of faenas of a remarkable aesthetic level in 2023) are invited, on Friday August 30, it featured André Roca Rey, who has been at the head of the statistics since the start of the season, and Adriano, maestro of temperament and commitment. A unique cartel with an obvious power of seduction thanks to the personality and style of the committed trio.